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Have you seen a cabbage white butterfly yet this year? This image, taken last summer in Vacaville, shows a cabbage white butterfly trying to share a blossom with a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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No Rapae Today! Maybe Tomorrow?

January 24, 2019
No winner yet. The annual Beer for a Butterfly" or "Suds for a Bug" contest has not produced a winner. But somewhere out there, is a cabbage white butterfly taking its first flight.
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Ammoplanines Wasps

January 18, 2019
Ammoplanines Wasps By Norman Smith UCCE Master Gardener I'm often asked what it is that I do in my spare time. Besides golf, bowling, travel and gardening, I like to study my tiny research insects, the Ammoplanines.
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Domenic Fino talks with a room of farmers about crop insurance options at the January 9th Farmer-to-Farmer Breakfast in Auburn.
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Did You Miss the Farmer-to-Farmer Breakfast?

January 14, 2019
A room full of farmers came out on a rainy Wednesday morning to enjoy breakfast together. Our guest speaker, Domenic Fino of Golden Pacific Crop Insurance Services, came all the way from Dinuba, California.
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Back to Basics. What's THAT Weed?

January 9, 2019
Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie The first step in developing an effective weed management program is being able to properly identify the weed species that are infesting a field. But why? Why is weed identification so important? Simply stated, because not all weeds are created equal.
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The exotic soilborne Phytopthora cinnamomi was introduced in the Ione area of the Sierra Nevada foothills, where it is literally wiping out two native manzanita species. This picture shows how vehicles spread the pathogen along roads and tracks by kicking up infected soil, killing nearby manzanita. (Photo: Matteo Garbelotto)
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Is habitat restoration actually killing plants in California wildlands?

January 4, 2019
In 2014, plant biologists with the California Department of Agriculture reported an alarming discovery: native wildflowers and herbs, grown in nurseries and then planted in ecological restoration sites around California, were infected with Phytophthora tentaculata, a deadly exotic plant pathogen tha...
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