Agriculture

General situation: Despite things warming up recently, our reference weather station for Yolo/Colusa/Solano is still behind the last couple of years and the 30-year average for heat accumulation, so far this season.

Four staff research associates will join the ranks of UC Cooperative Extension scientists in the coming months to support nut crop advisors conducting critical research in walnut, almond and pistachio production.

The Buzz about Hedgerows Hedgerows are an approved practice under California Department of Agriculture's Healthy Soils Grant Program. That means, growers are eligible to receive grant funding for planting hedgerows.

One of the things I enjoy most about cooperative extension is the opportunity to organize hands-on learning activities.

Here's news we hope you find useful, including food preservation resources, a new podcast, and a reading recommendation. The citrus IPM advisor will help fill the role of retiring UCCE citrus entomology specialist Beth Grafton-Cardwell and will be based at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center.

reposted from: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=41400 Stinking Stinknet is Spreading in Southern California.

What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About? Air Blast Sprayer Calibration June 9, 3-4 PM During this one hour live webinar, UCCE Farm Advisors Lynn Wunderlich and Franz Niederholzer will explain the importance of proper calibration and go through the steps of properly calibrating an air blast sprayer.

If Lynn Kimsey, who directs the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, had her say, the Asian giant hornets would NOT be nicknamed the murder hornets.

Please find enclosed links to a recent on-line meeting of researchers from forestry and avocado production system perspectives on current laurel wilt research.

Did you observe World Bee Day today? Every year on May 20, the United Nations asks us to think about this day, "to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators" and "the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development.