Avocado industry monitoring the spread of shot hole borer pest U.C. Cooperative Extension, the California Avocado Commission, California Avocado Society and Cal Poly showed San Luis Obispo County growers how…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
UC sheep shearing school prepares students for gainful employment Ewes waiting for shearing at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center Sheep Shearing School. (Photo: Evett Kilmartin) by Jeannette E….
Making Growing Tamarixia a Common Practice
…Extension Center in Ventura County is looking at different ways to raise populations of tamarixia to help the fight against the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). “We are working with an…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…Since 2009, NIFA has invested in and advanced innovative and transformative initiatives to solve societal challenges and ensure the long-term viability of agriculture. NIFA’s integrated research, education, and extension programs,…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…and extension programs, supporting the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel, have resulted in user-inspired, groundbreaking. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up…
EU Glyphosate Meeting Set for Next Week
…of glyphosate before the license expires June 30th. Politico reports the member countries may be seeking a very short-term extension of the authorization, pushing the final vote into next year….
Dragon Fruit Might Be Next Niche Crop
…shot hole borer. Cooperative Extension County Director Christopher Smith says they are looking for the next niche crop to keep their producers farming. “We call it our new crop development,”…
Agri View: Problem for Honeybees
…Master Beekeeper and Program Associate – Apiculture, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service As though parasitic mites, hive beetles, a new strain of Nosema, and a legion…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
…beginning to change. UC Cooperative Extension and Fresno State agricultural production scientists researched overhead irrigation at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center for five years, growing wheat, corn,…
Paint Linked to Walnut Bud Break Issues
…to Bud Break Issues Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Janet Caprile says some complications were seen last year with bud break in walnuts. “We don’t exactly know why but there is…
Microscopes Focus on Shot Hole Borer
…Hole Borer University of California Cooperative Extension Ventura County recently received some new equipment to help its research efforts. Ventura County Cooperative Extension Director Christopher Smith says the Extension is…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…extension services, and access to profitable local and global markets for the crops. Evidence shows that in locations where insect-resistant crops were planted but resistance-management strategies were not followed, damaging…
Funding for Bioeconomy Research and Development
…and extension programs, supporting the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel, have resulted in user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign…
Funding for Critical Water Research
…agricultural water use in the Fiscal Year 2016 projects. To date, more than $20.5 million in research, education and extension grants have been awarded through AFRI’s Water for Agriculture Challenge…