Agriculture

Primary Image
meadow mouse
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Burrowing Varmints Guide

June 23, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Author: Pamela Kan-Rice Published on: June 8, 2021 A pocket gopher emerges from a burrow. The holes and mounds created by burrowing rodents pose hazards to farmworkers and farm machinery.
View Article
Primary Image
This image of a tiny monarch egg won a silver award in the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences (ACE). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Day 2 of National Pollinator Week: Focus on a Tiny Egg

June 22, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Day 2 of National Pollinator Week. So, I guess I should "toot my own horn" (we don't have one, but in our household we do have a piano, a double bass, a guitar, a banjo, a ukulele, a dulcimer, a harmonica, a sousaphone, a set of hand drums, and two accordions.
View Article
Primary Image
This image of a monarch butterfly egg won a silver award or second place in the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences (ACE). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Photo of Tiny Egg Draws Attention of Plight of Monarch Butterflies

June 22, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A UC Davis communications specialist who creates habitat for monarch butterflies in her family's pollinator garden, won a silver award or second-place honors, in a photography competition hosted by the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life...
View Article
Primary Image
UC Davis alumnus Hannah Burrack, a professor of entomology and extension specialist at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, has been named chair of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University, effective Jan. 1, 2022.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Alum Hannah Burrack Named MSU Department Chair

June 22, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis alumnus Hannah Burrack, a professor of entomology and extension specialist at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, has been named chair of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University, East Lansing, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Burrack will replace F.
View Article
Primary Image
A male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, targets a monarch butterfly on a Mexican sunflower in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

National Pollinator Week: The Monarchs and The Melissodes

June 21, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Those mighty monarchs haven't graced us with their presence this year (since late January) in our Vacaville, Calif. pollinator garden, but we're waiting for them. The habitat beckons and they will reign.
View Article
Primary Image
The cost of water may deter people from growing food in urban areas, says Lucy Diekmann, UC Cooperative Extension urban agriculture and food systems advisor in Santa Clara County.
Green Blog: Article

Drought hurts urban farmers, too

June 21, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Extreme drought is changing agriculture across California and urban farming is no exception. Many community farms and gardens cultivate land owned by city or county departments, schools and private landowners.
View Article
Primary Image
varroa mite06
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Fungus Helps a Honeybee

June 21, 2021
By Ben A Faber
New fungus strain could provide a chemical-free method to help honey bees Washington State University Jennifer Han jennifer.o.han@wsu.edu PULLMAN, Wash.
View Article