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Dr. Jhalendra Rijal, Area IPM Advisor-Northern San Joaquin Valley, UCCE Statewide IPM Program There’s a new pest to keep an eye out for in almond orchards: brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys. BMSB has been found in urban areas … Continue reading
Allan Fulton, UCCE Water Resources Advisor, Tehama, Glenn, and Colusa Counties; Luke Milliron, UCCE Farm Advisor, Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties & Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties Tree and crop development progresses through multiple phases during the season … Continue reading
Janine Hasey, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter/Yuba/Colusa Counties, Greg Browne, USDA Plant Pathologist, UC Davis, Astrid Volder, Plant Sciences, UC Davis and Bruce Lampinen, UCCE Walnut Specialist, UC Davis 2017 brought unprecedented high and fluctuating water flows in the Sacramento and Feather Rivers, damaging … Continue reading
In uncertain times, put your money on proven practices and materials. Certain postharvest fertilizer inputs (boron, potassium, and zinc) when needed, are proven to deliver increased yield. At least one nutrient, nitrogen, when fall applied does not deliver yield benefit … Continue reading