I'm humbled and honored to have received two major awards this week from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE). It's an international association of communicators, educators and information technologists who focus on communicating research-based information.
2022 Farm Service Agency County Committee Nominations Nominations for local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections began on June 15. Committee members are a critical component of the day-to-day operations of FSA. They help deliver FSA farm programs at the local level.
Advances in Pistachio Water Management Workshop UC ANR and the Pistachio Research Board are hosting a water management for pistachio workshop July 7th at the International Agri-Center in Tulare, CA.
A new study suggests that drip irrigation for sweet corn can significantly conserve water, reduce fertilizer use and boost crop yield in the low desert of California and likely in other areas of the state with similar conditions.
COVID-19 remains a presence in our communities statewide. CDC's COVID Data Tracker reports that 47 counties are currently experiencing medium or high rates of cases. Within UC ANR, we are seeing 1 to 2 cases reported daily among our employees statewide.
It's raining, but it's not water from the sky. It's fruit drop from my Satsuma mandarin tree. Small, immature fruit is littering my patio and my garden bed. The official name for this event is June Drop, but it can happen May though July. For some reason, it seems worse this year.
