Agriculture

Communications Director Cornell University Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it's only happened twice in nature in the last 6 million years. And since the domestication of the grapevine 8,000 years ago, breeding has continued to be a gamble.

Watergrass We are having more and more difficulties controlling watergrass over the past 20 or so years. We know that as of the early 2000s, we had found multiple-herbicide resistant late watergrass (also known as mimic), as well as multiple-herbicide resistant barnyardgrass.

Help Us Pilot-Test a New Decision-Support Tool! By now, most of us are well aware that we're in the second year of another significant drought. A growing proportion of Northern California is classified as D4 by the U.S. Drought Monitor. And we're coming off one of the driest rainy seasons in memory.

Freeze damage was reported in commercial walnut orchards throughout California during the winter of 2020. Although comprising the southern tier of the state's walnut-growing area, Tulare and Kings County orchards were not exempt from freeze damage.

Video Series Offers Practical Advice for Producers The GOT SHEEP? series made its debut on YouTube last week in an effort to assist American sheep producers with management considerations for their flocks.

Nothing says National Pollinator Week more than a honey bee coated in pollen. Make mine yellow. Yellow pollen. There's plenty of time to prepare. National Pollinator Week is June 21-27.

General outlook A week of 100+ F daily maximum temperatures and warm nights will give thrips development a boost over the next week. A gradual return to mid 90's highs is expected by the second week of June. The current mini heat wave won't be enough to cause any significant mortality in thrips.

General outlook A week of 100+ F daily maximum temperatures and warm nights will give thrips development a boost over the next week. A gradual return to mid 90's highs is expected by the second week of June. The current mini heat wave won't be enough to cause any significant mortality in thrips.

General outlook A week of 100+ F daily maximum temperatures and warm nights will give thrips development a boost over the next week. A gradual return to low 90's highs is expected by the second week of June. The current mini heat wave won't be enough to cause any mortality in thrips.

General outlook A few 100+ F daily maximum temperatures and warm nights will give thrips development a little boost over the next week. A gradual return to low-to-mid 90's highs is expected from now until second week of June.