Test PB Collection: FTE

Steven Worker is the 4-H Youth Development Advisor for Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties. 4-H uses a variety of volunteers for it's programs.

It's time for more fun facts: Almonds represent approximately 29% of ag receipts in Stanislaus County and dairy brings in 18% Mechanical thinning of stone fruit translates to an estimated $1400/acre profit Nutria, a rodent pest, is a force to be reckoned with in California.

There's an old joke circulating among entomologists about excited novices contacting them about finding a "two-headed butterfly." Sounds like National Enquirer stuff, right? Wrong. Just two butterflies mating.

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Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) is a tenacious weed that is well known to Central Coast nursery growers.

Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is a perennial plant in the Convolvulaceae family (which is also the family of dodder (Cuscuta spp.), morningglories (Ipomoea spp.), and alkaliweed (Cressa truxillensis)).

UCCE advisors, UCCE specialists and academics coordinators are invited to attend a training workshop on conducting a needs assessment.

September 2018 Issue of The Roundup...

Who said healthy snacks aren't fun? UC CalFresh nutrition educators brought the excitement of healthy eating to a couple of local schools to show youth, teachers, and administrators alike how easy and fun it is to choose a healthy snack.

Farmers work long hours under the open sky, struggling to finish each day's planting, cultivating, pruning or picking before the sun sets.