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YQCA Training

May 31, 2022
YQCA In-Person Training June 11th at the Kern Ag Pavilion See attached for more information...
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ANR Employee News: Article

Governor’s May Revise includes $2M for UC fire advisors

May 31, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Governor Newsom released his May Revision budget proposal for 2022-23. Together with the funding proposed in the governor's January budget, the governor is proposing a total of $4.9 billion for the University of California. This total allocation represents a combined increase of $322.
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ELECTRIC SOLUTION: Thermal weed control via a tractor equipped with a generator, a transformer and an operator could be a solution to herbicide resistance. (Photo credit: M. Moretti)
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Electric weed control takes hold in orchards

May 31, 2022
By Gale Perez
From Page 13 of the Western Farm Press (May 2022) magazine By Lee Allen (Contributing writer) Sometimes it takes a long time for an idea to be embraced by the public. Take electric weed control, a concept first patented in 1890, yet it hadn't received much attention until a few decades ago.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Rear view mirror

May 31, 2022
By Wendy Powers
I took a 4-day trip last week to help someone move across the country. Two vehicles, two drivers, 4 dogs. It is not a trip I would recommend. However, I never tire of seeing the snow-covered mountains, whether it be the Sierra, the Wasatch, or the Rockies.
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irrigATING CITRUS
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Advances in Citrus Water Management

May 31, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Advances in Citrus Water Management Workshop - June 22, Palm Desert (Coachella Valley Water District) - Join UC Irrigation Specialists Daniele Zaccaria and Khaled Bali, Subtropical Horticulture Advisors Sonia Rios and Ben Faber, and other University of California experts for this in-person Water Man...
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Joji Muramoto kneels between rows in strawberry field.
ANR Employee News: Article

New California Organic Research Agenda available online

May 30, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Organic Farming Research Foundation has published the new California Organic Research Agenda (CORA), a comprehensive report that examines current needs and challenges of organic farmers and ranchers across California and provides policy and research recommendations to address producer-identified iss...
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A male valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, engaging in nectar robbing; he's sipping nectar through a hole in the base of a foxglove blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

How a 'Bear' Can Outsmart a Fox

May 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There's a way for a bear to outsmart a fox. A teddy bear bee, that is. We just witnessed a male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, aka "the teddy bear bee," buzz up to a patch of foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea. Then he engaged in the foraging behavior known as nectar-robbing.
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Coastside Magazine cover May 2022
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

Growing Great Roses: How To Do It On The Coast

May 30, 2022
Growing roses on the coast can be more of a challenge than in other parts of the Bay Area. Wind, higher humidity, cloudy weather, and salty air can thwart the gardener's quest for lovely blooms.
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