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June 2019 News clips (June 16-30)

July 1, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Longtime local UC Cooperative Extension advisor retires (Appeal-Democrat) Jake Abbott, June 30 [Page A1] After nearly four decades as the Yuba-Sutter area's tree crops and environmental horticulture advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension, Janine Hasey recently announced that she would leave the po...
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Valley Lemons?

June 21, 2019
By Ben A Faber
What about Planting Lemons in Kern County? By Craig Kallsen, UC Cooperative Extension Advisor, Kern County Kern County is located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley of California.
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Student teachers lead the physical activity during Week 5
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Together, we can make a difference!

June 13, 2019
UCCE in Kings County leverages community partnerships to increase preschoolers awareness about healthy foods Early childhood is critical to the development of lifelong healthy living.
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In dairies with milking robots, cows voluntarily walk into a sophisticated, computerized box when they are ready for milking.
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UC helps California dairy farmers experiment with milking robots

June 11, 2019
Early in the 20th century, dairy operators traded their milking stools for machines to produce enough dairy products to meet growing consumer demand. The technological developments were critical to the formation of California's enormous dairy industry, the largest in the nation. Today, more than 1.
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CDFA Grant Help

June 7, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Introducing your new information source for CDFA grants, Kern County and Ventura County Shulamit Shroder and Alli Rowe are two of the newest members to UC Cooperative Extension. Shulamit is based out of Kern County and serves Kern, Tulare, and King Counties.
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May 2019 News Clips (May 1-15)

May 31, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Why Modern IPM Should Take a Wider View of Key Influences (Entomology Today) May 15 That trend continues with a new article published late April in the open-access Journal of Integrated Pest Management, in which Surendra Dara, Ph.D.
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Invasive species threaten California's landscapes.
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Invasive species threaten California’s economy and ecology

May 31, 2019
When insects, weeds, animals and diseases enter California from elsewhere in the nation or world, they can cause economic losses to agricultural crops and ecological damage to the state's natural areas. Ultimately, invasive species affect every resident of California.
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