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Tree give away in Thermal Community -Master Gardener

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Free trees from UC ANR bring shade and hope to Coachella Valley families

October 30, 2026

By Ricardo A Vela

UC Master Gardeners distribute desert-adapted trees and teach Southern Californians how to plant and care for themTHERMAL, Calif. — For Ángel López, planting a tree means more than providing shade for his home. It’s an investment in his children's future.López, a resident of Thermal, a community in the…

Outdoors surrounded by evergreen trees, a documentary camera crew observes as Daniel Swain, seated on a bench, is interviewed by a woman

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Swain wins national awards for excellence in science communications

October 30, 2026

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UC ANR climate scientist to receive Schmidt Award, Schneider Award The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine announced that Daniel Swain is one of this year’s recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications, given by the National…

Johnsongrass growing in a field

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Land managers invited to up their game against roadside weeds at Yuba City training on Nov. 4

October 28, 2026

By Whitney B Brim-Deforest

The Yuba and Sutter Weed Management Area will take an in-depth look at managing weeds along roadsides and rights-of-way on Nov. 4.

A handful of peaches on the branches of a peach tree

The assumption about farm automation that may be wrong

October 22, 2026

By Amy Quinton

Researchers at UC Davis studied fruit tree operations and found that automation still takes human knowledge. What changes is how the work gets done.

Agricultural automation equipment is demonstrated in a leafy greens field during UC ANR Innovate's Coastal Veg Field Day in the Salinas Valley

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California AgTech Alliance opens applications for Innovation Grants of up to $50,000

October 20, 2026

By Hanif R Houston

The Innovation Grants Program, which helps ag tech startups test, validate and commercialize innovations, is accepting applications through Nov. 20.

Golden dry meadow with scattered oak trees under clear blue sky; in the foreground and throughout the field are yellow flowers with sharp, spiky thorns

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How to be a really successful weed? Break the rules

October 16, 2026

By Trina Kleist

In a new paper, UC Davis plant ecologists Justin Valliere and Jennifer Funk propose a framework for understanding how some invasive weeds thrive. Their approach could help improve efforts to manage plant invasions.

Cattle graze on a hillside overlooking the ocean

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Webinars in November highlight steps to transition livestock operations to organic

October 15, 2026

By Katharina S Ullmann, Melanie A Gerdes

The “Transition to Organic" series, on Nov. 5, 12 and 19, will cover the organic certification process, organic livestock economics and tips from experienced producers.

About 20 people sitting in folding chairs and standing on the edge of a crop field listen to a man speak. Two harvesters are running side by side in the field behind the speaker

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UC receives nearly $1.5 million from USDA-NIFA for farm research lab in San Joaquin Valley

October 14, 2026

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UC ANR has been awarded $1,479,774 by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish the Agricultural Research and Innovation Laboratory Complex at UC West Side Research and Extension Center in western Fresno County.

View looking up into canopy of oak tree at Hopland REC

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Celebrate oaks Oct. 17 at Hopland Research and Extension Center

October 13, 2026

By Hannah M Bird

Hopland REC will be hosting its second annual Oak Discovery Day on Oct. 17 (10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.). The family-friendly event features guided walks, tours, crafts, a play and art show.

Rain falls on slickened streets of a city as pedestrians in a crosswalk hold umbrellas

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Ten things to do right now to prepare for predicted severe El Niño impacts

October 8, 2026

By Michael Hsu

Follow a checklist of crucial tasks, assembled by California Institute for Water Resources and UCCE experts to help Californians get ready for severe impacts from a strong El Niño.

DLT with a dowel inserted through panels of wood

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A sustainable construction material is reinvented at UC Berkeley’s Wood Lab

September 30, 2026

By UC Berkeley News

In a short video from UC Berkeley, learn about mechanically laminated timber (MLT) and the work of UC Berkeley Wood Lab co-director Paul Mayencourt.

70 Anniversary Banner

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South Coast REC Celebrates 70 Years of Research and Community

September 29, 2026

By Diana Cervantes

Since 1956, the University of California South Coast Research and Extension Center has been a site of agricultural research in the Golden State. Today, surrounded by one of Orange County’s most urbanized areas, it remains a living laboratory where science, education and community come together.Amid Orange…

A man kneels down to examine a square of green grass. He is surrounded by squares of turf separated by rows of bare soil in the field

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Growing better grass with less water

September 25, 2026

By Joann Young

UCR Turfgrass Field Day showcases research moving from experimental plots into golf courses, landscapes and communities across the West Across a patchwork of green research plots at UC Riverside, thousands of experimental grasses are being put to the test.Some are subjected to weeks without…

Four people look at an agricultural robot working at the edge of an orchard

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Farm Robotics Challenge launches 2027 season with new divisions and Startup pathway

September 21, 2026

By Kelly D Scott

For the 2027 season, the Farm Robotics Challenge features a new three-division structure, a Startup pathway and more than $200,000 in prizes and startup support.

A person wearing an apron places vacuum-packed beef into a lined cardboard shipping box.

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Ranchers, processors invited to first California Meat Summit Oct. 15-16

September 17, 2026

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Ranchers, meat processors, butchers and agricultural industry partners are invited to Siskiyou County on Oct. 15-16 for the first meat summit to be held on the West Coast.

A crowd of kids and adults watch a fire expert light a fire on an inclined board

See ‘good fire’ use on Oct. 10 amid redwoods at Central Coast Fair

September 15, 2026

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The Central Coast Good Fire Fair will be held Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County.

Jason Scott-Sheets, middle, sits with two Public Works colleagues at the back of a truck filled with tools and signs during a community cleanup event

Climate Stewards prepare communities for El Niño, extreme weather impacts

September 15, 2026

By Michael Hsu

A certified UC Climate Steward is helping to organize volunteer crews in Santa Barbara County that will pick up accumulated debris flushed by stormwater from heavy rains.

Four farmers stand behind a table of leafy greens

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Every $1 invested in California farms yields $2.10 in statewide economic impact, new report finds

September 14, 2026

By Jessica Christopher, Curator PR

California’s Farm to School Investment helps farmers expand production and access new markets while strengthening the state’s food economy California’s investment in locally sourced school meals is delivering substantial economic returns. A new report reveals that every $1 granted to…

A group of people prepare to cut a ribbon strung between two pieces of farm equipment

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F3 Local opens farming equipment ‘lending library’ at Kearney REC

September 14, 2026

By Caroline D Champlin

An equipment-lending library is now open at the Kearney Research and Extension Center in Parlier, allowing small-scale farmers to borrow equipment rather than risk a pricey buy.

Map showing water flows from Trinity Lake, Shasta Lake, Lake Oroville down Sacramento River through the Delta to the Pacific Ocean. And water flows from the south from the San Joaquin River.

New tool shows where exactly California’s water goes – and how climate change might disrupt it

September 4, 2026

By Kara Manke

The UC Berkeley-led COEQWAL project is helping communities explore how shifting the state’s water priorities could impact agriculture, cities and ecosystems.