Plant-based biopesticides are more widely used in urban settings than in agriculture. Some of the products can be very effective in the right circumstance, and Kansas State Professor and Extension…
USDA Extends Free Meal Programs for Children Through End of Year
…include allowing guardians to pick up meals for their children. The required group settings and mealtime requirements are being waived, along with meal pattern requirements. The waiver extensions are based…
UC Cooperative Extension to Investigate Healthy Soil Practices with CDFA Grants
Six UC Cooperative Extension research projects were awarded funding ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 each from the California Department of Food and Agriculture Healthy Soils Program. The grants are designed to…
Producers Working Through Challenges of LNU Lightning Complex Fire
…for some need to be very cooperative and work very closely with our sheriff’s department and our county to get access to some of these evacuation areas. So, we’ve been…
National Preparedness Month Webinars from UCCE
With September just around the corner, the University of California Cooperative Extension is offering a series of webinars highlighting National Preparedness Month. Part One of the series is scheduled for…
New Asian Citrus Psyllid Research Set to Begin in 2021
Courtesy: UC ANR An important research project looking at Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is set to begin early next year. Extension Specialist at UC Riverside, Monique Rivera said they were…
$1 Million BIFS Grant to Address Pest Control in Walnuts
…of CAFF staff, University of California Cooperative Extension specialists and personnel from the California Walnut Board. There will be a series of field days that will be scheduled at the…
4-H Gives Incarcerated Youth Freedom to Try Their Hands at Growing Vegetables
…youths about the food system, JoLynn Miller, UC Cooperative Extension’s 4-H youth development advisor for Tuolumne County, and volunteers began visiting weekly in 2016 to help the residents develop a…
UCCE Webinar Intends to Help Farmers Raise the Value of California Cotton
…UC Davis doctoral student Geoff Koch and UC Cooperative Extension specialist Jeff Mitchell. Registration for the general public is $10; registration is free for farmers. To register, visit http://ucanr.edu/sjvcottonwebinar Webinar sponsors…
UCCE Rice Team Collecting Watergrass Samples
California rice growers are being encouraged to reach out to UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) if they are finding any watergrass in their fields. Over the next couple of weeks, the…
Infected ACP in Commercial Grove ‘Not A Surprising Development’
…an infected ACP was found in a commercial grove. While the discovery has prompted concern, Extension Specialist at UC Riverside, Monique Rivera said that the find is not all that…
USDA Offers Extensions and Deferrals Due to Coronavirus Hardships
…original loan interest rate along with the annual payment due date will also remain the same. With the installment payment deferral being a one-year loan term extension, the final payment…
Addressing High Boron Conditions in Almonds
…relatively boron-friendly. For a large area in Yolo County notorious for high levels of the mineral, they could be a good option. But UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Advisor Katherine Jarvis-Shean…
Pistachios ‘Eat Boron for Breakfast’, Could Be Northern California Option
Increasing pistachio acreage in Northern California is fueled partly by the trees’ ability to handle boron. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Advisor Katherine Jarvis-Shean said there is a large section of…