Agriculture

The Belden Village Apartments in Clairemont Mesa East of San Diego is home to a diverse population of older adults.

UCANR Innovate, the innovation arm of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, has opened applications for its VINE Connect program.

Modoc County, home to 8,500 people and tucked in the remote northeastern corner of California, has been a leader in advancing organic agriculture through its significant ranching and agronomic crop production, namely of potatoes and hay.

by Becky Wheeler-Dykes, UCCE Glenn Orchard Systems and Weed Ecology Farm Advisor Recent research has shown many potential benefits of utilizing whole orchard recycling (WOR) when removing an orchard.

The Belden Village Apartments in Clairemont Mesa East of San Diego is home to a diverse population of older adults.

You are invited to be an active part of the future of Kearney REC and connect, learn about recent research, hear from UCANR leadership, voice concerns and offer valuable inputs toward the future of a valuable asset to California agriculture.

Branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa) is of growing concern to California tomato and specialty crop and seed producers.

Do you know what apivectoring is? Bee scientist Elina Lastro Nio, associate professor of Cooperative Extension, Apiculture, and a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT) faculty, defines it in a recent edition of Bee Culture.

Agricultural officials recently expanded the areas in California quarantined for citrus greening disease [also known as huanglongbing (HLB)], which is spread by Asian citrus psyllids. The quarantined area in Orange and Riverside counties was increased by a total of approximately 31 square miles.

The American Bee Journal (ABJ) and Bee Culture just released the preliminary results of the annual U.S. Beekeeping Survey and the news is not good. "U.S. beekeepers lost an estimated 55.1 percent of their managed bee colonies in 2023-24--14.