Agriculture

Hello, My name is Valerie Perez and I was hired by the Santa Cruz UC Cooperative Extension office as a Community Education Specialist (CES). I recently graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where I received my bachelors in Agricultural Business.

What's a fair without insects? Entomologists at the University of California, Davis, will share their love of insects with fairgoers at the 144th annual Dixon May Fair, which opened today (Thursday, May 9) and continues through Sunday, May 12.

A 26-episode weekly video series will debut May 13 on YouTube to help train the next generation of vegetable crop workers and increase their use of effective stewardship practices in vegetable production.

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Every spring, there comes a stretch of time when I wish we had 10 times as many sheep. Since we're stocked at a level where we're comfortable we'll have enough grass in bad years (and in the autumn months - see my December 2018 post, Fall Feed...

CropManage Hands-on Workshop Bringing Irrigation and Nutrient Management Decision Support to the Field Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1pm 4:30pm Location: University of California Cooperative Extension 669 County Square Drive, Suite 100, Ventura, CA 93003 Learn how to use CropManage to support irrig...

Among California's agricultural commodities, cattle rank fifth in revenue. The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center has released a new study showing the cost and returns of a beef cattle operation.

University of California Small Grains - Alfalfa/Forages Field Day Wednesday, May 15, 2019 UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences Field Headquarters 2400 Hutchison Dr.

When you're a little kid and there's a huge bee towering over you, what do you do? You do what comes naturally.

The importance of proper weed identification Weeds are a problem in a variety of systems, from agronomic and horticultural crops, to orchards and vineyards, to turf and ornamentals, to rangelands, and to natural areas.