UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia)

As a livestock and natural resources advisor, I don't expect to get questions about fruit trees such as figs.

Long-time member of the California weed science community Steve Orloff passed away on October 3, 2017 after a brief fight with cancer.

A quick post today to share a link to the recently revised "UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines for Walnut" (UC ANR Publication #3471).

Here's the latest issue of the Lassen Farm Advisor's Update newsletter from Tom Getts, Weed Ecology and Cropping Systems Farm Advisor.

As weed practitioners and researchers we work in a field of us vs. them.' There are the plants we want and those we don't. Good weed management can help to ensure a profitable harvest, too many weeds can cause poor establishment in a native plant restoration project.