Agriculture

February Is About Safe Pesticide Use Petr Kosina, UC Statewide IPM Program To raise awareness of pesticide safety practices, February is celebrated as National Safety Education Month.

From the UC Rice Blog :: Feb. 18, 2022 We have recently produced a series of videos on weedy rice identification in California. Each video is biotype-specific. Our UC Rice YouTube Channel also has many other recordings from our virtual meetings and webinars.

Entomologists, horticulturists, botanists, anthropologists, paleontologists, nematologists, biologists, ornithologists and other scientists are gearing up for the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Spanish click here Today, amid a pandemia-battered labor market and a deep crisis across the food industry chain, it is crucial to reduce barriers to employment and pay attention to the problem of sexual harassment.

A pesar de los enormes retos que enfrentan los agricultores en la actualidad, sequa, plagas, escasez de mano de obra y alto costo de la tierra, hay aspectos positivos que estn ocurriendo alrededor de la produccin de alimentos: Hay ms entrenamientos en espaol para los agricultores latinos, un grupo h...

When the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane, it will showcase exhibits from 11 museums and collections in one central space.

Plans are progressing for the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane. Admission and parking are free, but visitors must adhere to the COVID-19 Campus Ready guidelines.

Microbes multiply in heat, Changing nectar, Upsetting bees By Jules Bernstein Bumblebees pollinate many of our favorite foods, but their own diet is being upset by climate change, according to a new UC Riverside study.

A supportive environment can bring out the best in an individual even for a bird. After an E.coli outbreak in 2006 devastated the spinach industry, farmers were pressured to remove natural habitat to keep wildlife and the foodborne pathogens they can sometimes carry from visiting crops.

Grape growers and other industry members interested in grape production and water management in vineyards are invited to UC Cooperative Extension's Grapevine Drought Preparedness Workshops. The workshops will be held in person on Friday, March 4, in San Luis Obispo and Friday, April 1, in Hopland.