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  • Strawberries! - Pacific Star Gardens
    Let them eat cherries: Planning a U-Pick operation on your farm

    Aug 29, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Food
  • Sweet cherries are among the agricultural industries expected to experience economic losses due to new trade tariffs, according to a UC Agricultural Issues Center report. In 2016-17, $145 million of sweet cherries were exported to China and Hong Kong.
    New tariffs could cost U.S. nut and fruit industries over $3 billion

    Aug 15, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • Left to right, UC ANR vice provost Mark Lagrimini, associate vice president Wendy Powers, and IREC director Rob Wilson took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new IREC Multi-purpose Conference and Laboratory Building.
    UC research facility brings state-of-the-art conferencing to Tulelake

    Jul 27, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • Workers at Kearney raise a tower to blanket the 330-acre research center with high-speed wireless internet. (Photo: Julie Sievert)
    Connectivity is key for high-tech farms of the future

    Jul 23, 2018

    • Economic Development
    • Innovation
  • The USDA-funded Tribal Food Security Project team includes members of the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath Tribes along with UC researchers. In front row, Jennifer Sowerwine is second from left and  UCCE farm advisor Deborah Giraud is far right. Photo courtesy of Karuk Píkyav Field Institute.
    USDA awards UC and Karuk Tribe $1.2 million for collaborative research and education to increase tribal ecosystem resilience in a changing climate

    Jul 18, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Environment
  • Fresno farmer Vang Thao in his moringa plantation.
    Fresno’s Southeast Asian farmers are on trend with new ‘superfood’

    Jul 9, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • Mark Gaskell shown among blackberries bushes, but the UC Cooperative Extension advisor is known for his pioneering work on blueberries and coffee in California.
    UCCE small farms advisor Mark Gaskell retires

    Jun 29, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • 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
  • Jennifer Sowerwine.
    Bay Area program provides urban ag jobs to ex-offenders

    May 18, 2018

    • Economic Development
  • raspberries
    Growers get help from UC in estimating raspberry production costs

    May 7, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • Scarlet Royal
    New labor laws factored into UC cost studies for table grape production

    Apr 17, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • Aerial view of smoke from the 2017 fires in Napa and Sonoma counties. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
    Autumn wildfire set up research on 'smoke taint' in wine

    Apr 6, 2018

    • Economic Development
  • Almonds could be among the crops hit by Chinese tariffs in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum.
    Farmers concerned about potential new tariffs

    Mar 29, 2018

    • Economic Development
  • Processing tomato harvest. A new report estimates costs and returns for  of processing tomatoes in Fresno County and provides an overview of common production practices related to irrigation, fertility and pest management.
    UC Agricultural Issues Center releases cost estimates for growing processing tomatoes

    Mar 23, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • Garbanzo beans mature in June and are harvested in July.
    UC estimates costs and returns for growing garbanzo beans

    Mar 6, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • In video game Foldit's Aflatoxin Challenge, players try to fold a protein into a shape that will break down the aflatoxin molecule into something harmless.
    Monthly news round up: February 2018

    Feb 28, 2018

    • 4-H
    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • California-grown coffee has great earning potential for farmers, reported Valley Public Radio.
    California-grown coffee could be the state's next gold mine

    Feb 20, 2018

    • Economic Development
    • Food
  • Farmer Paul Buxman says his Sweet Home Ranch jam (right) is so addictive, it's 'barely legal.'
    Farmers can increase income by expanding small operations with creative new businesses

    Feb 9, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Food
  • PaulVerdegaalfieldhat LodiWineBlog
    Monthly news round up: January 2018

    Jan 31, 2018

    • 4-H
    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Environment
    • Pest Management
  • The seed pods and branches of a moringa tree. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 40)
    UCCE helps farmers increase revenue by creating value-added enterprises

    Jan 26, 2018

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