Agriculture

Back in 2010, UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and yours truly, department communications specialist, wondered why no insects appear in "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Zero. Zilch. Nada.

If you have some free time during the holidays--free time, what's that?--and you're interested in insects, you'll want to watch a series of UC Davis insect "infomercials.

Get the Latest and the Last Dec 23, 2024 | View All Issues This edition includes the following: Preparing Frost Protection Measures The National Clean Plant Network, with emphasis on the National Clean Plant Network Citrus Development of integrated pest management for huanglongbing (HLB) in Florida...

La Red de Pequeas Granjas de UC ANR apoya a granjeros a pequea escala y desfavorecidos que han sido impactados por el calor extremo Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, directora interina del Programa de Investigacin y Educacin de Agricultura Sustentable de UC, se uni a ms de cien participantes de todo el pas du...

El primer programa de su tipo en el rea establece una biblioteca de semillas gratuitas y un huerto comunitario Una de las muchas cosas que hace a Extensin Cooperativa de la Universidad de California del condado Imperial nica es su proximidad con la frontera de Estados Unidos y Mxico.

Un da en el campo ofrece ejemplos y consejos para resolver el misterio Un agricultor aplica herbicida a sus plantas de tomate o piensa que la fumigacin de su vecino se est extendiendo por aire a sus almendros. Despus de un corto tiempo, las hojas empiezan a decolorarse o marchitarse.

Fresno County is consistently one of the top producing agricultural counties in California and the United States. In 2023, 62,900 farm operations on 23.8m acres produced a total gross production value of $8.6b. This was an increase of $494m or 6.

Horticulture is the cultivation of plants as ornamentals or for the production of food. When things go wrong (plants grow poorly or not at all), horticulturists sometimes turn to products that can cure, revitalize, invigorate, stimulate or enhance the growth of their plant or crop.

Every winter, millions of migratory birds fly south to warmer locales, passing over California Central Valley dairies and poultry farms. Many of these wild waterfowl are carrying the virus that causes avian influenza, based on the U.S.

It was good to see Sonoma County's "Queen Bee," Ettamarie Peterson of Petaluma, bee honored on the cover of the December edition of Bee Culture magazine. She often submits articles for the magazine. I decided it was time her to be featured and wrote a two-page article, illustrated with six images.