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Global event in Fresno aims to drive ag robotics forward Oct. 18-20, 2022 California agriculture is under tremendous threat from drought, climate impacts and labor scarcity. New robotics and automation solutions are addressing these challenges.

Don't miss this seminar by Tobin Hammer Wednesday, April 13 on "Mystery of the Missing Microbes: Why Do Bees Keep Losing Their Symbionts?

It's that time of year again for UC IPM's semi annual Easter Egg hunt! Can you guess which insect, spider, or mollusk laid the eggs pictured below? These critters may already be hiding in your home, landscape, or garden! Leave a comment with your guesses. Answers will be posted on Friday, April 15.

When UC Davis entomology alumnus Gary Lamberti, professor of aquatic science in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, and director of the university's Stream and Wetland Ecology Laboratory, accepts a Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Career Award on May 18 in Grand Rapi...

Forests in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range are being stressed by many factors that put them at risk. High-severity wildfire, drought stress, insect outbreaks, disease, and a backdrop of changing climate are a few.

Potatoes and Glyphosate: A Mismatch...

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Learn about the 70 species of desert-tolerant plants that are placed in a way to compliment the many pieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings bequeathed by the Annenbergs. Besides the flora, birders can enjoy the upward of 130 species of birds that frequent the garden grounds.

In this issue: Drought Update - A Third Dry Year Cattle & Sheep Grazing School set for July 14-15, 2022! Sheep and Shepherds in the 21st Century - PhotoVoice survey 2022 Livestock Access Pass Update Livestock Guardian Dog Updates Foothills Agricultural Water Use Survey Birds from HPAI Control areas...

Like many people in the rural areas of the Sierra foothills, my family raises chickens. Our dozen or so laying hens keep us supplied with eggs year-round.