Orchard Management

Cover crops in the foreground with mountains in the distance

Food Blog: Article

New online tool helps growers choose cover crops

September 19, 2025

By Michael Hsu

For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop species based on growers’ goals.

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Llevan a cabo conferencia para viveristas de California.

Blog Verde: Article

Investigadores de UC ANR apoyan a los viveros de California

September 12, 2025

By Diana Cervantes

Santa Paula, CA. – Un tapete de plástico especial, combinado con el uso de desinfectantes, puede ser la primera defensa contra enfermedades en viveros, donde las plantas jóvenes son muy frágiles. Con una medida tan sencilla, se podrían evitar pérdidas millonarias de plantas y dinero. El sector de los…

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bright green growth on green stem of walnut tree

UCCE Central Sierra Agriculture: Article

Finish Walnut Season Strong for Best Crop Production

August 25, 2025

By Hardeep Singh, Luke K Milliron

September Walnut Orchard Tasks for Agriculture To-Do List September is the time to focus on finishing the crop season well by protecting the kernel color and quality, keeping the insect pests in check, and setting the trees up for a stress-free winter. Irrigation and Nutrition Management in the…

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Team members from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa test their robot in a pineapple field

ANR News Releases: Article

Registration opens for 2026 Farm Robotics Challenge

August 25, 2025

By Kelly D Scott

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.

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People stand in a field for a demonstration of a solar-powered robot providing chemical-free autonomous weed control

Food Blog: Article

Farmers invited to test robots, high-tech solutions at Sept. 17 soil-health field day

August 11, 2025

By Hanif R Houston, Michael Hsu

UC Merced hosts VINE Connect Field Day on Sept. 17, when seven ag tech startups will demonstrate solutions designed to meet pressing challenges facing California agriculture.

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View over the tops of avocado trees from a tower with scientific instruments

Food Blog: Article

UCCE advisor provides first-of-its-kind avocado irrigation data

May 15, 2025

By Michael Hsu

Crop coefficients are numbers used to calculate the amount of water a particular crop needs. In an unprecedented study, Ali Montazar, UC Cooperative Extension irrigation and water management advisor, set out to develop more reliable crop coefficients for avocado based on real-world data.

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Kern County: Document

Cover Crops in Orchards - Spring Field Day 2025

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Kern County: Document

2025 Kern Almond Rootstock Field Day Flyer

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Ask the Experts Webinars from UC IPM

April 4, 2025

By Ben A Faber

What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About?Event NameDateUC Ag Experts Talk: Considerations for Cover Crops and Weed Management 3/19/2025UC Ag Experts Talk: Integrated Soil Health Management 4/30/2025UC Ag Experts Talk: Mealybug Management in Citrus Orchards in California 5/21/2025What is…

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A shepherd and dog move sheep across a field

Food Blog: Article

California producers: Climate change is real; we could use a little help

February 26, 2025

By Trina Kleist

How can farmers and ranchers continue to grow our food while facing challenges of a changing climate, increasingly scarce water, land use pressures and rising costs? UC and UC ANR scientists are using surveys and interviews with people in the state's agricultural sector to learn what folks need to stay…

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