You've heard of "bats in the belfry," right? Well, how about "bees in the bell tower"? The Epiphany Episcopal Church of Vacaville, Calif., has just that: bees in its bell tower. (See Bug Squad blog, Blessed Are the Bees.
Rosie Barker turns 100 on April 4, 2021. She is the oldest living 4-H alumna in Merced County! Rosie (Kiss) Barker was born in Alberta, Canada in 1921. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was two. They ended up in Livingston and then moved to Stevenson, where she grew up.
The statistics are staggering, shattering and incredibly sad. Of the more than 30 million cases of COVID-19 in the United States, 547,000 people have died.
Concerns about a growing resistance to herbicides In Mediterranean or arid climates, particularly in areas with marginal soils, crop rotations are often limited to a narrow range of hay, pasture, a handful of winter legumes, or rainy-season grasses.
From the Western Farm Press March 17, 2021 By Lee Allen ********** Brad Hanson gets down and dirty in his line of work as a weed specialist with the University of California, Davis Plant Sciences Department, typically conducting field trials in a 400-mile swath of the Central Valley.
Concerns about a growing resistance to herbicides In Mediterranean or arid climates, particularly in areas with marginal soils, crop rotations are often limited to a narrow range of hay, pasture, a handful of winter legumes, or rainy-season grasses.
Good stand establishment is important for alfalfa production and can impact crop productivity not only in year one, but for many years. Stand establishment weed control is one of the most important factors for both conventional and organic growers.
One response to the suggestion that an herbicide be used to control aquatic weed problems in water is concern that the treatment will reduce the dissolved oxygen content of the water, with possible adverse effects on fish and other aquatic biota.
