Prepared by: Richard H. Molinar, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Fresno County Michael Yang, UC Agricultural Assistant, Fresno County Karen M. Klonsky, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis Richard L.
Chinese long beans - (Vigna sesquipedalis): Also called the asparagus bean and yardlong bean, the plants are long training vines grown on trellises. The plants are susceptible to black bean aphids, spider mites, nematodes, and mosaic viruses.
By Penny Leff, UC Small Farm Program Agritourism Coordinator A farm stand piled high with fresh-picked peaches is a timeless picture of summer in California.
In this section you will find find historic specialty crop publications posted by the UC ANR Small Farms Program between 1995 2017. Specialty crops research is an essential part of the UC Small Farm Program.
Every year the UC Small Farm Workgroup meets for a conference to share research updates, collaboration opportunities, and administrative information. In 2009, the annual meeting was held at the UC Cooperative Extension Monterey County office in Salinas.
January 1992 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The potato. one of the most important food crops, came under cultivation by South American "Indians" more than 2.000 years ago.
James F. Thompson, Agricultural Engineer Clay R. Brooks, Development Engineer Agricultural Engineering Extension University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Pedro Ilic, Farm Advisor Cooperative Extension - Fresno County 1720 So. Maple Ave., Fresno, CA 93702 Drawings by: Justin J.
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