Agriculture

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) regularly performs surveys across the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) to monitor for potential insect and pathogen issues for California agricultural producers.

Congrats to the lab of nematologist Shahid Siddique, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, for excellent presentations at the 62nd annual meeting of the Society of Nematologists (SON), held July 9-14 in Columbus, Ohio: Alison Coomer Blundell, who will be a fourth-year doctoral candidate...

There have been several recent questions about dealing with a plant floating in reservoirs. Here's Weed Scientist Emeritus John Roncoroni's response to them. * * * * * * Pacific Mosquitofern, (Azolla filiculoides) often referred to as Azolla, is native to California.

Doctoral students in the laboratory of nematologist Shahid Siddique, associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, excelled at the 62nd annual meeting of the Society of Nematologists (SON), held July 9-14 in Columbus, Ohio.

Despus de trece aos de contar la historia de UC ANR a travs de artculos y videos, Norma De la Vega se jubil el pasado 29 de junio.

Are you interested in learning about the management of sap-sucking pests and ants in citrus orchards? Lindcove is organizing a full-day workshop to bring you recent research advances on sap-sucking insects and ant management. The workshop will focus on ants.

Have you read the excessive heat warnings and the guidelines to prevent heat illnesses as triple-digit temperatures hold us hostage in Yolo and Solano counties and elsewhere?. UC Davis Safety Services related this week: Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Today several members of the CalFresh at Farmers Market Working Group attended the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors' meeting to accept the proclamation of August 6th -12th 2023 as SLO County Farmers Market Week.

A livestock producer recently contacted UCCE regarding a problem he was having getting livestock dewormers shipped to a California address from out-of-state online retailers. Three different online retailers told him that they don't have a license to ship the products to California.

A study on the costs and returns for growing processing tomatoes has been updated by the University of California, Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and UC Cooperative Extension.