- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Sorghum is not only a potential drought-tolerant crop for the San Joaquin Valley, it also presents the opportunity for scientists to understand the mechanism behind drought tolerance at the genetic level, said UCCE sorghum specialist Jeff Dahlberg in a segment on ABC 30 Action News.
Reporter Cristina Davies spent an hour and a half at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier during the sorghum harvest to learn about the potential of sorghum research.
"If we can elucidate the genetics behind (drought...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The official magazine of the World Ag Expo 2013 contains a three-page spread about sorghum research being conducted at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center by Jeff Dahlberg, director of the center.
Copies of the magazine will be available to visitors at the world's largest agricultural exposition Feb. 12-14 in Tulare. A pdf of the sorghum article is attached below.
In the article, Dahlberg says that, in the past, sorghum forages were not as good as corn for silage feed. But times have changed.
"We've come a long way from what your father or grandfather grew as sorghums years ago," Dahlberg said. "It's to...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Ag radio personality Sean Michael Lisle of KMJ 580 am based in Fresno welcomed the new director of the UC Kearney Research and Extension Center, Jeff Dahlberg, back to California on this morning's ag radio show.
The program is broadcast from 5 to 6 a.m.; for later risers it can also be downloaded or heard on Californiaagnet.com.
Lisle caught up with Dahlberg at the San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium in Easton on Wednesday.
Dahlberg told the reporter he is originally from the California Bay...