Cooperative Extension Specialist Brad Hanson, who chaired the 55th annual Weed Day at UC Davis July 14, was interviewed by Jeffrey Callison, host of Insight on Capital Public Radio on July 19. Click here to listen to the interview. Hansons interview begins at about 23:30 min.
Most of us learn best by doing, which is why Weed Science School 2011 promises to be better than ever this year. Were offering more hands-on training, says Cooperative Extension Specialist Joe DiTomaso, chairperson of Weed Science School 2011 to be held at UC Davis Aug. 30-Sept. 1.
We received several calls yesterday from a news organization in San Francisco about a CDFA biocontrol program for an invasive aquatic weed, water hyacinth. I'm a terrestrial weed guy who works mostly in orchards and vineyards, not aquatics so I kept a low profile.
What the ?? Wheres this coming from and what does that have to do with weeds? A few years ago, I noticed that when I was wearing my cool polarized sunglasses it was like I had a superpower for spotting smooth crabgrass in turf.
