ANR News Releases

The Farm Robotics Challenge, the only collegiate agricultural robotics competition of its kind, has launched its 2026 season. Registration is now open for student teams.

To help farmers and other Californians address emerging issues, the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has hired more UC Cooperative Extension experts with a wide range of skills and experience. New UC Cooperative Extension specialists, advisors, coordinators and educators around the…

A historic agreement between the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California and UC ANR has created the first-ever UC Cooperative Extension Tribal Extension Office. Located on tribal land at the Middletown Rancheria headquarters, the office opened on June 2.

This July and August, teens ages 13 to 18 are invited to attend a free Youth Drone Camp at locations across the Bay Area and Northern California. The camps, organized by California 4-H, will be held July 7-11 in San Jose, July 21-25 in Napa and Aug. 4-8 in Redding.

A fully automated spraying drone platform took the grand prize – a $20,000 Innovation Award sponsored by Farm-ng and Western Growers – in the third annual Farm Robotics Challenge.