Topics in Subtropics

Communications Director Cornell University Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it's only happened twice in nature in the last 6 million years. And since the domestication of the grapevine 8,000 years ago, breeding has continued to be a gamble.

Attention Farmers & Ranchers (to include all growers, ranchers, workers of the land, shepherds, cattle people, and farm advocates)!!! There's a new group just for you being formed in Ventura County. Join us for an evening of farmer focused conversation.

June 10 9-11 Mitigating Heat Hear what happens to a tree under heat stress and what can and is being done about it Giulia Marino, UC Davis Tree Physiologist, How Heat Affects a Tree and What Options Are there to Reduce the Effect Four Examples of Growers Modifying Overhead Irrigation to Affect Tree...

Trent Blare (tblare@ufl.edu), Assistant Professor in Food Resource Economics, University of Florida. There has been growing hype around finger limes from citrus growers, the retail sector, and their customers.

Possession of an Ag Pass during a wildfire or similar disaster allows farmers and ranchers access to areas that may otherwise be restricted to the public so that they can protect or care for agricultural assets (such as by irrigating crops or feeding, watering, and transporting livestock) or provide...