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Pesticides and ESA

May 8, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Pesticides and The Endangered Species Act: What You Need to Know The following description has been endorsed by the Weed Science Society of America, Entomological Society of America, and American Phytopathological Society.
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NRCS Disaster Funds Available in Ventura

May 8, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Brooks Engelhardt of Natural Resources Conservation Service says: Greetings, We have an EQIP-Disaster (for recent storm damage) fund pool open for FSA declared disaster counties, which includes Ventura County. Application deadline is May 24, 2024.
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Avocado Lace Bug Talk

May 8, 2024
By Ben A Faber
On May 14 at 12:30 p.m., Paloma Dadlani a graduate student under Dr. Mark Hoddle who has been spearheading avocado lace bug research funded by the California Avocado Commission will deliver her master's thesis defense seminar.
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Lloyd holds a flat of strawberries in one hand as she speaks to the woman at the farm stand.
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UC SAREP funds 8 sustainable food and farming projects

May 7, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Projects will support socially disadvantaged farmers, increase urban access to healthy food and more The UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems 2024-25 Small Grants Program.
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20240506 6th report table
Thrips/TSWV status in Yolo & Colusa: Article

2024 6th Report (May 7th)

May 7, 2024
By Patricia A Lazicki
General situation Unseasonably cool weather has slowed thrips population projections slightly. However, temperatures may be into the 90s by the end of the week and we expect to see populations continue to develop. Thrips population Generation 2 adult thrips are peaking in the coming week.
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Ripe blackberries and red, unripened blackberries hang on a bush.
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New UC study estimates blackberry production costs

May 6, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
A new study that can help growers and other readers estimate costs and potential returns for blackberries grown on California's Central Coast was recently released by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC Cooperative Extension and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
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Downybrome, Italian ryegrass, winter wheat
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Creative weed management approaches using forage crops

May 5, 2024
By Gale Perez
In my previous position as the Extension Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist with the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, I focused my research efforts on intensifying and diversifying the winter wheat-fallow cropping system.
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The California Honey Festival will include bee observation hives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Forecast of Heavy Rain, Wind Changes Location of California Honey Festival

May 3, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Despite the weather forecast of heavy rain and wind, honey bees will still be "attending" the California Honey Festival. They'll be safe and dry in the bee observation hives. The free and family friendly event, co-sponsored by the University of California, Davis, takes place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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How Much Fruit is Up there?

May 3, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Old crop, new crop. What's up there in the trees? Are they big enough to sell? Is there a good set for next year? These are questions every avocado grower has every year, and often all year long. What is up there in the trees is confounded by what is called the "Avocado Illusion".
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UC ANR adds 9 experts in water, wildfire, pest management and more

May 3, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
To help more Californians address challenging issues, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has hired UC Cooperative Extension experts to work in communities stretching from Humboldt and Siskiyou counties in the north, and south to San Diego County.
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