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Bales of harvested cotton await their turn at the gin. (Photo: Jeff Mitchell)
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California farmers to share their soil health handiwork

February 2, 2021
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
A group of California farmers will share their experiences improving soil health in cotton production by growing cover crops, reducing tillage, applying compost and other practices during an online session at 11 a.m. Feb. 23.
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Bryony Bonning, 2020 recipient of the Entomological Society of America's Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology.

Florida Professor/UC Davis Alumnus Bryony Bonning Receives National Award

February 2, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
University of Florida entomology professor Bryony Bonning, an eminent scholar with close ties to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the recipient of the Entomological Society of America's 2020 Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology (PBT).
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A native bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Conservation Biologist Shalene Jha and Her Passion

February 2, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"About 90 percent of all bees are actually solitary. So despite kind of the public impression that all bees are like honey bees and bumble bees, we have a lot of these bees that are living on their own.
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A honey bee loading up on mustard pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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It's All About the Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the...

February 1, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's all about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the... Think birds and bats, honey bees and hornets, butterflies and beetles, and the flowers they pollinate. Think yeast cultures and cougars, and nematodes and nightingales, and lions and ladybugs.
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Figure 1. Historical (10-year, left) and current (right) seasonal precipitation between 10/1/2020 and 1/31/2021 for California.
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Access California Weather Data with New Interactive Website

February 1, 2021
Weather patterns are highly variable across the state of California. They change from year to year and across locations. While parts of the state may be experiencing drought conditions this year (Figure 1), each location can have dramatically different weather.
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Water - The Big Picture Webinar

January 31, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Western Water Systems: Update Join us for a free webinar offering an update on Western Water Systems Date: Wednesday February 3, 2021 Time: 1:00P Eastern/12:00 Central/11:00 Mountain/10:00 Pacific Kristiana Hansen - Economic Impacts from Water Reductions in Agriculture: Examples from the Colorado R...
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