…science experiments for teachers to take back to the classroom. The workshop serves as an extension to Bayer’s in-school Making Science Make Sense program. Teachers were shown examples of experiments…
Funding for Research to Improve Livestock and Aquaculture
…and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. NIFA’s integrated research, education, and extension programs support the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel whose work results in…
UC Asian Citrus Psyllid Scouts Trying to Avert Huanglongbing Disaster
…15 years. “We don’t want to let that happen here,” said Beth Grafton-Cardwell, UC Cooperative Extension entomology specialist. Grafton-Cardwell hired O’Sullivan and her colleagues who monitor citrus in San Diego,…
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
…breeding program for UC Cooperative Extension. She has been part of the team evaluating the viability of GEM production in the Central San Joaquin Valley. “It has good production, better…
Dairy Farmers work to Help Cows Stay Cool
…any different for me than previous Junes or Julys that have been hot.” Peter Robinson, a University of California Cooperative Extension dairy nutrition and management specialist, said a heat wave…
Air Curtain Burner Solves Pile of Problems
The air curtain burner at Minturn Hulling Cooperative. A Central Valley huller has found a way to rid themselves of a growing pile of agriculture waste with an incinerating unit…
Funding for Research on Plant-Biotic Interactions
…help plants thrive in the face of pest and environmental constraints, along with other challenges.” AFRI is America’s flagship competitive grants program for foundational and translational research, education, and extension…
Humiston Stressed Value, Infrastructure to House Ag
…the foundation would not have happened so quickly had it not been for the existing research extension centers, agricultural experiment stations, and cooperative extension personnel. “You have to have that…
Fly Control in Cattle Herds
…spread Anaplasmosis and Bovine Leukosis. Lew Strickland, Extension Veterinarian at the University of Tennessee, put together a list of pointers on how to mitigate the risk of flies having a…
UC a Key Link for AgTech
…because UC Cooperative Extension can be the education bridge between technology and producers. “Cooperative Extension is very important, and we are in all 58 counties in California,” she said. “Through…
Weedy Rice Concerns in California
…new website to assist growers. The website is a collaboration between the California Rice Commission and the University of California Cooperative Extension. Pictures and other informative materials were also provided…
U.S. Swine Herd is Expanding
…Scott Brown of the University of Missouri Extension Service says the numbers in the breeding herd show stability in the industry. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farmers Assess Impact of Recent Heat Wave
…factor in tomato damage, said Gene Miyao, a University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor. “It’s not just hitting a temperature spike for half an hour,” Miyao said. “That isn’t…