Agriculture

Noted bee scientist Jamie Ellis, a University of Florida professor, will speak on "Understanding the Risks that Pesticides Pose to Honey Bees" at a UC Davis seminar at 4:10 p.m., Monday, April 1. This is a zoom seminar.

With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there is a lot of natural ground cover growing, When it gets out of hand, we call it weedy.

Several of us are part of a multi-state project on electrical weed control in organic blueberry and orchard crops.

Los campos de San Bernardino y Riverside estn en alerta. La mosca oriental de la fruta (OFF, por sus siglas en ingls), ha desencadenado una cuarentena que obliga a los productores a tomar medidas estrictas para proteger los cultivos ctricos.

La ley de bienestar animal de granja de California, aprobada en 2018, se implement por completo en enero de 2024 despus de retrasos Desde que fue aprobada por los votantes de California en 2018, la Proposicin 12, una ley de bienestar de animales de granja, se ha enfrentado a una serie de desafos leg...

Not all cattle are the same when it comes to grazing. Some like to wander while others prefer to stay close to water and rest areas.

Jules Bernstein - UC Riverside, Senior Public Information Officer Plant materials that would otherwise become trash may be the key to solving two big problems: diminishing freshwater supplies for farms and diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics.

Please mark your calendars for a May 9th, 2024 field day at the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences Field Facility. Program will start in the morning and include lunch with presentations on small grain variety development and agronomic management of small grain crops.

UC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION FIELD DAY Cool Season Cropping Systems in the San Joaquin Valley 4/18/2024 9:45 AM 12:30 PM Location: Westside Research and Extension Center 17353 W Oakland Ave, Five Points, CA 93624 CEU (available): CCA: 0.5 SWM, 0.5 IPM, & 1.0 CM CDFA INMP: 0.5 N Mgmt. & 1.0 Irrig.

We have several outstanding workshops coming up in the next three weeks! Contact me at dmacon@ucanr.edu or (530) 889-7385 for more information! Livestock Health & Wildfire Webinar (Thursday, March 28 - 6:00pm-7:30pm) - Virtual: Join Extension Veterinarians Dr. Gaby Maier, Dr. Rosie Busch, and Dr.