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Webinar: Assessing Bee Exposure Risk and Potential for Habitat-Based Mitigation in California Agriculture

Jun 11 2025

This webinar is part of the Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management series. Dr. Neal Williams, University of California Davis, will provide an overview of predictive framework (models) for assessing pesticide exposure risk to bees in working agricultural landscapes and evidence-based field studies to…

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2025 California Date Palm Workshop

Apr 23 2025

Join us for the upcoming 2025 California Date Palm Workshop event where you will learn about date production. There will be presentations on irrigation, nutrients, disease, pests, and regulations. “The workshop brings together researchers, growers and stakeholders to discuss recent research…

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Hopland Hikes - Wildflowers

Apr 12 2025

Join Dr. Jennifer Riddell, local biologist and Cathy Monroe of the California Native Plant Society (Sanhedrin Chapter) to visit the beautiful wildflowers at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center.The hike will be around 2-3 miles, at a wildflower pace (slow to take in what we discover). We expect to…

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Central Sierra: Pruning and Care of Fruit Trees in Summer (EDC MG)

Aug 2 2025

Come out to the beautiful and educational Sherwood Demonstration Garden to learn the benefits of summer fruit tree pruning: what to prune in the summer vs winter, the reasoning, creating fruitful trees, and more.

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Webinar May 19: How might trade-policy shifts affect California growers, consumers?

May 15th, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UC expert James “Jay” E. Sayre will host a webinar unpacking what some of the latest developments in trade policy may mean for California growers, processors and consumers.

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UCCE advisor provides first-of-its-kind avocado irrigation data

May 15th, 2025

By Michael Hsu

Crop coefficients are numbers used to calculate the amount of water a particular crop needs. In an unprecedented study, Ali Montazar, UC Cooperative Extension irrigation and water management advisor, set out to develop more reliable crop coefficients for avocado based on real-world data.

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WeatherLinked data is from the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) weather stations. Visit CIMIS web site.

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University of Georgia wins top honors at 2025 Farm Robotics Challenge

May 8th, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

A fully automated spraying drone platform took the grand prize – a $20,000 Innovation Award sponsored by Farm-ng and Western Growers – in the third annual Farm Robotics Challenge.

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New video series to help new California vegetable growers

May 5th, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

To train new people to work with California specialty crops and update the skills of current workers, educators from UC Davis and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fresno State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chico State and five California community colleges are producing educational videos.

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Farm Robotics Challenge Awards to spotlight next generation of ag innovation

May 2nd, 2025

By Kelly D Scott

Winners of the 2025 Farm Robotics Challenge Awards will be announced on May 8.

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