ANR News Releases

News releases share the latest updates on Extension activities and impact by scientists and staff across UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

For the 2018 ASABE Student Robotics Challenge, teams will simulate the mechanical harvest and storage of apples.

College students to build apple-picking robots in ASABE competition

July 11, 2018

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Nineteen teams of college students from top universities in the U.S., Canada and China will compete to build robots to mechanize farm work at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting in Detroit.

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UC Cooperative Extension advisors retiring in 2018.

Five UC Cooperative Extension advisors retired on July 1, 2018

July 3, 2018

At the end of June, the distinguished careers of five UC Cooperative Extension advisors concluded when they retired.

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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

June 29, 2018

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Mark Gaskell is best known these days for cultivating the idea of California-grown coffee that launched the emerging industry. But coffee isn't the first crop that Gaskell convinced California farmers could be locally grown.

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UCCE advisor Whitney Brim-DeForest in a rice field.

UC ANR awards $1 million UCCE Presidential Chair for California Grown Rice

April 25, 2018

The $1 million UC Cooperative Extension Presidential Chair for California Grown Rice has been awarded to Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE rice advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Placer, Sacramento and Butte counties.

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Agriculture majors are eligible for UC ANR scholarships, including one to study soil improvement.

Three agriculture scholarships offered by UC ANR

April 19, 2018

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Three scholarships are being offered to college students majoring in agriculture by the University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The scholarships will be awarded for the fall 2018 semester or quarter.

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