Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

This workshop in English will present information for nursery and greenhouse growers, managers, and personnel on plant nutrition and fertilizer management with a focus on crops in containers. With demonstrations and hands-on activities.

Summer is high rattlesnake season for us in California. Classified as a native reptile, the rattlesnake is the only venomous snake in California. At least six species are found in various areas of the state, from below sea level to 11,000 feet.

Insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevils is spreading across California Insecticide resistance is alive and well in alfalfa. Growers in Scott Valley, Palo Verde Valley, and the Los Banos area have reported issues with control failures for alfalfa weevil. In 2016, Dr. Steve Orloff and Dr.

E is for Earwigs - The Cringe-worthy Earwig For most people, there is something cringe-worthy about the ubiquitous earwig.

No assassinations today! But an "assassination attempt." There it was, a leafhopper assassin bug, Zelus renardii, waiting for prey atop a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola in a Vacaville pollinator garden. Yes, it's native to North America.

Friend or Foe? Insect? Bug? Beneficial? Pest? Insect Relative? Pollinator? Other? All these terms, and the creatures/animals they represent, can fall into, What's Bugging Me.

Come to our Open Garden! It's kinda like an open house but with plants. Mark your calendars. Saturday August 6th 9 to 11 am. Education Village, 499 Marguerite, Williams Pick tomatoes, squash and flowers.

As you know, our current Associate Vice President Wendy Powers will be leaving UC ANR on August 12, 2022, and Vice Provost Mark Bell departed at the end of June.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is awarding $1.85 million to the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources to increase technical assistance for California's organic farmers.

"My old flame" returned Saturday, July 2. A strong north wind aided him. It wasn't the "old flame" from last year, but a new generation. Still, what a beauty of a dragonfly--a red flameskimmer or firecracker skimmer (Libellula saturata), native to Western North America.