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Small pink and white waxy insects feeding on young citrus fruit.

UC Ag Experts Talk Webinar Series: Event

UC Ag Experts Talk: Mealybug Management in Citrus Orchards in California

May 21, 2025

In this webinar, Dr. Sandipa Gautam, Cooperative Extension Area Citrus IPM Advisor with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center, will discuss citrus mealybug and how it has become a pest of concern for citrus growers in California in recent…

UC Ag Experts Talk Webinar Series

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UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County: Event

Central Sierra: Gardening for Pollinators (EDC MG)

May 17, 2025

Did you know that planting more diverse and flowering plants in your garden can help support your vegetable garden or orchard? Learn how to choose plants to make your garden a haven for the pollinators. Well cover the types of plants that attract butterflies, bees, bats and hummingbirds.

UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County

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almond tree next to grove of blossoming almond trees

UC Master Gardeners of Merced County: Event

Suitable Trees for the Central Valley

Apr 26, 2025

Free public workshop on. Suitable Trees for the Central Valley, presented by Marc Medifind and Debbie Morrow. Sat Apri 26 from 10 am - 12 noon

UC Master Gardeners of Merced County

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FTREX trainer and trainees practicing firing in a forest understory, with smoke filtering through the trees

Green Blog: Article

Foresters, prescribed-fire experts swap knowledge to reduce wildfire impacts

November 25, 2025

By Michael Hsu, Ethan Ireland

About 50 people participated in the Forester Prescribed Fire Training Exchange, which gathered foresters, land managers, fire experts and cultural practitioners. See the video.

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Lines of fire burn through a carpet of dried pine needles on a forest floor

Green Blog: Article

Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees

November 20, 2025

By Kara Manke

Evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve forest health and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.

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Bushy green plants in neat, boxy-looking test plots, coming in at an angle

Food Blog: Article

UC Dry Bean Field Day gives updates on new-variety research

November 17, 2025

By Trina Kleist

Researchers across California are developing new varieties of dry beans for larger seed size, higher yield, tolerance to drought and heat, and resistance to disease and pests.

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Photo illustration of a spray drone hovering over a orchard

Food Blog: Article

Public invited for up-close look at future of citrus ag tech

November 12, 2025

By Hanif R Houston, Michael Hsu

Six ag tech companies will demonstrate their technologies at a VINE Connect Field Day on Dec. 5 at UC ANR's Lindcove Research and Extension Center. This cohort focuses on citrus.

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Nikolai Schweitzer gestures at the trench built into a hillside at Sierra Foothill REC

Green Blog: Article

‘Weathering’ rock dust in farm fields – a down-to-earth climate solution?

October 30, 2025

By Michael Hsu

UC researchers have devised a first-of-its-kind study to measure the carbon sequestered by enhanced rock weathering, a promising agricultural practice.

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Hopland REC: Article

Welcome HREC Oak GrizzlyCorps Fellow - Hennessy Jones

October 16, 2025

Hi! My name is Hennessy Jones, and I will be one of Hopland Research and Extension Center’s new GrizzlyCorps fellows for the next year. Over the year, I’ll be working with HREC staff and the Quercus Collaborative to further research and assist with oak woodland regeneration, as well as coordinate…

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A prescribed fire lighter watches low flame move across a grassy slope with large trees in the background

Green Blog: Article

Community invited to observe prescribed fire training in El Dorado County

October 16, 2025

By Barbara Satink Wolfson

California’s second Forester Prescribed Fire Training Exchange event will occur Oct. 26–Nov. 1 near Georgetown, El Dorado County. The public is invited to observe scheduled burns.

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