Ag Briefs

January 2026 AgBriefs features research updates and field-based insights from our advisors, including forage and alfalfa management, vegetable variety evaluations, pest and disease monitoring, livestock-related concerns, and regional agricultural data. This issue also includes current CIMIS information and…

Features from your Advisors...     Introduction From The New Area County Director     Introducing An Interactive Web Application For Visualizing Selected Pest Population Dynamics Across Imperial County     Watch For Rhizoctonia Root Canker In Desert Alfalfa:  …

In this issue…BEST WATER AND NITROGEN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN DRIP-IRRIGATED DESERT LETTUCE AUGUST WEATHER-INDUCED DISEASE-LIKE SYMPTOMS IN COTTON: BOLL ROT, LEAF SPOTS, AND BRONZING SURVEY IDENTIFIED ELEVATED BERMUDAGRASS STEM MAGGOT ADULT PRESENCE AND DAMAGE IN BERMUDAGRASS FIELDS IN THE IMPERIAL…

in this issue...MAKING THE MOST OF SUMMER: SOLARIZATION AND BIOSOLARIZATION FORSOILBORNE PATHOGEN CONTROL IN THE LOW DESERTRESULTS FROM A RESEARCH TRIAL ON THE ERODIBILITY OF SOIL-APPLIEDFERTILIZERS IN LOW DESERT SUDAN GRASSAREA-WIDE MONITORING OF KEY INSECT PESTS ACROSS THE IMPERIALVALLEY: JUNE 2025…

In this newsletter...ADVANCED ON-FARM WATER DELIVERY SYSTEMS: A VITAL APPROACH FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT FARMING IN THE DESERT REGIONNEW CATTLE ID REQUIREMENTS – WHAT HAS CHANGED?AREA-WIDE MONITORING OF KEY INSECT PESTS ACROSS THE IMPERIAL VALLEY: MAY 2025 UPDATESFALL 2024 UPDATES FROM THE FARM SMART PROGRAM OF…

AREA-WIDE MONITORING OF KEY INSECT PESTS IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY: FEBRUARY 2025BROOMRAPE, A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING PARASITIC WEED OF VARIOUS CROPSUNDERSTANDING SOOTY MOLD: WHAT FARMERS AND PCAS NEED TO KNOWAGRICULTURAL WATER SAFETY UPDATE - FDA AND EPA ANNOUNCE FIRST REGISTERED PRE-HARVEST AGRICULTURAL WATER…

RESTORE GRANT AREAWIDE MONITORING OF KEY INSECT PESTS ACROSS THE IMPERIAL VALLEY: JANUARY 2025 UPDATE IMPACTS OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES ON THE DESERT ALFALFA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS HOW DO CROSSBRED ANGUS-HOLSTEIN STEERS COMPARE TO PUREBRED HOLSTEIN STEERS IN THE FEEDLOT?

AREAWIDE MONITORING OF KEY INSECT PESTS ACROSS THE IMPERIAL VALLEY: NOVEMBER 2024 UPDATES 2025 FIELD AND VEGETABLE GUIDELINES NOW AVAILABLE CIMIS...

JUNTA AGRCOLA PARA PEQUEOS AGRICULTORES HISPANOS/HISPANIC SMALL FARMERS MEETING NOVEMBER 2024 GROWERS & PCA MEETING AT UCCE IMPERIAL AREAWIDE MONITORING OF KEY INSECT PESTS ACROSS THE IMPERIAL VALLEY: OCTOBER 2024 UPDATES 2024 PRACTICAL TRAINING OF NITROGEN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC PRODUCT...

Evaluation of Okra Cultivars for Production in Imperial County, CA Letter to PCAs Onion/Garlic Production Meeting Southern California Small Ruminant Famacha Workshop UCCE Imperial County Initiated an Areawide Monitoring of Key Insect Pests Across the Imperial Valley CIMIS...