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ACP adult and nymph
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Sex Phermone for ACP Found

December 22, 2017
The Asian citrus psyllid, the most devastating threat to the worldwide citrus industry, may have met its match.
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A Gathering of Beekeepers

November 8, 2017
If anyone at Lake Tahoe has bee issues that need answering next week, they need look no farther than Harrah's Lake Tahoe. The beekeepers will be there! The California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) will meet for its 128th annual convention, Tuesday through Thursday, Nov.
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West Side REC, Five Points, CA. August 8, 2017.
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Students showcase CASI’s NRI Project in Five Points as part of CDFA’s State Board of Food and Agriculture soil health tour on August 8th!

August 14, 2017
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Students from UC Davis and CSU Fresno presented summaries of work they're involved with at the long-term NRI Project study site in Five Points, CA as part of a soil health tour stop for CDFA's Board of Food and Agriculture on August 8th. Anna Gomes, a UC Davis undergraduate student working with Drs.
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A Tale of Two Grasses

April 24, 2017
As you can tell by going through archived blogs on this site, medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is an extremely popular grass. Well, an infamous one, perhaps. I am fairly certain that none of us actually like it.
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2016 Innovators Lasi Asgill (L) and Mike Winemiller (R).
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Asgill and Winemiller 2016 CASI Innovators

August 22, 2016
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
The CASI (Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation) Center announced the first of its 2016 innovator awards in a recognition ceremony in Madera on the 16th of August.
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JM 2016 FmDmo-2
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California Farm Demonstration Network

June 13, 2016
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 10:00 AM T & D Willey Farms, Madera, CA The fourth in our series of five farm visits that are part of the California Farm Demonstration Network will be taking place this Wednesday, June 15th, beginning at 10:00 AM and winding up at about 11:45 AM at the farm of Tom and Den...
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