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Ah, welcome to summer in Fresno! Have you seen the extreme heat advisories going on? How does all of this affect our roses? Let’s talk about water and sun. According to the California Drought Monitor, currently, Fresno ranks a D1 or moderate drought. The map is updated weekly. I am bringing this up…

The California Agritourism Summit brought together farmers, academics, officials and tourism promoters in San Diego on May 14-15 with a common goal: to connect rural communities with urban communities and open new paths for small producers.

Bettiga honored with ASEV Merit Award  Larry Bettiga, UC Cooperative Extension viticulture farm advisor for Monterey County, will deliver the prestigious American Society for Enology and Viticulture Merit Award presentation at the 2025 ASEV National Conference, taking place June 16-19 in…

 Show us your work world! UC ANR staff, academics and employees are invited to submit original photos highlighting their work and experiences in one or more of five categories: Agricultural Landscape, Nature, Urban Landscape, Family and Friends, and A Day in the Field. You can enter up to …

Given the current economics of rice, you may be planning on not topdressing. If there is enough N up front as aqua, this should be fine. The question is how to determine if you have enough. One easy, practical way to confirm that you do not need a topdress is to set up a small overfertilized area. To do this…

 "Better autograph that right now. That could be a valuable piece of art some day!"So said an onlooker when youngsters were creating maggot art at the recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. The theme: "Insects: Life Stages."Doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim of the lab of Professor Jason Bond,…