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Our Student Winners! From left to right: Sawyer Claussen, Robert Willmott, Jennifer Valdez Herrera, Erika Escalona, and Stephen Chang
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

CWSS: Student Winners and Schlorship Opportunity!

April 12, 2024
By Thomas J Getts
**** Students, it is the time of year to apply for the CWSS Student Scholarship! Awards will be given to both graduate and undergraduate students ranging from $1,000-2,000. Any students interested in Weed Science should apply! Click here to submit an application and for further instruction.
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IGIS: Article

DroneCamp is back!

April 10, 2024
By Andy Lyons, Sean D Hogan
DroneCamp June 24-28, 2024 CSU Monterey Bay (plus virtual open) DroneCamp is a premiere five-day training program that covers everything you need to know to use drones for mapping and data collection.
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Bowman Reservoir
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Accidental Drought

April 9, 2024
By Daniel K Macon
As of this writing, we're on track for a "normal" rainfall year here in Auburn. Even if the rainy season ended with last week's storm, we'll finish the year at 90 percent of our long term annual average.
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Image 1. Avocado weeds
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Weed B Gone and Tree B Gone?

April 7, 2024
By Ben A Faber
With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there is a lot of natural ground cover growing, When it gets out of hand, we call it weedy.
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Food Blog: Article

New UC study estimates costs for growing strawberries on the Central Coast

April 5, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
A new study that can help growers and other readers estimate costs and potential returns for growing strawberries 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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An educational and fun activity: the catch-and-release bee activity at the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Educational and Fun Activities at the UC Davis Bee Haven Open House

April 4, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Catch and release. Release and catch. No, wait. Catch...examine...and then release. That's what attendees will do at the UC Davis Bee Haven's 15th anniversary celebration, set from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 6 on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus.
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Soil Health Assessment Report

April 4, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Soil Biodiversity in California Agriculture: Framework and Indicators for Soil Health Assessment Prepared by: California Department of Food and Agriculture Below Ground Biodiversity Advisory Committee Soil health depends on soil biodiversity.
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A ceramic-mosaic sculpture, "Miss Beehaven," anchors the UC Davis Bee Haven. It is the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Celebrating the15th Anniversary of the UC Davis Bee Haven

April 3, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The place to "bee" on Saturday, April 6 is the UC Davis Bee Haven. That's when the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its bee garden with an open house from 10 a.m. to noon. It's free and family friendly.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Webinar on how pesticide labels may change to protect endangered species

April 3, 2024
By Brad Hanson
Although many of you are already well aware of the upcoming changes to pesticide labels related to the Endangered Species Act, many are not. A quick background can be found in a Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) press release from last year (link here).
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