San Joaquin

California's working landscape and the industries associated with agriculture and natural resources contribute significantly to the state's economy, according to a new study by the California Community Colleges Centers of Excellence for Labor Market Research, California Economic Summit and the Unive...

The almond industry in California produces approximately 80% of the world's almond supply and currently consists of approximately 1.2 million bearing and non-bearing acres.

Why we need to treat wildfire as a public health issue in California (The Conversation) Faith Kearns and Max Moritz, Oct 15 As researchers who have worked extensively on fire in California, we believe it is time to treat fires that affect communities as the public health challenge they have become.

Randhawa to oversee UCCE in Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties Karmjot Randhawa joined ANR on Sept. 6, 2019, as the UC Cooperative Extension director for Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties.

Towards the end of National 4-H Week this year, from October 11 to 14, our California 4-H Horticulture team competed at the 2019 National Junior Horticulture Association Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Crape Myrtle By Leslie Stevens UCCE Master Gardener Lagerstoemia Size: Varieties of single or multi-trunked trees run 25 30 feet tall and wide; shrubs 6 20 feet; and dwarfs from 3 6 feet.

In late October we made our monthly trip to sample curlyleaf pondweed in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. On an island in the lower San Joaquin river, we spotted goats eating waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and waterprimrose (Ludwigia sp.) along the shoreline.

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources will host its first San Joaquin Valley Spray Application Short Course Nov. 12-14 at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier.

Its not too late to register for the San Joaquin Valley Spray Application Short Course (November 12-14). Here's a link to the webpage: https://ucanr.edu/sites/SJVSprayApplication/Home/ Here's a link to the full agenda: https://ucanr.

Splitting of navel oranges is a disorder that shows up every few years in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. It's difficult to predict the problem, and once you see oranges beginning to split, it's too late to do anything about it.