Agriculture

A robot that navigates and weeds row-crop fields and its design team from Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts have garnered the grand prize in the second annual Farm Robotics Challenge. Five winning teams, representing various universities and colleges across the U.S.

When to Prune Avocados and Suggestions of How to Prune In the past avocados were rarely pruned. In fact, if the trees got very big, growers would stump them down to 3-4 feet and then let them regrow. This would often be a disaster, since the trees rapidly grew to stupendous sizes again.

Biochar, the product of charring wood under low oxygen conditions, shares many properties with activated charcoal, a common component of at-home water purifiers.

Happy Halloween! It is the time of year for Jack O' Lanterns, trick or treating, spooky decorations and funny costumes. This season is rich in diverse traditions including those of All Saints Day, Dia de los Muertos, and of course, Halloween. But Halloween has an even scarier tale seldom told.

Our next Master Gardener training will take place JanuaryMay 2025.

Is it a rock formation? A person who studies the earth? Something horticultural? What If you picked something horticultural, you are correct! Simply put, geophytes are perennial plants with underground storage systems.

Not ready to hang up your gardening tools as we head into late fall and winter? Consider these plants and garden tasks for October, November, and December. SOW COVER CROPS (also called green manure or compost crops). Bell beans and vetch are good choices.

The Reservoir, a nonprofit building tech incubators across California, and partners Western Growers Association, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Merced College, Hartnell College and venture capital firm HawkTower have announced the creation of the first-ever on-farm robot...

Forecasts are for a mild La Nina which usually means low rainfall, cooler temperatures and relative humidities, all of which usually means greater conditions for freeze events.

Sunflowers bring out the best in us. They bring us joy, happiness, hope and unity. But wait until you watch the newly released PBS Deep Look video, "Why Do Sunflowers Face the Sunrise?" that spotlights the research of UC Davis and UC Berkeley scientists.