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CDFA awards grant for Proactive IPM program (Morning Ag Clips) April 30 The California Department of Food and Agriculture has awarded funding for one project in the initial funding cycle for the Proactive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Solutions grant program.

Coyne named Master Gardener volunteer engagement coordinator Marisa Coyne is now the academic coordinator - volunteer engagement for UC Master Gardener Program as of April 8.

Thanks to the recent hot weather (already surpassing 90 degrees several days in a row), we are starting to see the lush green hills near Fresno transition into gold.

Wine grape growers in the San Joaquin Valley who want to switch from hand pruning to mechanical pruning won't have to replant their vineyards to accommodate machinery, according to a new study published in HortTechnology by University of California Cooperative Extension researchers.

Update: 2020 classes will be held as follows. For more information and registration, click here for a calendar and scroll down to the preferred class. Date City Time Location January 15 Fairfield 1-4pm UCCE Solano County Meeting Room 501 Texas Street.

There is still time to register for the April 11th SJV Weed Science Extension Day at the Westside Research and Extension Center in Five Points (17353 West Oakland Avenue, Five Points, CA 93624). The meeting at the Westside Center will focus on agronomic crops, ROWs, and tree and vine systems.

There is still time to register for the April 11th SJV Weed Science Extension Day at the Westside Research and Extension Center in Five Points (17353 West Oakland Avenue, Five Points, CA 93624). The meeting at the Westside Center will focus on agronomic crops, ROWs, and tree and vine systems.

Please welcome Joy Hollingsworth to UC ANR. Joy starts today, April 1st, as CE Nutrient Management and Soil Quality Advisor, based in Fresno, with programmatic responsibilities in Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare Counties.

March 20, 2019 CIG's Shrestha conducts cover crop rolling study at Fresno State! Professor and Department Chair, Anil Shrestha, at California State University, Fresno, is on his way to conducting a very nice, large-scale and comprehensive study of the ability of a cover crop roller/crimper to termin...

There are TWO upcoming weed science extension days in the San Joaquin Valley this April.