Agriculture

On July 30th the Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) quarantine was lifted in Ventura County. Qfly is part of the Tephritidae family of flies. The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae.

Citrus Extension Outreach Meetings at LREC Author: Sandipa Gautam Published on: July 29, 2024 Upcoming Citrus Extension Outreach Meetings at LREC August 20, 2024.

Folks new to the world of working livestock guardian dogs (LGDs), whether they are producers or dog aficionados, often ask, What's the best breed? or What breed is your dog?

In a recent meeting the topic of where to go for irrigation information came up. Well there's no substitute for attending a class in irrigation, such as offered at Cal Poly SLO (http://www.itrc.org/classes/iseclass.htm , but here's some written sources to get you started thinking. http://ciwr.ucanr.

Farm Advisor UCCE Ventura County Plants, therefore avocados, go through different growth stages, so called phenological stages, regular periods where they grow and differentiate from seed to various vegetative stages, flowering and finally seed production.

The vacant lots around your neighborhood could be growing fruits and vegetables and making local produce more accessible while reducing energy needed to transport and distribute the food.

From Siskiyou County through Riverside County, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has hired UC Cooperative Extension experts to help Californians address challenging issues.

We have had some interesting calls lately concerning issues we do not usually see in the fields. We have received calls about small circular areas with snipped rice in fields west of I-5.

Growing up in Upper Lake, along the North Shore of Clear Lake, Matthew Barnes lived near several of the Lake County region's seven federally recognized tribes.

Phytoplasma Diseases of Palms in the USA Robert R Krueger1 and Brian W Bahder2 1USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus & Date, Riverside, CA 2Dept of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center, Davie, FL Phytoplasmas are plant pathoge...