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*Winter Animal Health Meetings* February 21, 2020 ORLAND Orland Livestock Auction Yard 3877 Co Rd 99W, Orland, CA 95963 11:00 am1:30 pm COTTONWOOD Shasta Livestock Auction Yard, 3917 Main Street, Cottonwood, CA 5:00 pm8:00 pm...

Applications are being accepted through March 30, 2020, from individuals who wish to be considered for the Directorship for the UC ANR California Organic Institute.

Our inaugural IV Ag Tours for Teachers was a wonderful success. We can't say thank you enough to the Imperial Valley Community Foundation for the major support of this event and our wonderful ag community for opening their doors to the teachers- donations from Vessey & Company, Inc.

Avocados in some parts of coastal California have been blooming. Some of them got hit by the cold weather in the first part of February. In the coldest areas there was a little bit of new leaf damage, but this has been minimal.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Subject: Grapefruit Tree vs Woodpecker Cllient's Request: How can we keep a woodpecker(s) from making holes in the tree bark?

Recently gardeners have become more aware of the importance of gardening sustainably, but while they might enthusiastically nurture worm bins under the kitchen sink, learn about the benefits of mulching, measure their greens and browns carefully when creating their compost piles and shy away from us...

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On January 22, 2020, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Interim Registration Review Decision on glyphosate.

The IR4 program conducts a significant amount of research to facilitate registration of pesticides (both conventional and biopesticides) on specialty crops. The program also supports similar work on a range of non-food crops through the Environmental Horticulture program.

Spray Application Pest Management Alliance Airblast Sprayer Calibration Training Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 7:30 AM-4 PM Micheli Family Farms, 6005 CA-99, Live Oak, CA 95953 Registration is now open! Click here to register! $20 registration fee includes: hands-on training, coffee, lunch, and refres...