…analyses are based on hypothetical farm operations of well-managed orchards, using practices common to the region. Growers, UC ANR Cooperative Extension farm advisors and other agricultural associates provided input and…
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
…at adapting and becoming resilient to climate change. This effort could connect with state cooperative extension efforts and support the USDA Climate Hubs. Examples of previously funded projects through this…
Monitoring Anthracnose After Wet Spring
…we are keeping an eye on is anthracnose in almonds. It causes some of the lesions, defoliation and gumming in the nuts and can be a big problem,” Cooperative Extension…
NOW Pressure Looks Low in Almonds
…it comes to pest pressures. “One of the ones that I am seeing that looks more normal, at least relative to last year, is navel orangeworm (NOW) in almonds,” Cooperative…
Agri View: Pesticide Use and Losing Ability to Produce
…slow U.S. food aid programs to poor countries, and increase worldwide hunger.” From: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Pesticide Usage in the United States: History, Benefits, Risks, and Trends…
Less Runoff Means More Salinity Management
…are on a gradual decline and some forecasts show that remaining through 2050. Imperial Valley Cooperative Extension Irrigation Advisor Khaled Bali says that decline will continue to complicate water use…
Agri View: New Nut Champion
…pounds of shelled pecans (NASS, 2015) (NMSU – Cooperative Extension, 2005). Farmers have many different options when selling their pecans. Farmers can sell their pecans in-shell or shelled. They also…
Grove Shows Need for Soil Moisture Tools
…the grower. Cooperative Extension, the California Avocado Commission and the California Avocado Society help put on the Avocado Growers Seminar Series and Cal Poly volunteered to host the last event…
Regions Continue to Face Water Challenges
…Cooperative Extension Irrigation Advisor Khalid Bali says. “We are fortunate we have Lake Mead that in years of drought we have storage so we can use it during less flows.”…
Drought Gave Flood Irrigation Bad Rap
…could be very efficient if you manage it right and could be as efficient as any other system,” Imperial Valley Cooperative Extension Irrigation Advisor Khaled Bali says. “We have to…
Knowing Salt Levels in Water and Soil
As the drought continues, monitoring salt levels in your water and in the soil moisture is important to avoid salinity issues. San Luis Obispo Cooperative Extension County Director Mary Bianchi…
The Latest Buzz on Honeybees
…Extension Apiculturist Eric Mussen, nosema infections can decrease the lifespan of worker bees by as much as 78 percent. Infected queen bees can die within a month. The hive is…
Avocado Grower Tools Highlight Tour
…with different sensors and predicting what the potential crop water requirement was through weather stations that calculate evapotranspiration,” Cooperative Extension San Luis Obispo County Director Mary Bianchi says. “We also…
Ag Committee Evaluates Effectiveness in SNAP-Ed
…Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Texas, Co-Founder of Brighter Bites, Houston, TX Dr. Jo Britt-Rankin, Associate Dean & Extension Professor, Extension Committee on Organization & Policy, Columbia, MO…