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New Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor

March 6, 2018
My name is Lynn Sosnoskie and I recently joined the University of California Cooperative Extension Team as a Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor for Merced and Madera Counties based out of the Merced office. About me. I grew up in a small coal mining town in central Pennsylvania.
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Gabriel Torres
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Names in the News

March 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Torres named grape advisor for Tulare and Kings counties Gabriel Torres joined UCCE on Feb. 1, 2018, as an area viticulture advisor in Tulare and Kings counties.
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Student groups discuss their opening question to the lesson
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Shaping Healthy Choices Program in Madison Elementary

March 1, 2018
The UC CalFresh Program brings the Shaping Healthy Choices Program to Madison Elementary in Madera Unified School District. Mrs. Schallberger and her classroom receive intensive weekly lesson demonstrations from their educator, Angelica Perez.
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Roberto Botelho, Angus Wright, and Tom Willey (left to right) visit the NRI Project field in Five Points, CA, February 22, 2018
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CASI Hosts Esteemed Guests at Five Points NRI Project Site!

February 26, 2018
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
February 22, 2018 Three distinguished guests visited the long-standing CASI NRI Project in Five Points on February 22 and saw first-hand how the no-till and cover cropped soils have dramatically changed since the study was started in 1999. Dr.
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Presentation Day
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Presentation Day and Interview Contest Results!

February 5, 2018
The 2018 Presentation Day and Interview Contest was held on February 3rd at Waterloo School. The results are posted below, and congratulations to all of our participants! Those who received a gold award are eligible to compete at the Are Presentation on April 7th at Madera High School.
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A yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on almond blossoms in Benicia, Calif., on Feb. 2. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Not Just Honey Bees Pollinate Almonds

February 2, 2018
It's beginning to look a lot like...almond pollination season in California. Almonds usually begin blooming around Valentine's Day, but it's often earlier, depending on where you look or live. Take Benicia, Solano County.
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UCCE San Joaquin County glass art
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Happy New Year!

January 3, 2018
Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2018 brings you and UC ANR great opportunity for success! I had a chance to visit s few new places over the break though it was a bit cooler and overcast than ideal for some of them.
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