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For those long drives when only a podcast will do. Have you listened to a Growing the Valley podcast? Here are a couple you might want to check out. In this short episode, Phoebe Gordon chats with Dr. Brad Hanson, Weed Specialist with UC Davis.

In a recent post about lemon shape being affected by high temperatures https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=29443 a grower sent an image of what I thought was a blurred view of something that was circled.

Now we know A team of researchers, including two from the University of California, Riverside, has identified the genes responsible for the hallmark sour taste of many citrus fruits. Published Tuesday, Feb.

Ever in search of new crops and especially those that require little or no water, a recent notice in a Peruvian newspaper promotes a "new" crop that the local tourist industry is finding attractive: https://www.expreso.com.

Virulent Newcastle's Disease is Still at Large El Departamento de Alimentos y Agricultura de California y el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos estan investigando una incidencia de la enfermedad de Newcastle virulento que fue encontrada el 18 de mayo 2018 en una bandada de pollitos de...