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Western bluebird eating a caterpillar pest. Image by Glenn Bartley/VIREO.
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Birds are beneficial too!

April 24, 2019
Across the globe, scientists have shown that birds can be farmer allies. Insectivorous birds feed on damaging insect pests in many crops including coffee, cacao, oil palm, corn, cabbage and apples.
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Tom Garcia, fire management officer with the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, spoke at the UC ANR Fire Summit. (Photo: Evett Kilmartin)
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Education and research needed in battle against California wildfires

April 24, 2019
By Jeannette Warnert
I'm trained in soil chemistry, what on earth could I get from a Fire Summit? If you get the right speakers together, you can learn a lot! UC ANR and the California Fire Science Consortium sponsored a Fire Summit in Redding in April for some 150 participants representing more than 50 organizations.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

What Impact Salinity on Avocado?

April 24, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Water Quality Impacts on California Avocado A Collaborative Approach Sat Darshan S. Khalsa1 and Ben Faber2 1Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis 2Cooperative Extension Ventura County, UCANR Avocado consumption continues to grow both in the U.S. and around the globe.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Flowers For Your Home.

April 24, 2019
By Helen Dake, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Something changes when you put fresh flowers or foliage in a room. I have always believed this and have always tried to include plants in my garden that I could cut for the house throughout the year.
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Master Food Preservers San Bernardino County: Article

Try Some Freezing To Preserve What You Grow--Or Buy

April 24, 2019
If you attended our Grow and Preserve Class it is hoped that you will be growing some stuff. Are you wondering about a quick way to preserve extra produce? Freezing is a quick way to save produce and you can do a little or a lot.
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At tensions less than 80 kPa water can freely move through the small pores in the ceramic cup without air entering into the tensiometer
Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

Do it yourself (DIY) tensiometer

April 23, 2019
By Michael D Cahn, David L Chambers
A tensiometer is a very useful tool for monitoring soil moisture status of vegetable and berry crops. Compared to other sensors that often require equipment such as dataloggers or a computer to collect readings, tensiometers can be easily read by irrigators in the field.
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Logan Loss, 6, of Rocklin talks about scorpions to Bohart associate and scorpion scientist Wade Spencer. The kindergarten student is an avid scorpion enthusiast. Also pictured are members of the Vacaville Brownie Girl Scout Troop (from left) Jayda Navarette, Keira Yu and Kendl Macklin, front. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It Was a Scorpion Kind of Day at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

April 23, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Little Logan Loss of Rocklin is only 6 but already he knows more about scorpions than many, if not most, adults do. Logan, a visitor at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's recent open house on spiders and other arachnids, wowed the crowd with his knowledge of scorpions.
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ANR Contracts & Grants Updates: Article

FRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems Webinar- May 1, 2019

April 23, 2019
By Kathleen P Nolan
Dear Colleagues, The purpose of the Fiscal Year 2019 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) is to promote the sustainable supply of abundant, affordable, safe, nutritious, and accessible food and other agricultural products, while enhancing economic op...
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

The Business of Targeted Grazing Workshop Announcement

April 23, 2019
1-Day Workshop - Auburn, California Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:30am - 5:00pm Cost is $40/person includes lunch -RSVP below Business of Targeted Grazing registration Join UCCE for this full-day workshop focused on business practices! Topics will include: Principles of Targeted Grazing and Estimating G...
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4-H Newsletter - April

April 23, 2019
Dear 4-H Families, We have many opportunities for 4-H members to participate in this weekend and May. We have expended the deadline to sign up for Disneyland to April 24th. We have some families request an extension. We can not go pass this date.
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