Ongoing research

It is time again for the Rice Diseases Survey. The objective of the Survey is to document the incidence of rice diseases in Sacramento Valley rice fields so that the Air Resources Board agrees to continue to allow the rice industry to burn up to 25% of the acreage.

Los productores de zarzamoras de la costa central de California podrn calcular el costo y potencial rendimiento de sus cultivos, gracias a un nuevo estudio que dieron a conocer recientemente investigadores de la Universidad de California.

My Orb Spider friend was in a Sacramento Digs newsletter last year when I first read about Orb spiders. Before reading the article, I had mistakenly assumed the ones I had seen were poisonous.

A 2024 article by Matthew Yoshimoto of The Daily Californian discussed Berkeley's 2014 soda tax, and its presence on the ballot in November 2024. Since its implementation, the soda tax, a 1-cent-per-ounce excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, has had drastic impacts on community health.

El orujo de uvas ayuda tambin mejora la eficiencia del alimento y la calidad de la leche Investigadores de la Universidad de California en Davis alimentaron a vacas con una mezcla de alfalfa y orujo de uvas fresco y observaron que las emisiones de metano producidas por el ganado se redujeron en un 1...

Modificar la Ley Agrcola puede reducir las barreras a las que se enfrentan los estudiantes En el 2015, un estudio revel que 4 de cada 10 estudiantes de UC carecan de suficiente dinero para comprar alimentos que les permitieran mantener una alimentacin saludable y a pesar de los esfuerzos por mejorar...

Charcoal Rot: A dry weather wilt in processing tomatoes...

Capparis spinosa, aka, caper bush is a fruiting plant (not a vegetable) native to the Mediterranean region, parts of Asia and the Arabian peninsula.

This July, San Luis Obispo county's first cultural burn since 1850 took place.

Hello 4-H Families, You are invited to participate in the Central Coast Good Fire Fair. See attached flier for more details.