Agriculture

To train new people to work with California specialty crops and update the skills of current workers, educators from UC Davis and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fresno State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chico State and five California community colleges are producing educational videos.

UC ANR has formally launched the new UC ANR Policy Institute, envisioned as a “one-stop shop” for policymakers to find and easily access crucial research.

Tina Saitone, a University of California, Davis, professor and Cooperative Extension specialist in livestock and rangeland economics, sought to quantify the direct and indirect costs after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife launched a pilot program to compensate ranchers for wolf-related losses.