…beef sourced from those cows in its Reduced Methane Emissions Beef Whopper. After the video was released, Dr. Frank Mitloehner who is a professor and cooperative extension air quality specialist…
Rice Growers Monitoring for Weedy Rice
Cooperative Extension personnel are out in fields assisting growers who may be dealing with weedy rice issues. After a new biotype of weedy rice was discovered in the past few…
Sudden Vine Collapse Becoming Better Understood
…were dying in the middle of the vineyard and we had no idea at that time,” said Akif Eskalen, Extension Specialist and Plant Pathologist at UC Davis. “Now we have…
Healthy Soils Program Accepting Proposals for New Practices
…establishing windbreaks. The HSP is supported by the California Healthy Soils Initiative, a cooperative effort between state agencies to expand the development of healthy soils in California. The California Air…
Making Sense of Biologicals: Increasing Interest and Remaining Challenges
This episode of Making Sense of Biologicals details why we continue to see an increased interest in biological products. UC Cooperative Extension Entomology and Biologicals Advisor Dr. Surendra Dara discusses…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 07-06-20
…task force, details on the Paycheck Protection Program extension deadline, and a new herbicide that’s available to rice growers. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features…
NIFA Grant Helps UCR Develop Agricultural Technology
…be integrated with automated pest management systems that will provide alerts for pest, disease, or weed problems. Part of the project will include the establishment of a multi-state Cooperative Extension…
El-kereamy named director of UC Lindcove REC
…UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside and based at Lindcove Research & Extension Center. “Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell retires this year after 13…
Members Appointed to the EPA Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
…Ph.D. – Mississippi State University – Delta Research and Extension Center; Stoneville, MS David Graybill – Red Sunset Farm and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Mifflintown, PA Dennis Haugen – Dennis Haugen…
More Targeted COVID-19 Relief Sought by Agricultural Industry
…COVID-19 relief legislation includes replenishment of Commodity Credit Corporation funding and an extension of relief funding for any losses that occurred after April 15. The organization is also seeking a…
Livestock Grazing Holds Potential Benefits in Organic Systems
…“This project is going to look at integrating livestock in cover crop systems, specifically in farms that they are producing fresh produce,” said Alda Pires, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in…
Meyer Receives Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
…of the Bradford-Rominger award include UC Cooperative Extension advisors Rachael Long, Rachel Surls and David Lewis, Sustainable Conservation’s Director of Resources Daniel Mountjoy, UCCE advisor Rose Hayden-Smith, UCCE specialist Ken…
The Paycheck Protection Program Gets More Flexibility
…into law without delay.” The PPP Flexibility Act greatly expands the period for coverage from eight weeks to 24 weeks, with a cutoff date of December 31. The extension will…
Week in Review: More Research Support for Tree Nuts, CA Avocados Heading to China
The tree nut industry is coming together to provide funding support to add more researchers to the UC Cooperative Extension. After 15 years of work, Hass avocados from California will…