Agriculture

"Super Science Day" at the University of California, Davis, is a day before the Super Bowl. The 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 10, is a free and family friendly event showcasing 10 museums or collections.

Can you link nematodes, aka roundworms, with tomatoes, sugar beets, peaches, dogs, horses, whales and even Mormon crickets? You'll see specimens and get to talk to nematologists during the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 10.

A repeat post from the recent past Mulch and TOO Much Rain Author: Ben Faber Published on: November 3, 2023 What Can Happen With Too Much Rain? Watch that Mulch!!! Rain is wonderful stuff.

The 2024 Statewide Pistachio Day attracted over 600 attendees to the Visalia Convention Center on January 17, 2023.

Over the past few years, the California walnut industry has experienced several challenges including supply-chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a pronounced heatwave in September 2022 that affected walnut quality throughout the state, and the introduction and growth of international prod...

Seventy-three is the magic number. When Distinguished Professor Walter Leal celebrates the newest UC Davis faculty retirees with a special program at the International Center on Wednesday, Feb. 7, he'll pay tribute to 73 emeriti faculty in the cohort. Ten will serve as speakers.

February 15 (10 - 12 AM) Topics and Speakers Avocado Thrips Biology and Control Speakers to be announced soon Introduction to Avocado Thrips By Hamutahl Cohen, PH.D. Entomology Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension PCA Panel on Thrips Management Under Different Weather Scenarios Moderator Dr.

My name is Sarah Marsh, and I am excited to join UC Cooperative Extension as the new Rice Farming Systems Advisor serving Colusa and Yolo counties. I will be based out of Colusa at the Colusa UCCE office.

LAUREL WILT AND PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT SURVEY BACKGROUND Despite the importance of laurel wilt (LW) and Phytophthora root rot (PRR) in avocado producing states, and the research conducted to date, there are still major gaps in our knowledge.

Who loves dinosaurs? And who especially loves triceratops, the dinosaur with that three-horned face that lived 66 to 68 million years ago in North America? Measuring about 26 to 30 feet long, it weighed 5.59.9 short tons, according to Wikipedia.