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Conservation agriculture is gaining acceptance in many parts of the world as an alternative to both conventional and organic agriculture.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

UC launches “Conservation Agriculture Systems Initiative” Jan. 27

January 6, 2012
A diverse group of public and private sector agricultural professionals are joining the University of California to form the Conservation Agriculture Systems Initiative (CASI), an organization that will be formally launched at a public meeting Jan. 27 in Clovis, Calif.
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Ladybugs in the fava beans at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Love in the Fava Beans

January 5, 2012
It was lovely day today, in more ways than one. During the lunch hour, we stopped by the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis, and discovered more than just blossoms in the planter box filled with fava beans.
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Fritz Durst receives his award from Phil Hogan, district conservationist with USDA NRCS, Woodland, Calif.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

2011 CT farmers awarded

January 5, 2012
In 2005, the University of California and NRCS Conservation Tillage Workgroup established the Conservation Tillage Farmer Innovator Award as a means for providing greater visibility to CT pioneers in California.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

T&V herbicides - MOA for resistance management

January 5, 2012
By Brad Hanson
I was forwarded a question recently about rotating herbicide mode of actions for resistance management in vineyards and realized that the information is not always particularly easy to find.
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Two cabbage whites (Pieris rapae) on catmint in Vacaville, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2008. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

On the Fly

January 4, 2012
We've been waiting with bated breath for butterfly expert Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, to announce he's found the first Pieris rapae of the year. Not so. Not yet.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Orchard herbicide trials - focus on hairy fleabane

January 4, 2012
By Brad Hanson
Although many orchard weed managers are waiting for rain (or at least a chance of rain) before putting out their dormant-season herbicide applications, I thought I'd post a few results from three 2011 residual herbicide trials focused on hairy fleabane.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Natural Herbicides: Are they effective?

January 3, 2012
The public's increasing demand for safe green products has resulted in many new environmentally-friendly products becoming available for controlling weeds in the garden and landscape.
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