Agriculture

WAC (World Avocado Congress) Comes to California Speakers from our April 25, 2023 CA Avocado Society/CA Avocado Commission/UCCE Webinar Reporting on the WAC meeting in Auckland, NZ in 2023 Ali Montazar - Water Adviser for the University of California Cooperative Extension Water Management Updates Ma...

Asian Citrus Psyllid Update Winter and spring rains have given us a robust growing season this year. Tender new citrus flush is ideal habitat for ACP to feed, lay eggs and build new populations. An increase in ACP numbers and feeding can increase the risk of HLB spreading and building up.

"The Bee Team" is "The A Team.

Despite multiple bursts of rain and hail, the California Honey Festival, held May 6 in downtown Woodland, drew some 20,000 to 25,000 attendees, festival organizers estimated today.

Coming out of 2022, where roughly half of all California rice fields were left fallowed last year, and others may have been fallowed for two seasons, many of us have questions about what weed management will look like in 2023.

The UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) is being recognized by the UC Davis Staff Assembly as a Citation of Excellence winner in the Faculty-Staff Partnership Award category for its "outstanding achievements and notable contributions" in disseminating science-based beekeeping...

Land use change in agricultural frontiers can have far-reaching social and environmental implications, such as habitat loss, water contamination, or worker demographic shifts particularly when it involves the rapid expansion of a new industry such as cannabis production.

Reposted from Sac Valley Orchards (article here or landing page here) I recently participated in a UCCE meeting focused on orchard management decision making when times are hard.

The wave of atmospheric rivers that swept across the state this winter has created the right conditions for plant pathogens that haven't been seen for decades in California.

The destructiveness of wildfire flames is easy to see, but dangers may lurk in the ashes they leave behind.