Agriculture

In the meantime, how are you going to cope? Having lived (and ranched) through California's 1000-year drought from 2012-2015, I often find myself recalling the autumn of 2013. Believe it or not, we had a germinating rain on September 3 - I measured 0.75" of rain here in Auburn.

UCCE-UC IPM Biologics Educational Webinar Series Free Events Register here Nov 10 So many products, so much confusion Effective use of biostimulants in agriculture Patrick Brown, Plant Sciences, UC Davis 3 - 4:15, 1 CCA CEU Nov 18 Biological plant growth regulators: Experience, facts and future Mi...

Over the last few years, UC Davis Weed Science has been testing cover crops for weed suppression in nut orchards. The most recent project we've been working on has trialed several cover crop programs using cereal rye in walnut orchards.

Technology matters.

Like many of you over the last several weeks (and indeed, over the last several years), I've read heartbreaking accounts of ranchers losing livestock in this latest round of devastating wildfires.

Miridae, a company founded and owned by UC Davis-trained ecologist Billy Krimmel, won the highly competitive 2020 Award of Excellence for Communication from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for its Seed Bank Living Wall at DPR Construction, Sacramento.

How to Use Orchard Mason Bees for Crop Pollination From the Orchard Bee Association When: Wednesday, October 28th, 9:00am to 12:00pm PST Where: On line using Zoom Conference What: A series of short talks from industry professionals on the basics of orchard bee management and their deployment for cro...

This year, due to COVID we had to cancel the in-person conference and opted for a webinar series. Scroll down to see the program for this year's webinar series! Registration will open soon. David Karp will be giving a talk on November 19th, 2020.

SUPPRESS herbicide EC, a product manufactured by Westbridge Agricultural Products, was registered in California in 2015. Its active ingredients are Caprylic Acid and Capric Acid. It is registered for use in organic production, and it is labeled for use in agricultural food and non-food crops.

When Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney speaks at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's virtual seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct.