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Now through the spring is the time to take a close look at crops that are susceptible to downy mildew so that the disease can be detected early. This post follows the previous one that describes the general identification and biology of downy mildew diseases.

Dear Colleagues, The California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) 2019 Dairy Digester Research and Development Program Demonstration Projects is part of the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP).

The public is invited to taste, see and learn about many UC ANR programs offered in California at the World Ag Expo, the world's largest agricultural exposition to be held in Tulare Feb. 12-14.

I know that a picture is worth a 1000 words, but I also know that a picture may not do justice to the view that one is trying to capture. That is the case of this particular picture and area. What this picture shows is the view of the mountain city of Da Lat in Vietnam.

Cosponsored by UCCE-Monterey County, UCANR, RCDMC Why: Apply for CDFA funding- State Water efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). Receive up to $100,000 in grant funding to improve your on-farm water and energy efficiency through the SWEEP grant funding program.

2019 UCCE Winter Prune Meetings Orchard Considerations for Bloom and Beyond Update on Heart Rot in Prunes Is This a Year to Skip Thinning?

Return to UC Cooperative Extension | Agricultural Experiment Station Cannabis is unlike any other agricultural crop.

Last year, UC ANR trialed a summer fellowship program in collaboration with the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources and the Planetary Health Center of Expertise at UC Davis. As a result, we had about six students doing a summer session with UC Cooperative Extension advisors.

UCCE Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor, Merced and Madera Counties Weeds compete with crops for light, water, and nutrients, which can result in yield reductions.

Tomorrow I head to Imperial County to meet with essential partners from the nearby agriculture institute at the University in Mexicali. The group in Imperial County (both UCCE and DREC) already have strong relationships with the institute; we are considering how these might expand or be formalized.