Crop Production

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Webinar: Updates on Major Olive Pests and their Management in California

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Oct 15, 2025

This webinar is part of the UC Ag Experts Talk series. Dr. Sudan Gyawaly, Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Butte, Sutter-Yuba, Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama Counties, will discuss an overview of the current knowledge of major olive pests and their…
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Vegetable Gardening for the True Beginner: Fall 2025

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Sep 20, 2025

Join Santa Barbara Master Gardeners for a 4-part class on growing your own vegetables.You will learn: Site Selection, Soil and Soil Testing, Soil Amendments, Composting, & When, What and How to Plant.Bring a hat, water, & folding chair. Dress in layers & garden shoes. 
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Webinar: Pest Management in Alfalfa, Small Grains, and Garbanzo Beans

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Sep 24, 2025

This webinar is part of the UC Ag Experts Talk series. Dr. Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, Delta Crops Resource Management Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension, San Joaquin County, will discuss the principles of Integrated Pest Management and pest management in alfalfa, small grains,…
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Webinar: Field Crop Insect and Weed Management Updates

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Aug 6, 2025

This webinar is part of the UC Ag Experts Talk series. Nicholas Clark, Associate Cooperative Extension Area Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management Advisor, will give an introduction of agronomic cropping systems and their current weed and insect pest management challenges. He will describe…
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2025 California Date Palm Workshop

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Apr 23, 2025

Join us for the upcoming 2025 California Date Palm Workshop event where you will learn about date production. There will be presentations on irrigation, nutrients, disease, pests, and regulations. “The workshop brings together researchers, growers and stakeholders to discuss recent research…
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Cover crop trial shows the benefits of a diverse seed mix

September 30, 2025
By Kamyar Aram
  Where does the time go? Cover cropping season is upon us, again. After three years of running a cover trial in a walnut orchard in eastern Contra Costa County (at the northwestern reach of the San Joaquin Valley), there are some exciting results to share that could be helpful if you are deciding…
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