Agriculture

New Risk Assessments Just Posted for Invasive Weeds The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ?recently posted Weed Risk Assessments for a dozen new weeds of concern. Eleven of the 12 are already documented in the West.

You never know where a praying mantis will deposit its egg case, the ootheca. In and around Vacaville, we've seen them on olive trees, honeysuckle vines, passionflower vines, and wooden stakes.

More than 6 inches of snow fell on areas of Riverside County, part of the state's southern-most growing region, which produces nearly half of the nation's avocado supply.

Mark your calendar! We have a number of outstanding workshops already booked for 2020! More details will follow in the coming weeks! PASTURE LAMBING SCHOOL (March 7 - Auburn, CA): This hands-on, half-day school will provide you with knowledge and skills necessary to successfully managing lambing ewe...

If you were thinking of trying to net a cabbage white butterfly to win Art Shapiro's "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest"--a butterfly for a pitcher of beer, or its equivalent--you're too late. The contest is over. No winner this year.

At 10:00 AM on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the University of California Desert Research and Extension Center - (1004 Holton Rd, Holtville, CA), we will display for your observation and evaluation our hybrid carrot trial.

At first glance, they're often mistaken for bees, but bees they are not. They're flies. You've probably seen them hovering over flowers, which is why syprhids are commonly called "hover flies" or "flower flies." Enter Andrew Young.

We are pleased to share our 2019 Annual Report available in two formats! We have our print version and are excited to present our story map version! Special thanks to Michelle Nozzari for putting together the story map version and Deborah Curle for the print version.

I just read Ben Faber's blog post titled "Weed ID in Your Hands" from the Topics in Subtropics blog. Ben mentions, "Who says you can't know all those wild things growing in the field you didn't put there? Here's a chance to learn what they are for cheap.

Healthy Soils Workshop February 19, 9am 11am University of California Cooperative Extension Office 669 County Square Drive Suite 100 Ventura, CA 93003 CDFA's Healthy Soils Program is opening and will be accepting applications on a rolling basis.