…proponents of subsurface drip, but researchers are experiencing more uniform fertility and production with their irrigation program. Courtesy: UC ANR Becky Phene, Staff Research Associate at KARE, noted how subsurface…
South American Palm Weevil Makes Headway into California
…attractive food sources become available due to the changing desert landscape. Courtesy: UC ANR Mark Hoddle is a Biological Control Specialist and Principal Investigator in the Applied Biological Control Research…
No Referendum Needed for Citrus Pest and Disease Program
Overwhelming positive response to California’s Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program (CPDPP) will keep the program running for another four years, bypassing the need for a referendum. Courtesy: UC ANR…
GEM Avocados Getting Industry Interest
…production is currently taking place in the coastal region of Southern California. GEM Avocados, Courtesy: UC ANR Mary Lu Arpaia is the Subtropical Horticulturist in charge of the avocado variety…
Late-Harvest Processing Peaches Bring More Green
New cost studies released by the UC ANR Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension show that peach growers could net roughly $800 more per acre from late-harvest processing peaches…
UC ANR Vice President Testifies Before House Ag Committee
…California is the country’s top agricultural state. “California’s $47 billion agricultural sector has depended on UC ANR, in partnership with our UC campuses, for the stream of new technologies and…
New Broccoli and Lettuce Cost Studies Released
…the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics website at https://coststudies.ucdavis.edu. The cost and returns studies program is funded by the UC Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension,…
Lygus Trap Crops in Strawberries
Strawberry growers and pest control advisors heard how one of the bigger berry companies is using trap crops to prevent insect damage. Driscoll’s Research Scientist Diego Nieto presented at UC…
4-H Calls Alumni and Friends to Join its New Network
…Glenda Humiston, vice president of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) and a 4-H alumna. UC ANR is the umbrella organization of 4-H in California. As part of the…
Almond Matters: Spider Mite Timing
Courtesy: UC ANR In this week’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent USA Corporation, temperatures will soon be heating up. Valent’s Pat Clay said the heat will spur spider…
Cost Studies for Growing Plums and Raisins in SJV
…calculations used in the studies, contact Donald Stewart through the UC Agricultural Issues Center at (530) 752-4651 or destewart@ucdavis.edu. Contact UC Cooperative Extension advisors through a local UCCE office http://ucanr.edu/County_Offices….
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
To solve deadly cattle disease, ranchers collaborate with UC researchers at UC ANR research center UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center hosts cattle for research to commercialize vaccine Veterinary…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
Program-wide Notice Tomato infected with curly top viruses: Leaves can be thickened, deformed, yellowed, and rolled upwards. Symptomatic tomato leaves often develop purple veins. (Image courtesy UC-ANR) Beet leafhopper counts…
UC Releases New Cost Study for Growing Almonds
…program is funded by the UC Agricultural Issues Center, which is part of UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics….