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It is well over a year since the first post on this blog. I had intended it to be monthly or maybe happen once every two months. Ah well, most of the time that I wasn't spending writing blogs I was sciencing, so I'll let myself off the hook.

Hi. We've been a bit slow getting the thrips risk and TSWV updates up and running this year. We hope you are all safe and well. We also want to say thank you to everyone involved in food production and agriculture in general for keeping the food chain flowing during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Tree: Cercis Canadensis is Eastern redbud and it comes in a variety of cultivars. I had several trees at my previous home and they were old, 70 plus years and large 25 feet or more. They were lovely to enjoy each spring as the blooms are densely distributed and attract scores of bees.

This spring nothing will seem fresher than a bowl of your favorite greens. Now, why ruin that beautiful creation with a bottle or a packet of salad dressing makings. Homemade salad dressings are so much better than store-bought! SO. MUCH. BETTER. You choose what the ingredients are.

What's bugging you? Nymph Group Hug ?!!!? Pregnant This true bug is about 1/2" inch long, somewhat flat, elongated oval, black with lateral red markings. The nymphs look similar and are typically red with black pronotum and wings. They do not sting, transmit diseases and seldom bite.

Labor costs drive mechanized pruning technology (Farm Press) Todd Fitchette, Feb. 14 As labor costs in California escalate, growers are becoming more interested in cost-saving technology. The Sunpreme variety of raisin grapes, developed by the U.S.

California ag faces a decade of challenges (Farm Press) Tim Hearden, Jan. 31 We're getting close to a point where field work in agriculture is similar to or higher than the wages in other sectors, said Dan Sumner, director of the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center in Davis.

In a new series starting today, UC ANR features a sampling of our academics whose work exemplifies the public value UC ANR brings to California.

Would you be able to identify a pineapple slicer or 14 other cooking items? Well thirteen t'weens had the opportunity to do just that during Tweens in the Kitchen sponsored by Hanford Parks and Recreation and CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California during the holiday break.

January is cold in Bruce, S.D., where the average nighttime temperature dips to 3 degrees. Beekeeper Kelvin Adee, who hails from Bruce, isn't experiencing any of that right now. He's in California--and so are his bees for the almond pollination season.