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Communications Advisory Board seeks new members

May 14, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The advisory board to ANR Communication Services and Information Technology (CSIT) is seeking to fill positions. Nominations for Communications Advisory Board membership can include, but are not limited to, specialists, advisors and faculty affiliated with UC ANR.
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Petty Ranch Cover Crops and Mulching
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Ventura Grown Cover Crops

May 13, 2019
Petty Ranch, a story of cover crops in Ventura County. All of the lemon trees were dying. Sigh. Another distressing story about agriculture in the face of climate change, rising land values, difficult economies, and soil degradation.
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Hot off the Subtropical Internet

May 13, 2019
By Ben A Faber
The latest newsletter from the UCCE Subtropical Crops Advisors and Specialists is available to read now: http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/newsletters/Topics_in_Subtropics79941.
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Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia, UC IPM advisor, was featured in the Entomological Society of America's “Standout ECPs” series, which highlights outstanding early career professionals who are doing great work in the profession.
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ANR in the news April 1-18

April 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
How One Entomologist Found His Calling as an IPM Facilitator (Entomology Today) Lina Bernaola, April 18 Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia, Ph.D., is currently an IPM entomology advisor at the University of California Cooperative Extension.
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Cows in a field. Photo credit: Stijn Te Strake on Unsplash
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California's Climate Smart Agriculture Programs

April 26, 2019
Hi again! In my first blog post I introduced myself and shared some information about climate smart agriculture. Today, I'd like to share more about what is being done in California and how that relates to the implementation of practices on the ground.
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UC Cooperative Extension ramps up its climate change response

April 23, 2019
Reposted from UCANR News While scientific reports continue to mount confirming that global climate change is increasing temperatures, causing more frequent weather extremes and raising the sea level in California, UC Cooperative Extension is working to ensure the worst predictions are avoided and Ca...
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"I saw more butterflies in the last 10 minutes than I've seen my entire life," Jason Suppes of UC South Coast REC wrote on Twitter.
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ANR in the news March 13-28

March 29, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
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.
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UCCE advisor David Haviland teaches children to respect insect life.
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UCCE advisor teaches children to respect insects

March 27, 2019
Children may have a natural tendency to squash bugs, but UC Cooperative Extension entomologist David Haviland encouraged them at the recent "Farm Day in the City" to think about the value of insects they find in their environments, reported Amanda Mason on 23ABC News in Bakersfield.
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