Test PB Collection: FTE

I recently visited family in Escondido. Just a few days before I arrived, the area was deluged with 4 inches of rain in a single day. The result was spectacular many cacti and succulents were blooming.

In a study that highlights the role of bee diversity in crop pollination, researchers found that growers may benefit from 10 times the number of bee species than previously thought to pollinate their crops, according to a paper published Feb.

Hedgerows enhance wildlife abundance and diversity around farmland without contributing to food safety problems in field crops, according to a new study published by a team of University of California researchers.

TOOLS FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT: SPECIAL CIMIS VERSUS CIMIS DATA. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE ON GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

You are welcome to play around in the Project Board testing environment and provide input by the end of February. Please review this brief presentation (https://ucop.box.com/s/lrhjhor61mln5zlyyict2mlusw6h219a) and follow the link on slide 9 to log in.

Several new online resources from the University of California can help ranchers learn about a wide array of resource and ranch management issues! There's an app for that! Due to the requirements of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board's Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP),...

By Emilee Fowkes Warne, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, February 16, 2018. For the avid gardener, houseplants can be an excellent source of greenery and even flowers when the outside garden has gone gray and dormant in the doldrums of mid-winter.

It's bugged. Yes, it is. When you attend the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 17 to see 13 museums or collections, be sure to see It's Bugged: Insects' Role in Design, an exhibit in Cruess Hall that explores the connection between insects and people.

Maurice Pitesky, UC Cooperative Extension poultry specialist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, is providing free egg testing for California backyard chicken owners. Pitesky's staff is testing eggs for different types of contaminants, depending on the county the eggs are from.

So long story short.....we lost our neighbors to cancer. First the wife, and then the husband within a year. Sad...I know. The houses and yards on our court are huge, 1/3 acres and not elderly friendly.