Agriculture

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.

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

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will dedicate its open house, Night at the Museum (formerly known as Moth Night) to the late Jerry Powell, longtime director of the Essig Museum Entomology of UC Berkeley, and an international authority on moths. He died July 8 in Berkeley at age 90.

With rice pushing fully through the water and with many fields now a vibrant green, tadpole shrimp season has passed in California's rice fields.

When the Bohart Museum of Entomology of UC Davis hosts a Night at the Museum (formerly known as Moth Night) it will be dedicated to the late Jerry Powell, longtime director of the Essig Museum Entomology, UC Berkeley, and an international authority on moths. He died July 8 in Berkeley at age 90.