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Alfalfa & Forage News: Article

Alfalfa Stem Nematode Management

February 21, 2024
By Rachael Long
This is a great article on Stem Nematode management in the West. Stem Nematode has been a severe pest in some years throughout California's Central Valley and high mountain valleys.
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Rachael Long, left, poses with Sarah Light
ANR News Releases: Article

Long, Mueller and Smith honored for career achievements

February 20, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Three longtime University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisors were honored by the California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy. The career achievements of Rachael Long, Shannon Mueller and Richard Smith, all now retired, were recognized by their peers at a ceremony on Feb.
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Empezando alrededor de la época de floración a mediados de febrero, los agricultores de almendra deben revisar tallos jóvenes y heridas de poda por signos de bolas de goma y crancos y verificar el diagnóstico con su asesor local de huertos. Fotografía por Alejandro Hernández
Blog de Alimentos: Article

Productores de almendras en alerta ante posible brote de patógeno

February 20, 2024
By Diana Cervantes
El invierno hmedo y El Nio crean condiciones favorables para una infeccin con el patgeno Phytophthora areo Ante los pronsticos de lluvias torrenciales en California, expertos de Extensin Cooperativa de la Universidad de California (UCCE, por sus siglas en ingls) alertan a los productores de almendra...
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Winter Notes from an Organic Avocado Grower

February 20, 2024
By Ben A Faber
By Shawn Martin, organic grower and CA Avocado Society Board member It's never clear what winter will deliver to a coastal avocado grove on a steep slope, so the grower must be ready for whatever happens. And the main thing is rainfall. And Frost. And sometimes drought. And be ready for fire.
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A feral honey bee colony (now gone) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Presidential Love of Bees: From 'Bee Houses' to 'Bee Trees'

February 19, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Today, on Presidents' Day, let's buzz back in history to our first President and his love of honey bees. Picture this: George Washington (Feb. 22, 1732-Dec. 14, 1799) is eating hoecakes with honey, and adding honey to his tea, something that historians say he did every day.
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Rice (photo: Brad Hooker)
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New Herbicide Registered in California Rice for 2024: Cliffhanger™

February 18, 2024
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
California rice growers will have a new herbicide available this year: Cliffhanger, manufactured by Gowan Company. The active ingredient is benzobicyclon, which is the same as one of the two active ingredients in the currently registered herbicide, Butte.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

POM ology

February 16, 2024
By Ben A Faber
POM - Greek for "apples", but more generally "fruit" ology - the study of So pomology is the study of fruit trees. And how to describe them becomes important and pictures have been an important way of describing fruit. Worth a thousand words.
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