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Hello all, Please find the attached document to provide the previous weeks estimated water use report in terms of evapotranspiration for almonds, peaches, walnuts, established vineyard, alfalfa, and pasture in Stanislaus County.

The UC ANR Staff Assembly Wellness Committee is sponsoring Healthy Snack Day activities on Sept. 12. Healthy Snack Day is a statewide day of action celebrating the benefits of eating foods in between meals that that are nutritious and fun.

Tomato Talk By Sarah Arana UCCE Master Food Preserver I planted some tomatoes this year and I have more than my family can eat. What's the best way to preserve some for the winter? Adam M.

Dear Colleagues, Through a competitive grant opportunity funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), National 4-H Council is pleased to release the Request for Applications (RFA) for the Well Connected Communities (WCC) Initiative.

Landscape trees provide welcome shade, fruit, homes for wildlife, and even a place for kids to climb. But if the wood is damaged, disease-causing fungi can infect the tree. A number of fungal diseases decay wood in both tree branches and trunks, weakening and sometimes killing the tree.

Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) is an attractive green plant with small yellow flowers commonly seen growing prostrate along the side of the road. A native to Southern Europe, it's also referred to as goathead. However, underneath its foliage lies danger: spiky seedpods with needle-point spikes.

When we last left Ms. Mantis, a female Stagmomantis limbata residing in our verbena patch, she was munching on a honey bee. A successful ambush stalker, she was. But not always. Her plan to take down a duskywing butterfly, genus Erynnis, didn't go so well.

Remembering UCR's Dr. Charlie Coggins (Remembrance courtesy of the California Citrus Quality Council) It is with deep sadness that we learned that Charles W. Coggins, Jr. passed away on Aug 18, 2019 at the age of 88.

UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center-Parlier Thursday, September 19, 2019 Field Tour, Presentations, and Discussions See attached newsletter for agenda and online RSVP...

Our dry climate on the east side works wonders to control fungal diseases. Most fungi prefer moist environments. While we still get an occasional fungal pathogen, we seem to have greater problems with insects and viruses.