Agriculture

The USDA has released their Fruit and Nuts Outlook Report which shows the forecast the 2019/2020 seasons and provides an overview of the markets. The 2019/20 citrus crop is forecast to be 7.63 million tons, down 4 percent from the previous season.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT (AP 20-06) County Location: Merced County Date Posted: April 7, 2020 Closing Date: May 31, 2020 Location Headquarters: Merced, California For more information, visit https://ucanr.

Here's Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC Cooperative Extension Rice Advisor, on the Out of the Blank podcast: Click here >> PODCAST From the Out of the Blank channel...

Is there something in this workshop for citrus growers. Where does the Food Safety issue fall? If you want to register for April 17, click HERE not below If you want to register for April 24 click HERE not below They are different, so you might want to register for both.

This spring if you are looking for options to obtain your continuing education units (CEUs) and not sure where to get them, why not check out the online options that the UC Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM) has to offer.

Are you still considering applying or working on your application for a Healthy Soils Program (HSP) grant for this year (2020)?

Congratulations to Annaliese Wargin and Garrett Keating, two outstanding graduating seniors in entomology at the University of California, Davis. Each will receive a bachelor's degree in entomology in June and each has been singled out for high honors.

Remember the biblical story about David and Goliath? How young David, the underdog, defeats a Philistine giant? Sometimes you think the same kind of battle will occur in nature when a honey bee, Apis mellifera, encounters a much larger carpenter bee, the Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta.

Senior entomology major Garrett Keating, who performs microbiome/pollinator experiments in the laboratory of community ecologist Rachel Vannette, is the recipient of a Department Citation from the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology for his outstanding work.

Senior entomology major Annaliese Wargin is the newly selected recipient of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's Citation for Outstanding Performance, as well as a Department Citation for her stellar achievements in academics and research.