Agriculture

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.

Attendance to the UC Davis-sponsored event celebrating the life and legacy of UC Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, an internationally respected "honey bee guru," is closed, but UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal will live-stream the event on Zoom.

The gold-winning video "Diagnosing Herbicide Injury" includes several interactive features to make it more engaging and entertaining, and to help viewers remember the information.

From the EurekAlert! website :: Cambridge University Press :: Aug. 1, 2022 Researchers from the University of Missouri recently conducted two field studies to explore the effectiveness of electricity in weed control.

August 21, 2022 Madera, CA long-time organic farmer and key farmer member of California's CIG reduced disturbance organic vegetable project, provided a recorded copy of the presentation that he gave at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Soil and Water Conservation Society in Denver, CO on August 2nd.

Emily Meineke, assistant professor of urban landscape entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and coordinator of the department's seminars for the 2022-23 academic year, has announced the list of speakers for the fall seminars, which begin Sept. 21.