Agriculture

January 19, 2022 On a foggy morning at the Santa Ana Ranch CIG Project farmer, Tom Willey, met with John Petrosso, the Sales Engineer for Mazzei Injector Company to plan a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of Mazzei's air injection equipment as a possible means for increasing oxygen availa...

CropManage Hands-on Workshop Bringing Irrigation and Nutrient Management Decision-Support Tool to the Field Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 1pm 5pm Location: University of California Cooperative Extension-Stanislaus County Harvest Hall, Room E 3800 Cornucopia Way, Modesto, CA 95358 Learn how to u...

While most Californians are wholeheartedly embracing the wet start to winter, one group is welcoming the rain more warily (and wearily) lettuce growers in the Salinas Valley.

Although you never know about the weather, we do know that if heavy rain occurs after color break in mandarins there can be significant rind breakdown. This problem can destroy much of the crop and the problem is largely preventable.

To help California farmers and ranchers adjust to uncertain weather and climate events, the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture has awarded $1.5 million to a team of scientists led by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The Bohart Museum of Entomology's 2022 calendar is one of a kind. It features Professor Lynn Kimsey's collection of funny student sentences, illustrated by Bohart associate Kris Merritt.

Citrus greening disease can infect an entire tree weeks before symptoms appear Ashley Carlin American Phytopathological Society For the first time ever, scientists have been able to measure the speed of a bacterium that causes the incurable citrus greening disease.

Weedy rice was found in California on a large scale in 2016, over 8 counties, after having been only found in a few fields in one county prior to 2008. In 2020, University of California Cooperative Extension conducted a comprehensive survey.

UCCE San Bernardino County received a grant from the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP) to provide education to at risk communities in San Bernardino County. The grant began June 2021 and will continue through May 2022.

Free Online Food Safety Training Sessions Available Growers can complete free food safety training, as mandated by the U.S. Federal Department of Agriculture's new Produce Safety rule, from the comfort of their own home or business.