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For 26 years, Blake Sanden has been the irrigation, soils and agronomy farm advisor with UC Cooperative Extension at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Sanden retired from UCCE Kern County on July 1.

To promote the exchange and sharing of agricultural extension information, several U.S. Land Grant institutions have formed an alliance with 10 Chinese agricultural universities.

Caf Thursday WebANR (every third Thursday!) Join us on Thursday, July 19, for Communicating Science, Creating Trust with UC Davis News Media and Relations Specialist Katherine Kerlin: Acquire an understanding of communication skills that can help build trust.

Maybe I've just forgotten what June weather has been like for the past two years, or maybe it is hitting triple digits earlier than it has. Either way, I'm not a fan. But it gave me an excuse to stay out of the garden and finish recovering from past injuries.

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources vice president Glenda Humiston welcomed a delegation of Chinese agricultural scientists to UC ANR's Intermountain Research and Extension Center in Tulelake in June, reported Danielle Jester in the Siskiyou Daily News.

Albert O. (Al) Paulus, UC Cooperative Extension specialist emeritus, died on May 23. He was 91 years old. Paulus was hired as an assistant Cooperative Extension agronomist in the Department of Plant Pathology (now Microbiology and Plant Pathology) at UC Riverside in 1954.

Itching to start your weekend? Us too! These Columbian black-tailed deer twins (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) seen outside the window at CalNat HQ north in Hopland are a more common occurrence than single fawns, who are born mostly to young does.

Meet mosquito researchers Olivia Winokur and Maribel Mimi Portilla. Both are seeking a doctorate at the University of California, Davis.

Do you remember where you got your most recent drink of water? Your kitchen faucet? A public drinking fountain at work or school? Maybe a personal water bottle you filled at home? In the late 1800's, people found it hard to believe that invisible germs and bacteria in water caused germs.

Throughout Humboldt and Del Norte counties, the UC Master Food Preserver Program is actively engaging with tribal members. In fact, the UC Master Food Preserver volunteers have been jamming it up since 2017 with over 15 workshops for tribal community members.