Food Blog

UC research shows farmland could remain viable if farmers plant winter grain crops. When managed properly, small grains can grow during the cool season, using little irrigation.

UC researchers tested processed foods marketed as containing avocado oil and found 48 of the 54 avocado oil-labeled products were adulterated with cheaper oils.

Two new studies of gray wolves in California suggest that wolves eat cattle more than anything else and the presence of the predators causes significant stress among livestock.

David Lile, UC Cooperative Extension natural resources and livestock advisor, retired on July 1, 2026, after 30 years of serving Lassen County residents.

Watershed and natural resource advisor Royce Larsen retires this summer after his 30-year career helping ranchers care for rangelands.