Posts Tagged: Development
Reminder to complete our mailing list and interest survey
Attention Mendocino & Lake Ranchers, Farmers, Forest Land Owners:
Attached is a flier about our survey that some of you may have received. It is very important that you take the time to fill out the survey as it helps us help you. It also help us justify Advisor position requests that will serve Mendocino & Lake Counties. The information we collect is completely confidential and will be used to clean up our client database and give us direction for the types of programs and research you want. If you have children of 4-H age or know others that might be interested in 4-H we will use that part of the survey results for contacting you about participating. If you want ranch, forest or farm visits with our Advisors we will follow up with you to schedule.
Thanks so much for completing the survey!
Sincerely,
John Harper
UCCE Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor, Emeritus
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Youth invited to Mustang Camp in Lassen County June 28-29
UC Cooperative Extension in Modoc County is partnering with Utah State University to offer a mustang camp for California youth ages 9 to 19.
The 4-H Mustang Camp, sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, will be held on June 28-29.
This overnight camp is an opportunity for youth across California to learn about managing public lands, rangelands, wild horses and burros. Mustangs are feral horses that roam freely.
“We realize not everyone can take a wild horse home so we'll take the young people out on the range,” said event organizer Laura Snell, UC Cooperative Extension livestock and natural resources advisor for Modoc County.
“Participants will learn about range management, the grasses, habitat, ecosystem and wild horses,” she said.
Youth also will learn about careers with U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service related to wild horse management.
Camp participants will spend the night at a campground and use facilities at the Lassen County Fair Grounds. Registration for the mustang camp is $75 and includes lunch and dinner on June 28 and breakfast and lunch on June 29. Space is limited to 25 youth.
“Our hope is that by participating in this camp these young people will leave understanding and appreciating the uniqueness of our wild horses and burros,” said Snell.
The 4-H Mustang Camp is sponsored by the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program and UC Cooperative Extension in Modoc and Lassen counties. It will be held at Lassen County Fair Grounds at 195 Russell Avenue, Susanville, CA 96130.
Registration for camp is open through June 14. To learn more about the camp or to register, visit https://extension.usu.edu/utah4h/events/mustang-camp.
Colt Challenge on June 22
The public is invited to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Devils Garden Colt Challenge on June 22 in Alturas in Modoc County. In the Colt Challenge, 4-H and FFA youth in California and in the Oregon border counties of Lake and Klamath take home young, wild horses in December to train, then gather in June to show their horses' progress. Attendance is free.
For more information about the Colt Challenge, visit https://www.devilsgardenucce.org/post/colt-challenge-faq.
Carey Engages Audience in California's Fruit Fly Crisis
If you missed UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey's well-attended seminar on...
UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey presented a seminar on "California's Fruit Fly Invasion: A 70-Year Struggle Nears Critical Mass" on June 3 in Briggs Hall, UC Davis campus, and on Zoom. (Photo by UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal)
The Katydid Nymph Did
The katydid nymph did. It did appear in May. The UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management...
A katydid nymph, its long threadlike antennae upright, descends a stem in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A katydid nymph, its long threadlike antennae upright, descends a stem in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) The katydid nymph lowers its antennae and proceeds along the stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The katydid nymph lowers its antennae and proceeds along the stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Antennae down, the katydid nymph continues its descent. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
2024 Automated Technology Field day
University of California Cooperative Extension
2024 Automated Technology Field Day
Thursday, June 27, 2024 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Hartnell East Campus, Salinas, CA
1752 East Alisal Road, Salinas (follow signs to demonstration area)
Topics
- Growing role of automated technologies in precision weeding and other ag operations
- Automated weeders, thinners and sprayers from several companies will be demonstrated on planted crops
- Technologies appropriate for conventional and organic production will be demonstrated
- There will be ample opportunity to watch demonstrations of each machine and to discuss with company representatives.
Companies represented
- Boden Bolt
- Carbon Robotics
- Ecorobotix (Keithly Williams)
- L&Aser
- Mantis Ag Technology
- Smart Steam Applicator Organizers
- Sutton Ag
- Stout Industrial Technology
- Tensorfield
- Verdant Robotics
- Veda Farming
- Weed Spider
Organizers
- Steve Fennimore, Extension Vegetable Weed Control Specialist, UC Davis.
- Paramveer Singh, Agricultural Technology Area Advisor, Salinas.
- In cooperation with the USDA ARS, Salinas.
CA 3.0 Continuing Education Credits have been requested.
No registration fee and refreshments will be served.
For more information, call Steve Fennimore at (831) 594-1333.
2024 Automated Tech Field Day