Agriculture

The fourth annual Farm Robotics Challenge will announce its winners during a live awards ceremony on May 21. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube.

Potato Seed PreparationPotato 'seeds' are actually bits of potatoes with at least a couple eyes, from which the plants develop. Larger seed potatoes can be cut if they include at least 2 eyes each, just be sure to allow 24 hours to dry or become callused before planting. Potatoes will tolerate light…

Citrus Bloom Has Ended in the San Joaquin Valley, Citrus bloom has now been called by the counties across much of the southern San Joaquin Valley, including Kern County, Tulare County, and Fresno County. With petal fall behind us, orchards are entering one of the most critical windows for pest management,…

Below is a crop-by-crop summary of the best time to plant vegetables here in the Lake Tahoe Basin.  Keep in mind these are estimates of ideal planting windows, each season can bring very different conditions so also take into account potential freezes in the weather forecast and your individual planting…

Authors: Valentina Roel-Rezk, Mark Lundy, Cameron Pittelkow---Recycled organic materials, such as compost, anaerobic digestate (AD), and hydrolysate, are increasingly used in California agriculture to improve soil health and reduce waste. Some key questions have recently emerged from this practice: how much…

Have you seen white powdery-looking patches appearing on the leaves of your roses or sycamore trees? While home gardeners may be familiar with this sign of the plant disease powdery mildew on their veggies, ornamental plants and landscape trees can also be infected. In addition to those powdery spots, the…

Dr. Amy Murillo an Assistant Professor at the University of California Riverside specializing in veterinary entomology, answered questions from our webinar attendees.

A late-summer test on a farm near Soledad, CA, looked at eight biological product programs for romaine lettuce compared to a standard method used by growers, with normal irrigation and nutrients in the Salinas Valley. The marketable stand was the same in all treatments, and the amounts of fresh and dry…