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Weeding out the non-essentials

February 25th, 2019
It's time, again, to start the weekend yard work routine. I spent a small part of the time this weekend weeding but didn't come close to catching up with all that somehow grew since Thanksgiving.
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Surendra Dara explains how fungi kill insects.
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ANR meets the public at World Ag Expo

February 20th, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
People from across California and around the world got to taste new crops, see research demonstrations and learn about several UC ANR activities at the World Ag Expo Feb. 12-14.
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lemon rootstock trial with cover crop
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California’s Top Counties for Agriculture

February 12th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
California agriculture saw significant gains in 2017, with the state's counties experiencing a 5.1% jump in total production value. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) says combined sales, excluding timber, totaled $59.57 billion.
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UC Cooperative Extension ramps up its climate change response

February 1st, 2019
Return to UC Cooperative Extension | Agricultural Experiment Station While scientific reports continue to mount confirming that global climate change is increasing temperatures, causing more frequent weather extremes and raising the sea level in California, UC Cooperative Extension is working to ens...
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