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Comprehensive Nitrogen Budgeting on Organic Vegetable Farms

January 31st, 2019
By Margaret G Lloyd
This handy guide is aimed to help you develop a meaningful nitrogen budget in organic crop production. It provides information on how to calculate N contributions from compost, soil organic matter, cover crops, fertilizers, and crop residues.
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Grafting Fresh Market Tomatoes: Field Trial Results

December 20th, 2018
By Margaret G Lloyd
Join me for an informal discussion! Tomorrow, Friday 12/21, 9-10 am Call in by phone or computer to the information below. For the past 2 summers, I have been conducting field trials at UC Davis evaluating grafting rootstocks with heirloom tomatoes.
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Bagrada bug (circled in green) on harlequin bug.
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Bagrada Bug, Bagrada hilaris: Organic Management in Yolo County

November 9th, 2018
By Margaret G Lloyd
Bagrada Bug, Bagrada hilaris: Organic Management in Yolo County Margaret Lloyda and Ian Grettenbergerb aUCCE Small Farms Advisor in Yolo Solano and Sacramento Counties bUC Cooperative Extension Specialist in Entomology Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris, is an invasive stink bug first found in Southern Ca...
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