Warmer winters have been occurring more frequently in California, impacting dormancy in orchard crops. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento counties, Kat Jarvis-Shean said some…
Almond Update: Bringing Industry Together for NOW Neighborhood Management
…[mating disruption] is more effective at scale,” Roseman noted. “When the original research was done by Cooperative Extension it showed as much as a 50 percent reduction in damage in…
FACA Farm Bill Priorities Heralded by Industry Members
…categories. Proposals center on issues of energy, food waste, forestry, livestock and dairy, conservation, risk management and credit, and research and extension. Over 100 recommendations are laid out in the…
California Chill Report: Getting the Most Out of Orchards with Low Chill
Years of low chill have been increasing in frequency over the past 50 years. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento counties, Kat Jarvis-Shean said the…
Almond Update: Agenda Set for Pest Management Summit
…Names that you would recognize would be Mohammad Yaghmour from UC Cooperative Extension, Brent Holtz, Cameron Zuber, and a lot of different names there as well.” Over the past few…
Comment Period Closing Soon for Proposed Changes to Rodenticide Use
…change dramatically. COURTESY: UC ANR UC Davis Professor of Cooperative Extension, Roger A. Baldwin, and Cooperative Extension Advisor with UC South Coast Research and Extension Center, Niamh Quinn have outlined…
California Chill Report: Working to Refine Chill Modeling
Extension Specialist in Orchard Systems in the Department of Plant Science at UC Davis, Giulia Marino has been working to more thoroughly understand chill accumulation in cherry trees. The main…
California Chill Report: Increased Moisture Helping Winter Fog Events
Several storms that California has experienced are adding moisture to the ground and bringing more fog events than in previous winters. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Yolo, Solano,…
California Chill Report: Storm Impacts on How Trees Experience Chill
Most of California has been experiencing a substantial amount of rain since the end of 2022 and that can have an impact on how trees are experiencing chill. UC Cooperative…
Collaboration Critical for Advancing the Raisin Industry
…answers ourselves. We would love to have agencies, like the UC extension service or other private industry companies, partnered with us along the way, because this is a collective effort….
California Chill Report: Impacts of Straggled Bloom from Low Chill
A lack of chill accumulation can be challenging for growers later in the season, beginning with a straggled bloom. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento…
The Start of The New Year Sees New WOTUS Rule
…“waters of the United States” is a statement of federal overreach that ignores states’ authority to regulate intrastate water quality and the Clean Water Act’s statutory mandate for cooperative federalism,”…
California Chill Report: Dynamic Model A ‘Safer Bet’ for Measuring Chill
In keeping track of chill accumulation during the winter, growers may be best served by using the dynamic model. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento…
California Chill Report: Researchers Look at Solutions to Dormancy Issues
…growers to overcome some of those challenges. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento counties, Kat Jarvis-Shean said they have been looking at a couple of…