Researchers from UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) are looking closely at the watergrass issues in California rice fields to get a better understanding of the problem. Watergrass has historically been a…
Improving Nutrient Management in California
…kind of nutrient education and management,” Ross noted. “So, we’ve got a great infrastructure out there, that really supplements what Cooperative Extension has done historically.” Listen to the report below….
Sterile NOW Project Sees Major Improvement
…males weren’t really responding to pheromones,” U.C. Cooperative Extension Assistant Specialist Houston Wilson said. “We weren’t recovering them in any sort of high numbers in any of the released blocks.” Wilson is…
BQA Campaign Seeks Greater Understanding of Industry Efforts
…and BQA helps bridge that gap.” Brandi Karisch, beef cattle extension specialist at Mississippi State University, says as a mother of two young children she sees the problem frequently. “In…
Rice Weed Survey to Better Understand Recent Weed Pressures
Similar to what was done with the disease survey last month, UC Cooperative Extension will be surveying rice weeds this fall. The 2019 survey is being funded by the Rice Research…
Orchard Recycling Getting Closer to Financial Assistance
…experimental field trial at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension station of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension. “We are excited to propose a new science-based…
Preventing Horn Growth in Dairy Cows Through Genome Editing
Scientists from UC Davis recently published their paper evaluating the use of genome editing to prevent dairy bulls from growing horns. Cooperative Extension specialist at UC Davis and corresponding author…
NIFA Grant Helps Guide Future Organic Research
…the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) and the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) through NIFA’s Organic Research and Extension Initiative (OREI). The two organizations were jointly awarded funding for the proposal…
Bailey Appointed to USDA Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
John Bailey at UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (UCANR-Oct 8, 2019) — John Bailey, director of the University of California’s Hopland Research and Extension Center, has been appointed to…
Rotating Insecticides to Combat Resistance
Alternating between insecticides, instead of mixing, may be a better approach for combating resistance among pests. At the recent Alfalfa and Forage Field Day at Kearney Ag Center, Cooperative Extension…
Almond Update: Sanitation a Must as Harvest Wraps Up
California is on the home stretch of the 2019 almond harvest with later varieties like Fritz and Monterey now coming off the trees. UC Cooperative Extension Entomology Farm Advisor David…
President Trump Signs Stopgap Spending Bill to Fund Farm Payments
…eight-week extension contains several provisions important to agriculture. The spending bill averts another government shutdown and also allocates $20.5 billion to reimburse the account that the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Senate Bill 1 Veto Official, Governor Praised
…Western Agricultural Processors Association worked in opposition of the bill throughout the legislative process. The underlying concern was that the bill would have eliminated the cooperative work that has been…
Sugar Beets Show Strong Potential as Livestock Feed
…Steve Kaffka, Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. “It seems a natural opportunity for dairy producers to take a look at what would be a…