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  • Although the strawberry industry has lagged behind crops like tomato and wheat on genetic and technical innovation, enhanced plant breeding, gene editing and other techniques are seen as crucial to ensuring strawberry crops are sustainable. Photo by Tetiana Bykovets on Unsplash
    UC Davis awarded grant to advance strawberry breeding, genetic tools

    Oct 21, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • The study's section on labor includes information on California’s new minimum wage and overtime laws.
    UC study breaks down costs of growing organic strawberries

    Aug 24, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • Strawberry plants affected by Fusarium wilt at the Armstrong Pathology Farm. Photo by Fred Greaves for UC Davis
    Researchers identify genes making strawberries resistant to Fusarium wilt

    Jul 19, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • California quail tend to offer more benefits to strawberry farmers than disservices, according to a UC Davis study's
    Bringing out the best in wild birds on farms

    Feb 23, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Making strawberry jam with pectin helps preserve the bright color. Photo credit: National Center for Home Food Preservation
    Pectin is not gelatin

    Oct 13, 2021

    • Food
  • Soilborne diseases reduce strawberry yields and eventually kill infected plants. Photos by Joji Muramoto
    UC explores alternatives to fumigants for strawberries

    Sep 25, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Strawberries sold at farm stands are typically sweeter and more flavorful than varieties sold in stores.
    Roadside strawberry stands offer particularly flavorful fruit

    Apr 20, 2020

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • San Joaquin Valley strawberry stands are expected to be open by April 10.
    Strawberry farm stands are gearing up for the 2020 season

    Apr 1, 2020

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Complying with social-distancing protocols to prevent coronavirus spread will likely slow the strawberry harvest in California. (Photo: Evett Kilmartin)
    COVID-19 not a current threat to the food system, but California farmers still feel the pinch

    Mar 26, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Romaine harvest. In the romaine and strawberry cost studies, the authors have also expanded the section on labor, which includes information on California's minimum wage and overtime laws.
    Thinking about growing romaine or organic strawberries? UC ANR releases sample costs

    Sep 10, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • The rainy winter means sweet strawberries are on the way, says UC Cooperative Extension small farms and specialty crops Hmong ag assistant Michael Yang. The photo shows Yang with an Asian melon in summer 2018.
    Rainy winter is good news for Central Valley strawberries

    Mar 1, 2019

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Nathan Punh, left, talks with UCCE farm advisor Margaret Lloyd, who works with about 60 Mien farms in the Sacramento area.
    Strawberry stands sell berries fresh from the field

    May 30, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • Part of the strawberry field at Manzanita Berry Farms near Santa Maria where UCCE advisor Surandra Dara conducts trials on biologicals and other potential remedies for soil borne diseases, weeds and insects.
    Probiotics for plants: A new frontier for boosting crop production

    May 11, 2018

    • Agriculture
  • The cost study for strawberry production notes that in 2016 new minimum wage and overtime laws were passed in California. Many growers already pay more than the current state minimum wage, but may be affected by the overtime law.
    New cost estimates for strawberry production released by UC Agricultural Issues Center

    May 11, 2017

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    What will California's strawberry industry do without methyl bromide?

    Aug 15, 2016

  • Using microsprinklers instead of aluminum sprinkler sets to establish strawberries offers significant water savings.
    Farmers can use micro-sprinklers in strawberries to cut water use

    Dec 11, 2015

  • Organic strawberries is one of six crops for which production cost estimates are now available.
    UC studies estimate cost of production for six crops

    Aug 19, 2015

  • Water damage on a strawberry, probably due to the fruit sitting in a pool of water on the plastic.
    California farmers excited and apprehensive about El Niño

    Aug 7, 2015

  • The strawberry aphid is one of the pests included in the new app.
    New app helps strawberry growers manage pests

    Jun 16, 2015

  • San Joaquin Valley strawberry season is about two weeks early.
    Strawberry season opens in the San Joaquin Valley

    Mar 23, 2015

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