Agriculture

Furrow Cover Cropping to Reduce Runoff, Soil Erosion and Weeds ORGANIC SEMINAR SERIES LUNCH TIME TUESDAY January 23, 2024 12:00 - 1:00 PM VIA ZOOM ZOOM MEETING LINK ISHERE The presentation will be recorded. Discussion and questions and answers will be removed from posted recordings.

Well, what about Rats? if you want to know something that might have been touched on in our many blog articles covering the range of issues covering subtropical tree crops and other topics of collateral interest, check out the SEARCH button at our website. https://ucanr.

A new herbicide for early-season weed control in water-seeded rice will be available soon. The herbicide active ingredient (a.i.) is pyraclonil, which will be trademarked as Zembu (1.8% a.i.) by Nichino, America Inc. The mode of action is a protox porphyrinogen (PPO)-inhibitor or Group 14.

Newly published research led by UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal and Jiao Yin of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, identifies the major sex pheromone receptor gene involved in the unusual 48-hour rhythm clock of the large black chafer beetle, a severe agricultural pe...

Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview 4-H youth member Jonathan who is also this year's 4-H county ambassador and club president for Kentucky Flat in Nevada County. The following are Jonathan's responses to my questions.

Hass' avocado fruit set, January 12, 2024. I was looking for Fuerte' fruit for harvest this winter and came across a grower who said that there was no fruit from last spring, but the tree is loaded with newly set fruit right now. This is in Santa Paula, 15 miles for the ocean.

En espaol The highly contagious avian flu is being spread primarily by migratory birds, putting game birds, and backyard and commercial poultry at risk.

"Eat, Excrete, & Die: Regulation of Homeostatic Behaviors and Aging in Drosophila." That's the title of the Jan.

The Bohart Museum of Entomology recently hosted an evening open house to engage and inform UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology biologists on how to streamline their efforts at all stages of their research, from collecting insects and arachnids to using the Bohart specimens.

VCRCD is now accepting applications for SWEEP & HSP Block Grant Programs! It's finally here!!! Agricultural operations can receive up to $200,000 for approved practices.