- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Researchers, farmers, community members and county officials gathered in Escondido yesterday to discuss clouds of eye gnats that have been plaguing residents of south Escondido and Jacumba for the last few years, reported Gary Warth in the North (San Diego County) Times.
UC Cooperative Extension advisor James Bethke, a nursery and floriculture expert, moderated the San Diego County Eye Gnat Research and Education Symposium.
"We don't need to have crop-dusters flying over Escondido to deal with this situation,"...
- Author: Brenda Dawson
For an article "Should Wyoming livestock and ag adjust to climate?" in the Billings Gazette, reporter Paul Murray sought information about livestock animals' response to warmer temperatures from Frank Mitloehner, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. Mitloehner talked about ways animals can cool down and discussed shade, fans, sprinklers and even alternative cattle breeds. "We're seeing more and more extreme weather. That is a tendency we're seeing more and more often. That can stress animals. Similar...