Agriculture

Zero-emission tractors perform many tasks of diesel tractors, without noise or exhaust The University of California, a national leader in sustainability, has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025.

Problem: There was a Valencia farmer in Ojai, farming on a rocky loam. More rocky than loam, on a 10 % slope, where he had been spraying the weeds down, the soil had gradually washed away and all he had left was scattered cobbles.

Remember the alarm, the anxiety and the agony when news first surfaced about colony collapse disorder (CCD)?

Congratulations to the three newly selected Honorary Members of the Entomological Society of America (ESA): UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, UC Davis-educated Melody Keena, a research entomologist with the U.S.

World-renowned entomologist Walter Soares Leal, a UC Davis distinguished professor known for his outstanding research, leadership, teaching and public service, is a newly selected Honorary Member of the Entomological Society of America, the highest honor that the 7000-member ESA accords.

Thinking about commercially growing organic strawberries on the Central Coast?

En las batallas no se debe subestimar al enemigo por su tamao, lo que cobra relevancia cuando la lucha es contra las plagas. El escarabajo barrenador polfago, es ms pequeito que una semilla de ajonjol, pero su capacidad destructiva es enorme.

El maz dulce, uno de los principales cultivos en el condado de Imperial, cuya produccin genera a ese condado poco ms de 95 millones de dlares y uno de cada 6 empleos, es un alimento que ha sido crucial para la humanidad.

El Departamento de Alimentos y Agricultura de California otorg 1.85 millones de dlares a la Divisin de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales de la Universidad de California para mejorar la asistencia tcnica para los granjeros orgnicos del estado.

In English. A medida que la sequa se apodera de una importante porcin del territorio de California, los incendios forestales son un peligro constante y es crucial ayudar a las comunidades a prepararse para una de las amenazas ms devastadoras provocadas por el clima.