Ongoing research

The agenda for the annual Kearney Alfalfa and Forage Field Day is set. Where: Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center; 9240 S. Riverbend Ave.

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2018 California Citrus Acreage Report The Pacific Regional Office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts an acreage survey of California citrus growers as funding is available.

Upcoming Workshops California Sheep and Goat Grazing School Establishing Irrigated Pasture Field Workshop So You Want to Start a Farm or Ranch Grazing Technology Field Day...

Kris Tollerup will be holding a meeting on mating disruption at the Kearney REC in Parlier, California on September 25. 2.5 units of other credits will be offered. For more information, please see the attached flier.

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You're heard these idioms: The early bird gets the worm First come, first served. Johnny-on-the-spot. The second mouse gets the cheese. But have you ever seen a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) eclose and then see her...well...engaged? Such was the case on Labor Day, Sept.

I was debating about what to post on the weed blog this week and, like manna from heaven, a topic dropped in my lap! Well ok, it was actually the summer newsletter from the Western Society of Weed Science but it had an article about biological control agents on houndstongue (Cynoglossum officiniale)...

IT will be upgrading equipment at the ANR datacenter on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. PDT. During this time, the ANR Portal, all websites and servers in ANR's Second Street building will be offline. If you have any questions, please contact IT at help@ucanr.edu.

In this Issue Heat Stress Impact on Cows .... 1 Forage Nutrient Yields............. 2 Sorghum Characteristics .......... 3 New Soils Advisor................... 4 Reducing Methane Emissions.. 5 Survey on Antibiotic Use.........