Test PB Collection: FTE

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I call him the Mountain Boy. A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, appeared in our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif.,on Feb. 27, the earliest we've seen this species. It's the smallest of California's carpenter bees and is often called the foothill or mountain carpenter bee.

Quick Links: Livestock Challenge Information and Registration: http://ceglenn.ucanr.edu/Glenn_County_4-H_Program_286/County_Events/Livestock_Challenge_/ Glenn County Office of Education Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Link: https://goo.

By Faith Kearns. When drought hits California, as it inevitably does, ranchers are among the first to feel it. In a state with distinct wet and dry seasons, the window in which the largely rain-fed grasses that nourish livestock can grow opens and closes quickly.

Last month, I had a chance to attend the Society for Range Management annual convention in Denver, Colorado.

Meeting Announcement: Training for Field Workers in Spanish "Soil, Water, and Pest Management Training for Field Workers in Spanish" Tuesday, March 24th, 2020, 8:00 - 11:30 142A Garden Highway, Yuba City This training is for field managers and operators working on field crops such as rice, wheat, al...

Reposted from the UCANR news Trees are facing stress from a variety of pressures in California, including climate change and exotic invasive pests, reported Jeanette Marantos in the Los Angeles Times.

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Introduction: Grafting is increasingly common in vegetable crops such as cucumbers, tomatoes and watermelons as this technique has continued the possibility of production of these commodities in disease infested soils which can no longer be fumigated or chemically treated.

Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 8:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Intersection of County Rd 86 and County Rd 14, Esparto, CA GPS: 38.788309, -122.022779 Registration (not required, but helpful for us): http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=29662 8:15 a.m. Registration, light refreshments 8:25 a.m.