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Photo 13. Hairy nightshade (common summer annual that can survive into the winter)
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The importance of reducing winter weed host plants for INSV control

November 24th, 2020
By Richard F Smith
Richard Smith is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Advisor for Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties and Daniel Hasegawa is a USDA ARS Research Entomologist for the Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit in Salinas, California.
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Weeds
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Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers on December 3

November 14th, 2020
By Devii R Rao
The San Benito County Weed Management Area is hosting their 19th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers on Thursday, December 3 from 8:00 am to 11:40 am. 2.5 hours of pesticide continuing education credit (including 0.
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2020 Forage Production in San Benito County

September 17th, 2020
By Devii R Rao
This is a summary of forage production clipping from 2020. I was able to clip forage production at two sites in San Benito County: one in Rainfall Zone A and the other in Rainfall Zone B. Click here to see the Rainfall Zones. Table 1 shows two forage production values for each rainfall zone.
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Cattle grazing is a tool for reducing fire danger

September 10th, 2020
Reposted from the UCANR news Cattle can help reduce wildfire danger by grazing on fine fuels in rangeland and forest landscapes, reported Sierra Dawn McClain in Capital Press. The article also appeared in the Blue Mountain Eagle, the Westerner and the East Oregonian.
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Cattle grazing reduces wildfire fuel in rural areas.
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Cattle grazing is a tool for reducing fire danger

September 10th, 2020
Cattle can help reduce wildfire danger by grazing on fine fuels in rangeland and forest landscapes, reported Sierra Dawn McClain in Capital Press. The article also appeared in the Blue Mountain Eagle, the Westerner and the East Oregonian.
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