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October 2018 News Clips (10/16 - 10/31)

November 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Researchers studying cover crops near almond orchards (Western Farm Press) Tim Hearden, Oct. 31 University of California Cooperative Extension researchers have started field trials to analyze the benefits and trade-off of planting cover crops near or within almond production systems.
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Berries are soft fruit, so robotic harvesting is unlikely. The industry is looking to agtech to reduce the amount of labor needed and make it easier for farmworkers to pick and harvest the fields. (Photo: Pixabay)
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Agtech is changing farming in California

October 30, 2018
Technology holds tremendous promise for the California agricultural industry, however there are challenges that must be better understood and managed, wrote Damon Kitney in an article distributed to participants in an Oct. 2 technology conference in San Francisco.
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Glenda Humiston, left, and CDFA Secretary Karen Ross form ANR-CDFA partnership to help farmers adopt climate-smart agricultural practices. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
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CDFA and UC ANR join forces to advance climate-smart agriculture

October 29, 2018
Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Vice President Glenda Humiston signed a memorandum of understanding in Sacramento Oct. 26 to initiate a new partnership to advance climate-smart agriculture in California. This partnership will provide $1.
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Figure 3: Russian Knapweed Map from CalFlora
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A Surprise Weed

October 22, 2018
By Devii R Rao
This past spring a San Benito County rancher came to my office with a weed from her property. She said it had been on the property for decades; she thought she knew what it was, but wasn't 100% sure.
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