Ongoing research

The Colusa County 2014-15 4-H year kicks off with Hot August ENROLLMENT Nights! Also included are New Leader Orientation dates, information on Primary 4-H Camp, California 4-H at Raley Field...

The belief that an unrivaled record of productivity, deep soils and dry climate mean conservation agriculture doesn't apply in California is flat wrong, said Jeff Mitchell, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis.

Yesterday the White House launched the second phase of the Climate Data Initiative, focused on leveraging climate data and innovation to make food systems more resilient to climate change and reduce the impact of agriculture on climate change.

Say the word wings to folks who attend fairs and festivals and they may think of something to eat--buffalo wings or chicken wings. But if you head over to McCormack Hall at the Solano County Fair, Vallejo, you'll be thinking of insect flight. Flight of butterflies and moths.

Adult tomato bug (Cyrtopeltis modesta) on backyard tomato plant. See its slender, greenish body and needle-like mouthparts.

If the current temperature trend continues then plant maturity may be accelerated as compared to the last couple of years. The National Weather Service predicts warmer than normal August temperatures in the Sacramento Valley (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/30day/).

In the past few weeks I received several calls asking a version of the following question: how are stand, tillering and panicle size related to yield? A way to understand how these things interact is by discussing rice yield components and the factors that affect them.

NICHINO America LOCATION: California Fresno, North Job Description The Product Development Representative will be responsible for managing field research in an assigned territory (California Fresno North).

Most growers know the N-P-K numbers on fertilizer, but that doesn't tell you what else might be in the material, either as a contaminant or something purposely added to the material.

Bee scientists, beekeepers and bee photographers so love their bees that they can't get enough of them.