…like recurring periodic drought, native and non-native forest insects, and the impacts of climate change. This project focuses on restoring a more resilient, open woodland structure to increase water quality…
Agri View: El Niño Impact
…the warm phase of ENSO. These deviations from normal surface temperatures can have large-scale impacts not only on ocean processes, but also on global weather and climate. El Niño and…
UC Davis Hydrology Team Visits NRI Study Field
…the pistachio orchard of Jacob Sheely near Lemoore. Alyssa and Samuel are part of a team that also includes UCD Hydrologist, Daniele Zaccaria, UC Merced Climate Change scientist, Tapan Pathak,…
Agri View: Climate Change
Everett Griner talks about climate change being more than a myth in today’s Agri View. Climate Change From: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Climate Change Climate change is a change in…
No Change in USDA’s California Citrus Crop Forecast
With the California January citrus crop forecast numbers carried over, there were no changes in the February forecast for California. The only changes made in today’s U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Commentary: Farmers Must Stay Engaged in Groundwater Planning
…all the changes, the one with the most lasting implications for agriculture was California’s adoption of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014. For the next quarter century, SGMA will…
Citrus Greening Grants Awarded
…improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s…
Grants for Food Safety and Plant Health Improvements
…the resilience of plants in the face of climate change. The grants are made possible through USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the nation’s premier competitive, peer-reviewed grants program…
USDA to Invest $150 Million through Conservation Stewardship Program
…rolls of CSP during fiscal 2016. “The Conservation Stewardship Program is one of our most popular programs with producers because it results in real change on the ground by boosting…
National Cotton Council Statement on Cottonseed Designation
…increasing. To help address the current economic climate, we will continue working with Congress and USDA to find ways to help address the significant challenges facing the U.S. cotton industry.”…
Sagebrush Rebellion pt. 3
…They decide whether an area is allowed to be developed or not, and how it will happen. And the land use could change with time; an area that formerly held…
Agri View: Pecan Crop
…China. It worked. Today almost a third of American pecans go to China. “It was a sea change,” says Mike Adams, the owner of Royalty Pecan Farms in Caldwell, Texas….
Ag Leadership Class to Present Poverello House with $100,000 Donation
…change management, emotional intelligence and complex social and cultural issues. “We are very proud of Class 45 and congratulate them on their achievements as servant leaders,” said Bob Gray, president…
First-ever UC ANR Newsmakers Seminar at World Ag Expo
…resources, based at UC Davis Tapan Pathak, Ph.D. – UC ANR Cooperative Extension specialist in climate change adaptation in agriculture, based at UC Merced Maurice Pitesky, Ph.D. – UC ANR…