Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Luna UCR' es el nombre con el que un grupo de cientficos ha bautizado a una nueva variedad de aguacate que muy pronto podra estar disponible para su cultivo y consumo.

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Today is the last day to register for 2024 North Sacramento Valley Walnut Day! Visit https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=42004 to register.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2024 ANR Distinguished Service Awards, which are sponsored by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Academic Assembly Council. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to recognize outstanding achievement by yourself or your colleagues.

By Shawn Martin, organic grower and CA Avocado Society Board member It's never clear what winter will deliver to a coastal avocado grove on a steep slope, so the grower must be ready for whatever happens. And the main thing is rainfall. And Frost. And sometimes drought. And be ready for fire.

Today, on Presidents' Day, let's buzz back in history to our first President and his love of honey bees. Picture this: George Washington (Feb. 22, 1732-Dec. 14, 1799) is eating hoecakes with honey, and adding honey to his tea, something that historians say he did every day.

California rice growers will have a new herbicide available this year: Cliffhanger, manufactured by Gowan Company. The active ingredient is benzobicyclon, which is the same as one of the two active ingredients in the currently registered herbicide, Butte.

I recently saw an image on a Facebook page devoted to owls that generated a lot of discussion. Some people thought the creature in the image was a butterfly; others were sure it was a moth. I decided it was a moth based on information I had found online.

Did you know there are volunteer organizations in Orange County that can come to your garden, pick your extra fruit, and ultimately distribute the harvest to the underserved in the community.

Reflecting on the inaugural EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Summit, Creating Transformation, held from January 31 to February 1, 2024, I'm inspired by a profound sense of hope and renewed determination.