Test PB Collection: FTE

It's Friday Fly Day--and time to post images of a syrphid fly. Syrphid flies, often mistaken for honey bees, are pollinators, too. Also known as flower flies and hover flies, syrphids hover over a flower before touching down.

UCCE Northern San Joaquin Valley Processing Tomato Meeting University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced Counties Thursday, February 3, 2022, 8:00 - 11:00 am Online Meeting via Zoom (https://zoom.

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, we are excited to bring back our California 4-H Camping Conference! Every two years, camp planning adults and teens come together for a weekend of networking, learning, and growth.

Growers are invited to attend free organic agriculture seminars hosted by UC Cooperative Extension. Lunchtime seminars will be offered on Tuesdays from 12 to 1 p.m. through March 8.

Since 2013 I have been offering an 8-week, 10-class course in best management practices (BMPs) for landscape professionals.

Lorrene Ritchie, cooperative extension nutrition specialist and director of the Nutrition Policy Institute, was awarded the title of Platinum Author in 2022 by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

If the University of California, Davis, were to lose electrical power, distinguished professor Bruce Hammock's humorous back-up plan at his Briggs Hall office would make antique collectors drooland his administrative staff cringe over just the thought of preparing a 986-page grant application on his...

Are you interested in working with 4-H and having a career with the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE)? UCCE is hiring nine 4-H Supervisor positions across the state.

The California Chapter, American Society of Agronomy and Cooperative Extension, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources are hosting the annual Plant and Soil Conference on Tuesday, February 1 - Thursday, February 3. This will be a virtual event using zoom.

Summary:Automated weeders are capable of selectively removing weeds from the uncultivated band (3-5 inches wide) left around the seedline by standard cultivation. A camera detects the image, a computer processes the image and then activates a kill mechanism (e.g. a split blade).