Agriculture

Hold on to your hats Klamath Basin Agriculture it sounds like we may be about to take a wild ride into the unknown.

Nearly two tons of fruit and vegetables grown at UC's Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC) in Santa Paula have been donated to Food Forward and the Ventura Unified School District (VUSD), destined for children and families.

The University of California Cooperative Extension San Diego County presents: The Climate Action & Agriculture Symposium Webinar: Soil Health The health and safety of our communities is a priority.

Two new studies on the costs and returns of establishing and producing irrigated pasture in the Sierra Nevada Foothills have been released by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center.

The 2020 HSP Incentives Program will award up to $22 million in grants to farmers and ranchers for projects that implement agricultural management practices to improve soil health and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Richard Smith is the Vegetable Crops and Weed Science Farm Advisor in Monterey County, California. Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) in the Salinas Valley is a tospovirus that is spread primarily by western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis).

The MOST Cited irrigation articles for 2018-19 in the journal Irrigation Science was just announced. Check them out. One that interested me was conducted in Southern California and looked at the costs of recycled water use in nurseries.

Since we're all learning and working from home, our education team has created a virtual learning page packed with wonderful resources about agriculture. You can enjoy these lessons and stories from your computer, tablet or phone. Check back often, as we're adding content.

They don't taste like chicken. The larvae and pupae of the Asian giant hornet taste like French fries.

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.