Agriculture

In English La demanda del consumidor sobre todo lo que tiene que ver con el aguacate va en aumento, incluyendo el aceite que se hace con esta fruta.

Steven Lee, PhD, has worked as the farm manager for Quaker Oaks Farm in Visalia, CA for the past 5 years. This 22-acre nonprofit educational center includes 8 acres of native wetlands, 2 acres of organic mixed vegetable crops, and 1 acre of organic stone fruit and Asian pears.

For many ranchers in the Sierra foothills and Sacramento Valley, irrigated pasture is a critical component of our annual forage calendar.

Laurel Wilt-Ambrosia Beetle Grower's and Advisory Panel meeting to update and discuss research and extension programs supported by the USDA research grant. Purpose: The Univ.

Bright metallic colors, flitting from flower to flower. Wasps. And they are going after other wasp species and bees. It's hard being a bee. These wasps are parasites, and like their namesake cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species (wasps or bees in this case).

In English Se invita a todos los granjeros, rancheros, contratistas de mano de obra agrcola y supervisores agrcolas a llenar una encuesta corta acerca de sus experiencias sobre cmo han abordado el COVID-19? en su lugar de trabajo.

If you like corn, you should be concerned about a pest that's known as "the billion-dollar beetle." The Western corn rootworm is called that because its larvae ravage America's corn crops to the economic tune of $1 billion a year.

The Western corn rootworm, known as the billion-dollar beetle because its larvae ravage America's corn crops to the economic tune of $1 billion a year, may need a new nickname.

Field trips are out, but the learning continues at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

The period between panicle initiation (PI) and heading is critical with respect to grain formation. During this time, cold temperatures can result in pollen sterility as the plants go through meiosis. Pollen sterility results in blanking. Nighttime temperatures below 58 oF can result in sterility.