A meeting coming up next week on the UC Merced Cooperative Extension office focuses on drought management for almonds. The meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday, January 28th from 9:00…
The ASA Plant and Soil Conference
…available at the California ASA website http://calasa.ucdavis.edu/ . For more Information, contact Steve Grattan srgrattan@ucdavis.edu or Dave Goorahoo, ASA California Chapter President UC Cooperative Extension at dgooraho@csufresno.edu or (559) 278-8448….
Meeting on Mitigating Drought
…the economics of supplementation, managing animal health, making culling decisions as well as the tax and insurance components related to drought. The meeting will be held at the UC Sierra…
Free Training on Safe Spraying for Agriculture
…of Pesticide Regulation, with two units for “laws and regulations” and one unit for “other.” Spray Safe is presented by Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau, Sutter-Yuba University of California Cooperative Extension, Yuba…
Speaker Series to Celebrate UCCE 100th Anniversary
The University of California Cooperative Extension celebrates it’s 100th anniversary. Click to Open or Download Audio Report The University of California Cooperative Extension is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary this year….
Farm Bill Extension Passes
Farm bill negotiators now have a little more time to complete their work. Gary Crawford reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
House to File Farm Bill Extension
The House plans to file legislation to extend the current farm bill through January, but will the Senate support it? Julie McPeake has more. Click to Open or Download Audio…
Soil Health Workshops
…the UC West Side Research and Extension Center in Five Points. The UC Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation program has invited nationally known proponents of soil health to share their experiences…
Record Sales And Revenue For Blue Diamond Almond Growers
…even with a crop that was 7 percent smaller, according to President and CEO Mark Jansen who addressed the cooperative’s grower owners at their 103(rd) annual meeting. Value-added sales now…
Don’t Skip Proper Diagnostics for Plant Diseases
…growers were caught up on the latest diseases and problems in many fruit and vegetable crops. But they also heard about the importance of proper diagnosis. UC Cooperative Extension Plant…
2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Workshops
…Highway 59 Merced, CA 95340 November 12, 2013 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. San Luis Obispo County UC Cooperative Extension, 2156 Sierra Way, Suite C San Luis Obispo, CA 93401…
Strawberry Commission Awarded Grant
…education team will partner with the University of California Cooperative Extension, Monterey and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Irrigation, Training and Research Center to create and deliver a multi-class, irrigation…
American Farm Bureau Appeals Chesapeake Bay Ruling
…built, and where businesses can be established. By taking over decisions like that, EPA has turned the whole concept of cooperative federalism out the barn door.” AFBF seeks an appeal…
Pear Meeting This Month
…Cooperative Extension and the California Pear Advisory Board. The field day is planned for Tuesday, October 22 from 10 am to noon at Shadowbrook Farms in Mendocino County. This year’s…