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From Soil to Science: Article

Gold Award for Outstanding Educational Material

May 4, 2018
Sheila Barry, UCCE livestock and natural resources advisor in the Bay Area, and Stephanie Larson, UCCE livestock and range management advisor in Sonoma County, won the Gold Award for Outstanding Educational Material in the Promotional Materials category from the Association of Natural Resource Exten...
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Monitoring for New Problematic Weed Species in Rice

May 4, 2018
By Gale Perez
From Brian German at AgNet West :: April 17, 2018 California rice growers will need to be on the lookout for two new problematic weed species this year. One of the species is called rough barnyardgrass (Echinochloa muricata) and the other is known as coast cockspur grass (Echinochloa walteri).
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Miss Honey Bee, Benji Shade of Woodland Christian High School, takes a selfie with her teacher, Jessica Hiatt at the inaugural California Honey Festival in downtown Woodland. This year's festival is Saturday, May 5.
Bug Squad: Article

California Honey Festival: Bee-ing All It Can Bee

May 3, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You may not be able to get close enough to take a selfie with a honey bee foraging on your flowers, but you'll be able to take a selfie of a bee at the California Honey Festival. With the costumed bee mascot.
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Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño,checks a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

USDA Honey Bee Grant Awarded to UC Davis to Train Veterinarians

May 3, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Veterinarians in California and Oregon will soon receive honey bee education as part of a two-year $483,278 grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to principal investigator Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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This was the scene at the inaugural California Honey Festival. The organizers expected a crowd of 3000, and were delighted when 20,000 showed up. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

It's All the Buzz: Saturday, May 5 Is Second Annual California Honey Festival

May 2, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's all the buzz. The second annual California Honey Festival, sponsored by the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center and the City of Woodland, will offer scores of entertainment and educational activities and food and drink from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 5 in downtown Woodland.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT :: Strawberry Field Day

May 2, 2018
By Gale Perez
** THIS EVENT IS FREE ** Strawberry Field Day to demonstrate pest management research June 6, 2018 ? 9 AM-12 noon Spence USDA Farm ?
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Learning from Each Other

May 1, 2018
By Daniel K Macon
Last week, I held my first California Cattle Grazing School at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center in Browns Valley. The two-day school, an adaptation of Roger Ingram's long-running California Grazing Academy, included classroom talks and field-based learning activities.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Names in the News

May 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Bojuwon named NFCS advisor for Kern County Hawau Bojuwon joined UC ANR on March 26, 2018, as a UCCE area nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor in Kern County.
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April News Clips

April 30, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
This geneticist is creating gene-edited animals for our plates (Ozy.com) Marissa Fessenden, April 29 Animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam has six calves that are rather unusual.
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