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A reposting from: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.

The news stories and social media comments about the Asian giant hornet detected last year in British Columbia and Washington state and labeled the murder hornet, are drawing the ire of entomologists throughout the world. And well they should.

Stinknet (Oncosiphon piluliferum, aka globe chamomile) is a winter annual that is spreading across Southern California and poses threats to wildlands, rangelands and agricultural areas. Stinknet was first found in western Riverside County in the early 1980's.

It's ridiculous to call the Asian giant hornet recently found in British Columbia and Washington state the murder hornet, says noted UC Davis wasp expert and researcher Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematol...

Coronavirus's next victim: Big Meat (Grist) Nathanael Johnson, April 30 It's going to cause price spikes somewhere downstream, said Rich Sexton, an agricultural economist at the University of California, Davis.

Pandemic And Wildfire: California Is Preparing For A Crisis Within A Crisis (CapRadio) Ezra David Romero, April 15 To protect human health, prescribed burns are not allowed for the time being on Forest Service land.

Soule named assistant vice provost for CE Katherine Soule will serve as ANR's new Assistant Vice Provost for Cooperative Extension.

What a week and it is only Tuesday! I didn't make it to the beach this past weekend and I have no immediate plans to dine in downtown Atlanta anytime soon, but I have remained busy nonetheless. Today is my light' day yet it has gone by quite quickly.

University of California researchers and program staff are working to answer questions and provide information and resources relating to the food system and COVID-19.

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation.