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From Peru This Week, Hillary Ojeda: Unfavorable climate conditions around the world have increased demand from Peru. In February, the Ministry of Irrigation and Agriculture confirmed that Peru is the second largest exporter of avocados.

Planting is starting to pick up now that water allocations are known. One of the first pest problems one is going to find in recently flooded rice fields is tadpole shrimp (TPS).

Photo from Frank Kehren, Flickr Creative Commons LicenseI focused on a series of CyberGIS sessions at AAG this year. This was partly to better situate our spatial data science ideas within the terminology and discipline of Geography, and partly to focus on a new topic for me in AAG conferences.

Thrips expert Cheryle O'Donnell, a true UC Davis success story, is now settled into her new position. As of April 6, the former San Diego resident is the National Thysanoptera Taxonomist with the National Identification Services (NIS) at the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) in Beltsville, MD.

In this issue: Steps to Success in 4-H, effective July 1, 2015 State Field Day Early Registration for camp due by May 15 Trash Can Contest at the Fair Livestock Ear Tag pick up reminder...

Just got off a call with a group of people focusing on historical data discovery at the Natural Reserve System (NRS). This process is part of the recently funded Institute for the Study of Ecological Effects of Climate Impacts (ISEECI).

County Location: Imperial County Date Posted: April 2, 2015 Closing Date: May 15, 2015 Job Information: http://ucanr.edu/jobFiles/765.pdf http://ucanr.

Citrus integrated pest management (IPM) programs typically utilize a combination of control practices, like cultural, mechanical, and chemical, to minimize competitive effects of weeds on crop productivity.

What a grand event! When the University of California, Davis held its annual campus "Take Your Daughters (And Sons) to Work" Day today (April 23), the participants met one-on-one with entomologists, firefighters, physicians, plant specialists, veterinarians and scores of others in the UC Davis workf...

Agricultural Technician for Weed Science Program at Rice Research Station (Biggs, CA)* Starting date: ASAP Position: Full-time (40 hrs/week) for 4-5 months Job summary: With supervision, set up and establish field and greenhouse experiments at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs, CA (position is lo...