Archived News releases

Stories for the Year 2003

Story Date	Story Title
Dec 19, 2003	Singleton hangs up his mike
Dec 17, 2003	UC Berkeley hires nation’s first wildland-fire specialist
Dec 17, 2002	New UC studies show costs of growing almonds
Dec 2, 2003	UC asks revelers to help control pitch canker by disposing of Christmas trees promptly
Dec 1, 2003	Cedar Fire alters environmental teaching and research at UC wildlands reserve
Nov 25, 2003	New Web site outlines health benefits of grass-fed beef
Nov 25, 2003	UC conference helps Northern California farmers cope with new ag economy
Nov 13, 2003	Media Advisory - 'Clean Air Demonstration' Nov. 19
Nov 7, 2003	Sutter/Yuba County Cooperative Extension director and farm advisor Jack Williams completes 34-year career
Nov 4, 2003	New UC 800-toll-free number aids Spanish-speaking firestorm victims
Nov 3, 2003	UC aims to turn the adolescent obsession with diet and weight into a passion for health and fitness
Oct 31, 2003	UC ANR wildfire experts
Oct 30, 2003	UC pest management research investments return three times the amount in benefits
Oct 30, 2003	Innovative courses help ranchers chart a course for the future
Oct 29, 2003	UC receives a half-million-dollar USDA grant for risk management programs
Oct 29, 2003	Highlights: Oct.-Dec. 2003 California Agriculture magazine
Oct 29, 2003	Environmental researchers pool resources
Oct 23, 2003	UCCE studies examine pear production costs in the North Coast
Oct 21, 2003	UC Farm Safety Program gives tips for a safe citrus harvest
Oct 17, 2003	Easements shield suburban farms from development
Oct 16, 2003	Superintendent of UC West Side Research and Extension Center retires
Oct 15, 2003	Almond leaf scorch taking a toll on San Joaquin Valley almond crops
Oct 13, 2003	Agricultural economic and trade policies in China the subject of new UC book
Oct 9, 2003	University of California joins in celebration of National Cooperative Month
Oct 6, 2003	ANR assigns budget cuts, listening sessions slated
Oct 1, 2003	UC helps farmers produce pumpkins without pesticides
Sep 29, 2003	New uses of whey can increase dairy industry income
Sep 26, 2003	UC 4-H advisor retires and becomes 4-H volunteer
Sep 22, 2003	UC Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County Director Gary Johnston retires
Sep 16, 2003	UC conservation tillage conferences set for October
Sep 16, 2003	National farm safety and health week draws attention to ag workers
Sep 8, 2003	New UC book offers tips for hiring, managing farm labor
Sep 2, 2003	Feeling safe reduces youth bullying
Aug 27, 2003	Fresno farmers look to fine food mecca for new markets
Aug 22, 2003	San Francisco conference targets agricultural health and safety issues
Aug 21, 2003	UC ANR begins downsizing due to state budget cuts
Aug 7, 2003	The good and the bad of applying sewage sludge to valley farms
Aug 5, 2003	UC economists identify factors that determine the price of wine
Jul 30, 2003	Orange County children get an "agademic" education at fairgrounds
Jul 29, 2003	SEA Lab campers explore science outside the classroom
Jul 28, 2003	UC launches Specialty Crop Jamboree '03
Jul 22, 2002	Wine and cheese choices expand for Californians; UC experts explain why
Jul 17, 2003	Spanish-immersion students visit the UC Kearney Research and Extension Center near Parlier
Jun 27, 2003	Putting the brakes on vine mealybug topic at August 12 UC Grape Day 2003
Jun 24, 2003	California cotton pioneers to explore precision agriculture at July 24 field day
Jun 19, 2003	UC scientists among those honored by Veneman
Jun 16, 2003	UC Small Farm Center to unveil harvest trails map
Jun 13, 2003	UC 4-H Center receives $750,000 USDA grant to reach at-risk youth
Jun 13, 2003	UC studies show keys to profitability in San Joaquin Valley alfalfa hay
Jun 13, 2003	UC workshop to help private landowners improve care of rural roads
Jun 5, 2003	UC sustainable ag program data helps USDA resolve organic controversies
Jun 2, 2003	Tropical papaya a possibility for California small-scale farmers
May 29, 2003	State senate committee hearing: what’s the future of UC Cooperative Extension?
May 28, 2003	UCCE advisors key to watershed work and saving the family farm
May 13, 2003	Cooperative Extension helping south state understand wildfire threat
May 7, 2003	Low-income Los Angeles residents grow food with UC Cooperative Extension support
May 5, 2003	Sacramento gardeners hone horticulture skills at innovative UC site
Apr 17, 2003	Earth Day news tips
Apr 15, 2003	Rural Latinos don't take advantage of earned income credit
Apr 14, 2003	Sierra Nevada protection plans may need more work
Apr 10, 2003	CalAgrAbility aids permanently injured or disabled farmers, workers
Apr 9, 2003	UC Cooperative Extension offers business tools to farmers facing tough times
Apr 7, 2003	California soils maintain nutrient levels after 60 years - but erosion accelerates
Apr 1, 2003	UC delivers research and extension programs that benefit California
Apr 1, 2003	Cooperative Extension helping battle wildfire threat with equipment demos
Mar 27, 2003	Youth asset program in Pasadena aims to boost youths' net worth
Mar 20, 2003	National Ag Day celebrated on first day of spring
Mar 20, 2003	UCCE estimates costs of producing Acala and Pima cotton
Mar 20, 2003	UCCE estimates safflower production costs
Mar 20, 2003	UCCE outlines costs to establish and produce pasture
Mar 12, 2003	4-H holds high school assembly to teach kids warning signs of domestic abuse
Mar 11, 2003	UCCE studies processing-tomato production costs
Mar 11, 2003	UCCE studies cost of producing oranges, blood oranges, Minneola tangelos, pummelos and mandarins
Mar 11, 2003	UCCE studies organic almond transition and production costs
Mar 11, 2003	New UC Cooperative Extension study examines dried-on-the-vine raisin production
Mar 6, 2003	UC farm advisor aims to quell dust in the Antelope Valley
Mar 6, 2003	4-H youth to raise teenagers' awareness of domestic violence
Mar 5, 2003	UC Riverside biochemists develop technology to increase vitamin C in plants
Feb 27, 2003	Links among food, agriculture and health targeted in UC grants
Feb 27, 2003	UC short course to help ranchers tap into niche markets for meat products
Feb 3, 2003	New UC Cooperative Extension study examines Sacramento Valley cotton
Feb 3, 2003	New UC Cooperative Extension study examines boysenberry production costs
Jan 30, 2003	New book chronicles development of successful home care cooperative
Jan 29, 2003	Low-income Latinos lack awareness of diabetes risk
Jan 23, 2003	Noted author David Masumoto to address PlacerGROWN Farm Conference
Jan 9, 2003	PD-type bacterium found in landscape plants
Jan 7, 2003	Using manure as fertilizer will help dairy farmers prepare for regulatory changes
Jan 3, 2003	Resource kit helps communities combat child obesity

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