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Kearney Alfalfa and Forage Field Day

September 5, 2017
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
The annual Alfalfa and Forage Field Day at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648) will take place on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Registration begins at 7:30am, and lunch is offered at the end of event.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Soil Moisture Sensor Selection is Confusing

September 5, 2017
By Ben A Faber
So, every few weeks the question comes up of whether to install soil moisture meters which leads to the question of which to buy and install or have installed. And then come the questions of what do the readings mean and why aren't the readings consistent.
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Meet 'Mantis Master Keeper' Andrew Pfeifer

September 1, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Who isn't fascinated by a praying mantis, that pre-historic looking predator that lurks on a plant and snags honey bees, butterflies and other insects in lightening-quick lunges? And who isn't fascinated by those who study them, rear them and share their knowledge with others?
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What Value Avocado Seed Husks?

September 1, 2017
By Ben A Faber
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2017 -- The least appreciated part of an avocado could soon undergo a trash-to-treasure transformation.
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Migratory Monarchs Are on Their Way!

August 31, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Migratory monarch alert! They're on their way. Camera ready? Check. Notebook ready? Check! Entomologist David James of Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., who studies the migration routes and overwintering sites of the Pacific Northwest monarch population, told us last Friday, Aug.
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Eat More Avocados

August 30, 2017
By Ben A Faber
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. Tufts University has released results of a study linking eating avocados to helping improve cognitive brain function in older adults, news especially relevant to Hispanics who have been found to have the longest life expectancy rate in the U.S.
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Susan Cobey: Part of WSU Team That Is 'Building a Better Bee'

August 29, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Girls, where's your mother? It's August, 2007 and bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis, is opening a hive in the apiary. "Girls, where's your mother? she asks again, pulling out another frame.
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