Monterey

The California Naturalist Program gives a warm welcome to Sarah-Mae Nelson, our newest CalNat team member! Sarah-Mae recently joined the UC Agriculture & Natural Resources California Naturalist statewide program as the Academic Coordinator focusing on our new Climate Stewards Initiative.

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.

The first-ever cost study of primocane-bearing blackberries in California has been published by UC ANR's Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension. With primocane-bearing, growers can extend the blackberry production season.

Dr. Ellen Bruno is an Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist in quantitative policy analysis at UC Berkeley. Her research evaluates the effectiveness of different policy instruments for improving the management of our increasingly scarce water resources.

Save the Date: March 13th for Prescribed Fire Meeting hosted by the San Benito Working Landscapes Group and UC Cooperative Extension Throughout California, prescribed burning is being reexamined as a way to prevent catastrophic fires while also improving grasslands for livestock and wildlife.

California agriculture saw significant gains in 2017, with the state's counties experiencing a 5.1% jump in total production value. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) says combined sales, excluding timber, totaled $59.57 billion.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENT: UCDavisViticultureand EnologyOn theRoad in Monterey County Monterey County Cooperative Extension Office 1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA March 8, 2019, 8:30 am-1:30 pm 8:30 - 9:00 Check-in,lightbreakfast andcoffee 9:00 - 9:30 Managing vector spread/virus diseases of grape, Nei...

Weekends go by quickly! I didn't accomplish much, but I didn't try very hard. Instead, I took to heart the words of a fortune cookie I had while in Mexico a couple of weeks ago. The fortune encouraged me to "Relax and Enjoy Yourself.

Me da mucho gusto darles la bienvenida a esta manera nica de llegar a aquellos cuya primera lengua no es el Ingls y que prefieren recibir comunicados en Espaol.

Cosponsored by UCCE-Monterey County, UCANR, RCDMC Why: Apply for CDFA funding- State Water efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). Receive up to $100,000 in grant funding to improve your on-farm water and energy efficiency through the SWEEP grant funding program.