San Benito

Dear Colleagues, It is with mixed emotions that I announce the departure of Shannon Horrillo from UC ANR. Shannon has accepted a new position at the University of Nevada, Reno where she will become the Associate Director of Cooperative Extension, effective August 5.

Managing sudden oak death proves tricky (Eureka Times-Standard) Sonia Waraich, May 31 Sudden oak death was discovered in the state in the mid-1990s and has had a devastating impact on coastal forests, killing over a million trees on the West Coast including in Humboldt County.

There's less than a week left to register for the prescribed fire workshop in San Benito County! The workshop is June 5 and 6. Registration is $30.

When Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia started his new job as UC Cooperative Extension entomology advisor in the Salinas Valley last year, he immediately faced an urgent problem in organic lettuce production. Pest control advisers were finding lettuce aphids in plants that were supposed to be resistant.

Would you like to see more prescribed fire on San Benito and Monterey County rangelands? Come learn how on June 5 and 6.

Do you have a ranch in San Benito County or Monterey County with ground squirrels? I'm doing a study looking at the economic impacts of ground squirrels to ranching operations and I'm looking for three ranches to be study sites. At each ranch, I will need to have 4, plots.

Nitrates are water soluble and do not adhere to soil, so they may leach during irrigation. California growers can download a new series of publications summarizing efficient nitrogen management practices from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

New Series of Nitrogen Management Advice Available (Cal Ag Today) March 28 California growers can download a new series of publications summarizing efficient nitrogen management practices from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

California growers can download a new series of publications summarizing efficient nitrogen management practices from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Greetings This is a reminder that UC Cooperative Extension and San Benito Working Landscapes Group are co-hosting a prescribed burn meeting on Wednesday, March 13th from 2:30-4:30 pm at the Veterans Memorial Building, 649 San Benito Street, Room 218, in Hollister.