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It may turn out to be an armyworm year

June 28, 2024
By Luis A Espino
I have been monitoring some fields in the Glenn and Butte County area the past two week and I have been finding some significant number of armyworms. Defoliation is not noticeable yet, at least not just by looking at the canopy. If you look under the canopy you may see some defoliation.
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Our Second-Year Testing No-Till Drill Seeded Rice

June 19, 2024
By Consuelo B Baez Vega, Taiyu Guan
No-till drill seeded planting offers some real opportunities to conserve water, plant early, save on tillage costs, and use herbicides with different modes of action. Last year we did a pilot study looking at the potential of no-till rice in California.
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