Agriculture

Congrats to the University of California recipients of awards from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE), an international association of communicators, educators and information technologists who focus on communicating research-based information.

Strip-till cover crop tomato crop trialed in Huron, CA, February 2, 2022 A unique - dare we say - "never before attempted in the region," effort to precede strip-tilled tomatoes with a mowed vigorous winter cover crop was conducted in one of the fieldsofWoolf Enterprises, a major tomato and other ro...

Red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta, has been reported as a pest in Florida where the fire ants girdle young citrus trees (Diepenbrock) https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/media/crecifasufledu/extension/extension-publications/2021/2021_jan_fireant.

The first time Chris Wong ever laid eyes on Romanesco broccoli was while he was selling it at a farmers market in Davis.

Speakers: Travis Wolfe - Bee Leaf USA - CEO at Bee Leaf USA Inc. https://beeleafusa.com/ email: BeeLeafUSA@gmail.com Dr. Gary Bender - Farm Advisor-Emeritus - Pollinizers Presentation email: benderagconsulting@gmail.

A honey bee heads for a patch of California golden poppies. She finds a blossom she likes. Bee: "Hey, Goldie Locks, I'm here to collect some nectar and pollen." Goldie Locks: "You're what?" Bee: "I want to collect some of your nectar and pollen.

Sometimes you hear about bored teenagers trashing bee hives by deliberately throwing rocks at them or gleefully tipping them over. But a truck driver who deliberately plows through a bee yard on private property and crushes 40 colonies? That's unreal.

A note from Kern County Entomology Advisor David Haviland, We are forewarned. The hills are drying up and after this rain, there could be a tide of False Chinch Bugs coming out of the hills.

Historically, date palms are grown along riverbeds or in areas with groundwater because they require an abundance of water to produce a good crop. Unlike lettuce or table grapes, date palms are deceptive in that they do not immediately wilt if underwatered.

How many of us can trace our childhood interest in insects back to lady beetles, aka ladybugs? They're among the most recognizable of insects.