Agriculture

A torrent of technology is flowing into the agricultural sector.

Continuing education credits required by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation will now be available from UC Cooperative Extension by participating in live webinars. Everybody is busy, said Beth Grafton-Cardwell, UCCE citrus entomology specialist. It's hard for people to get to meetings.

A new study on the costs and returns of producing hybrid sunflower seed in the Sacramento Valley has been released by the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center for farmers who are considering growing hybrid sunflower seeds.

The katydid, as green as the leaves around it, is feeding on a yellow rose. It is paying no attention to the circling honey bees. The bees want nectar, not an encounter with a critter far bigger than they are. The katydid slowly moves from one devastated blossom to a bud.

Is there a limit to how long we humans can live? Jeanne Calment of France (1875-1997), who died at age 122 (and 164 days), holds the record of the longest confirmed human lifespan.

Attractants for insect pests of agricultural crops play an increasingly important role in management programs. Chemical, visual, and auditory cues that attract insects are identified during laboratory investigations and then verified for their attractiveness in the field. Dr.

Complying with SB88 - Water Measurement and Reporting Shortcourse Senate Bill 88 requires that all water right holders who divert more than 10 acre-feet a year measure and report the water they divert.

USDA-ARS Spence Research farm 1572 Old Stage Rd. (36.628792, -121.540791) Thursday October 18th, 9 am to 10:30 am UC Cooperative Extension will host a field day at the USDA-ARS Spence research farm to show a field trial evaluating water use in drip irrigated celery.

Last winter, many growers and PCAs contacted me because they were having trouble or were largely unable to control Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum) in their cereal fields.

Potted strawberry plants color-coded for different treatments. Photo by Surendra Dara Charcoal rot, caused by Macrophomina phaseolina, is one of the important fungal diseases of strawberry in California.