A diverse group of public and private sector agricultural professionals are joining the University of California to form the Conservation Agriculture Systems Initiative (CASI), an organization that will be formally launched at a public meeting Jan. 27 in Clovis, Calif.
It was lovely day today, in more ways than one. During the lunch hour, we stopped by the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis, and discovered more than just blossoms in the planter box filled with fava beans.
In 2005, the University of California and NRCS Conservation Tillage Workgroup established the Conservation Tillage Farmer Innovator Award as a means for providing greater visibility to CT pioneers in California.
I was forwarded a question recently about rotating herbicide mode of actions for resistance management in vineyards and realized that the information is not always particularly easy to find.
We've been waiting with bated breath for butterfly expert Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, to announce he's found the first Pieris rapae of the year. Not so. Not yet.
Although many orchard weed managers are waiting for rain (or at least a chance of rain) before putting out their dormant-season herbicide applications, I thought I'd post a few results from three 2011 residual herbicide trials focused on hairy fleabane.
The public's increasing demand for safe green products has resulted in many new environmentally-friendly products becoming available for controlling weeds in the garden and landscape.
When California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) bloom and honey bees battle over the blossoms, can spring be far behind? No, it's just California's pleasant weather.
