Test PB Collection: FTE

As firefighters in Southern California worked to achieve full containment on the Thomas Fire, agricultural officials in Ventura County issued their first estimate of damage to crops and farm structures, reporting that losses will exceed $171 million, with more than 70,000 acres of cropland and range...

If you ever wondered why some plants evolved into carnivorous plants, or how they actually digest their prey, then you'll want to watch the PBS show Plants Behaving Badly, now available on DVD from your local Solano County Library branch.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service has a series of helpful fact sheets about post-fire erosion control methods. To choose the right methods, you'll need to examine your unique situation and goals.

Winter is an ideal time to prune deciduous fruit and shade trees, since the trees are dormant and you can more easily see the tree canopy. In many cases, pruning can also help prevent or control certain insect and disease problems.

Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2018 brings you and UC ANR great opportunity for success! I had a chance to visit s few new places over the break though it was a bit cooler and overcast than ideal for some of them.

Just catching up on my reading, and ran across this little number concerning the production of seed propagated strawberries. To some extent, this is to provide an "environmentally friendly alternative to the vegetatively propagated varieties currently relied upon by the strawberry industry".

A major citrus pest may experience a Bah, Humbug! kind of year.

The California Chapter of the American Agronomy Society meets in Fresno this coming February 6-7. This is a multi-day conference with numerous speakers covering all manner of agricultural and environmental issues primarily related to California issues.

Happy New Year! Hopefully the holidays were a time to rest and revive. We now enter "meeting season".

Summary: Following the crop production season in the fall, soil nitrate-nitrogen (N) levels can rise to high levels.