Well-known appellations, powerful marketing and excellent products make California wines very valuable. Could the same be done for California’s cotton crop? California farmers produce high-quality cotton, but currently take in …
New CRISPR Calf Designed to Produce Male Offspring
Researchers at the University of California Davis have successfully produced a bull calf using the genome-editing technology CRISPR to enable him to sire more male offspring. The CRISPR calf named …
Five New Strawberry Varieties Available to Growers
Strawberry producers will have some new varieties to help increase yields and fruit quality this fall. UC Davis’s Public Strawberry Breeding Program announced the release of five new strawberry varieties after several year’s …
Universities Create FedbyScience Initiative
A total of 16 public and private universities have joined together to create FedByScience, an effort to boost federal investment in agricultural research. The initiative, timed with the release of …
New Cooling Technologies for Dairy Cows
Researchers at UC Davis have been testing cooling technologies to address the heat-stress experienced by California dairy cows. Current cooling methods include the use of fans and sprinkler systems that …
Disease Resistant Strawberry Research Gets Funding Boost
The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and Florida have received a $4.5 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of …
Do Personality Traits in Pigs Matter?
Researchers at UC Davis are studying personality traits in pigs to determine the role personality plays in the welfare and sustainable production of farm animals. Kristina Horback, an assistant professor …
Wheat Geneticist Presented with Innovator of the Year Award
During the UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Awards ceremony last week, Jorge Dubcovsky was named as one of the 2017 Innovators of the Year by University of California, Davis, Interim Chancellor …
David Lewis to receive Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
The Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI) at UC Davis has announced that David Lewis, UC Cooperative Extension watershed advisor for California’s north bay and UC Davis alumnus, is this year’s recipient …
U.C. Davis Tops in Ag Economic and Policy
by Julia Ann Easley UC Davis is ranked first in the world in agricultural economics and policy — and among the top 10 in 17 other subjects — based on …
African leaders visit CDFA
Young African leaders visit CDFA to learn about agriculture, energy and the environment From: CDFA Office of Public Affairs UC Davis hosted 25 Young African Leaders as part of the Mandela …