Test PB Collection: FTE

Rachel Elkins is Pomology Farm Advisor for Lake and Mendocino Counties. Major crop responsibilities include European pears, walnuts, olives, apples, and all other tree fruit and nut crops, except wine grapes. Rachel can be reached by calling 263-6838 or you can email rbelkins@ucanr.edu.

Cost and Return Studies for other commodities can be found at http://coststudies.ucdavis.

Links: The following websites offer current pomology information from the University of California.

Sacramento Valley Walnut New Summer-Fall 2013 Sacramento Valley Walnut News - September 2012 Sacramento Valley Prune & Walnut News September 2011 Pear Production and Handling Manual Flyer (.pdf) To order your copy of this publication contact the UCCE Office at (707) 263-6838.

Walnut Production Information: Walnut Fall Freeze Information: Cause and Management of Late Fall Cold Injury (June 2021 newsletter) California Walnuts Sustained Freeze Injury in Fall 2020 (article) Calendar of Operation for Backyard Walnut Trees - ANR Publication #7263 Calendar of Operations for Bac...

Olive Production information

The IPM program works with the agricultural industry in the research and implementation of alternative pest control methods, in order to decrease the use of pesticides.

The Livestock and Natural Resource Management Program focuses on efforts to keep range livestock and the rangeland itself healthy and productive.

SACRAMENTO -California's horse owners are being urged to make sure their animals are vaccinated following the confirmation of this year's first equine case of West Nile virus. The three-year-old quarter horse stallion from Tulare County died on July 4, and had not been vaccinated.

Warning! These links will take you outside of the University of California system. The University does not explicitly or implicitly support the information that you may receive. WEB SITES WITH BIRD FLU INFORMATION: UC Davis Poultry Webpage http://animalscience.ucdavis.