Agriculture

Have you listened to a Growing the Valley podcast? Here are a couple you might want to check out. In this short episode, Phoebe Gordon chats with Dr. Brad Hanson, Weed Specialist with UC Davis.

In between the rains today, we saw them. So beautiful! Painted ladies, Vanessa cardui, nectaring in patches of colorful wildflowers in the Biological Orchard and Gardens (BOG), located behind the Mann Laboratory on University of California, Davis campus.

Two UCANR Cooperative Extension specialists have recently launched CalLands, a powerful online tool that can help users understand how land ownership impacts California's croplands.

Sharing a plug for a weed science short course at Colorado State University for a colleague. "A Short Course on Herbicide Mode of Action and Herbicide Resistance".

Maintaining and caring for the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Educational Fruit/Nut Orchard has been a tremendous pleasure over the last 7 years.

If you're a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, you can enroll in a newly announced spring quarter course, "The Science of the Monarch Butterfly," taught by Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. But if you're not a graduate student? You're in luck.

It's a gathering of UC Davis entomologists--from students to graduates to faculty to retired faculty. The third UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion is set Sunday, March 31 through Tuesday, April 2. Most of the events will take place in the Walter A.

The UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion will take place Sunday, March 31 through Tuesday, April 2. Most events will take place in the Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center. Co-chairing the event are Will Crites (bugkiller@aol.com) and Arnold Menke (waspman@cableone.net).

Spring seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will range in topics from fruit flies to spider glue to an African odysssey. The seminars, coordinated by medical entomologist/assistant professor Geoffrey Attardo, will all take place at 4 p.m.

South Sacramento Valley Wheat and Barley Field Demonstration Day Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 8:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 23947 Road 13, Capay, CA 8:45 a.m. Registration, Coffee, and Donuts 9:00 a.m.