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2019 Ventura County Fair Market Junior Market Show

June 10, 2020
2019 Junior Market Show Ventura County Fair Congrats to our 4-H'ers! Division 933: Jr. 4-H Market Steer Class 1 Market Steer 1000-1400 lbs. Isabella Jimenez 1 Ojai Juan F. Jimenez 2 Somis Pablo Ponce 3 Oak View Class 2 Market Steer 1000-1400 lbs.
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heat damage to avocado leaves
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Heat Forecast - Be Ready

June 4, 2020
By Ben A Faber
From Fox Weather by way of CA Avocado Commission, hot weather is forecast for mid- to late- June This is a time to make sure that trees are adequately hydrated prior to the heat spell.
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June's Harvest of the Month: Plums

June 1, 2020
June brings an abundance of early stone fruits to California markets, and plums are one of the most widely available and diverse types of stone fruits available. Plums come in many different colors, from purple to yellow to green, and tend to have tart skins and sweet flesh.
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Ellen Bruno discussed how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the food supply chain.
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ANR in the news May 1-15, 2020

May 31, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
How coronavirus is affecting the food supply (Spectrum News) Jennifer Rufer, May 15 Daniel Sumner, Executive Director of the University of California Agricultural Issues Center at UC Davis, tells Inside the Issues the meat shortage is a direct result of COVID-19.
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UC ANR's 2019 annual report is now available online.
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UC ANR annual report shows impacts that benefit every Californian

May 28, 2020
By helping low-income families save money on healthy food, teaching farmers how to maintain abundant crops even as the climate changes, introducing young people to new technologies and protecting the state's forests from threats to their future, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources touches the lives...
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Los mercados de granjeros están probando nuevos enfoques para mantener a los vendedores y clientes seguros en los mercados de granjeros. (Fotografía: Pamela Kan-Rice)
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Es crucial apoyar a los mercados de granjeros

May 28, 2020
In English A principios de la primavera, California emiti a nivel estatal la orden de quedarse en casa para detener el contagio del COVID-19, un pequeo grupo de servicios esenciales quedaron exentos de esta orden.
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Still Need to Think About Water

May 20, 2020
By Ben A Faber
From Stanford: Future Water Resources California isn't running out of water, says Richard Luthy. It's running out of cheap water. But the state can't keep doing what it's been doing for the past 100 years. Luthy knows.
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The Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, foraging in the Ruth Storer Garden in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Tiger in Your Garden

May 18, 2020
The "Tiger King" has nothing on the Western Tiger Swallowtail. The colorful yellow and black butterfly, Papilio rutulus, reigns supreme. We saw this one last week at the Ruth Storer Garden in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
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