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Tarped Against ACP

March 24, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Researchers at the California Data Analysis and Tactical Operations Center (DATOC) have analyzed Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) trapping data along major transportation routes before and after tarping regulations for bulk citrus shipments were enacted.
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Figure 1. Predominant weeds in the trial were watergrass and barnyardgrass.
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Herbicide Trial in Delta Drill-Seeded Rice - 2020

February 28, 2021
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
From the San Joaquin Valley Delta Field Crops blog Jan. 21, 2021 Michelle Leinfelder-Miles is the UC Cooperative Extension Delta Crops Resource Management Advisor serving San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties.
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EFNEP Educators Find New Ways to Deliver Nutrition Programs

January 14, 2021
The many months of COVID19 shelter-in-place have been full of challenging changes. We have had to alter the ways we work, play and connect. For the Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP), our remote environment has led us to invent new ways to continue serving our communities.
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A video highlighting many of UC ANR's innovative approaches to achieve its mission in 2020 is now live on YouTube.
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Video reviews how UC ANR served California in 2020

January 13, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC ANR Strategic Communications' Linda Forbes and Ricardo Vela made a video highlighting many of UCANR's 2020 accomplishments. The video is posted on YouTube at https://youtu.be/9puxX_HAC1s and the script is below.
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Durante la pandemia se han perdido algunos cultivos en el campos.
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Comprando frutas y verduras por internet, ayuda a los agricultores.

January 11, 2021
Hace un par de aos, durante la conferencia EcoFarm, los agricultores asistentes describan sus retos en la produccin de alimentos como una batalla de titanes contra monstruos que pegan duro y estropean los cultivos, tales como: cambio climtico, sequa, incendios, plagas, escasez de mano de obra y alto...
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GivingTuesday is Dec. 1

November 30, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
On Dec. 1, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, UC ANR will join in #GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement, to ask the public to support our programs. Please share ANR's donation link ucanr.edu/givingtuesday with your social network. Gifts made online starting at 12:01 a.m. on Dec.
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Nine people stand on a wood chip covered garden path, behind a post, engraved vertically with the words welcome home.” A small American flag is mounted atop the post. One person holds garden shears, poised to cut through a translucent red ribbon being held by eight other gardeners.
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Honoring our Veteran Gardeners

November 9, 2020
By Melissa G Womack
On November 11, we recognize Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day), the end of World War I, and the armed forces' contributions. The stories below profile UC Master Gardener Program projects in Northern and Southern California that make a difference to those in the veteran community.
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