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UC Cooperative Extension will offer a virtual Alfalfa IPM Workshop on December 3rd and 4th. The workshop will run from 9am to 12pm on each day. Registration is required, and there is a $25 fee to help cover our costs of delivering a workshop virtually. Continuing education credits will be offered.

Please join us for a University of California Pest Management Workshop, delivered Virtually in early December.

Join UCCE's Grain Cropping Systems Specialist, Mark Lundy next week (11 a.m. on November 6th, 2020) for a presentation on nitrogen management in California Small Grains (hosted by the California Wheat Commission and Golden State Grains). Dr.

As the sustainability of agriculture continues to be threatened by changes in climate, pests and loss of biodiversity, the ancient practice of planting hedgerows with edible and medicinal species such as elderberry can help growers generate additional revenue while fostering beneficial insects and i...

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service recently published the recipients of Farmers' Market Promotion Program 2020 grants.

A virtual seminar to be hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, Oct. 21 should draw widespread interest, especially with the discovery last month of Aedes aegypti in Yolo County.

Household water-saving tips! Recently Governor Gavin Newsom declared: I have no patience for climate-change deniers. It's inconsistent with the reality on the ground, the facts. The evidence is in, there is too much Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere.

It's out. The long-awaited scientific article on the new trapdoor genus (and species) that UC Davis Professor Jason Bond discovered on a sandy beach at Moss Landing State Park, Monterey County, is now online. In fact, it's the cover story in the journal Insect Systematics and Diversity.

Miridae, a company founded and owned by UC Davis-trained ecologist Billy Krimmel, won the highly competitive 2020 Award of Excellence for Communication from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for its Seed Bank Living Wall at DPR Construction, Sacramento.

That's a wrap! The virtual 2020 UC Master Gardener Mini-Conference was a LIVE stream success. All nine sessions streamed directly to the statewide Facebook and YouTube channels, which made for lively comments and instant access to recordings.