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James Hodge Black, UC Cooperative Extension advisor emeritus, passed away Aug. 10, 2019, at the age of 83 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Black earned his B.S. in general agriculture in 1957 and his M.S. in entomology in 1961 from the University of Arkansas.

Last May, a Turlock almond grower noticed nearly all the nuts on a row of trees in his orchard had fallen to the ground. It looked like we shook this row, he said. I was scared. I thought the whole orchard was going to go. He called UC Cooperative Extension.

August 13, 2019 Samuel Araya is a new PhD at UC Merced! On August 13, 2019, in the Science and Engineering 2 building on the UCM campus, he successfully defended his PhD research before a review committee of four professors and about thirty well-wishers who took part in the public seminar part of hi...

Donna Gillespie Jones, former ANR budget director, died May 21, after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 61.

News Release July 15, 2019 Washington Union High School juniors, Sophia Garcia and Lilliana Ruiz, took part in the UAV/Ag Technology Field Day that was held at Bowles Farming in Los Banos, CA on July 15, 2019.

Reposted from UC Merced News The scope of the tree deaths is evident when viewed as part of the larger forest. The most extreme drought event in hundreds of years caused a catastrophic die-off of the Sierra Nevada's mature trees in 2015-2016.

Longtime local UC Cooperative Extension advisor retires (Appeal-Democrat) Jake Abbott, June 30 [Page A1] After nearly four decades as the Yuba-Sutter area's tree crops and environmental horticulture advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension, Janine Hasey recently announced that she would leave the po...

What exactly is climate smart agriculture?

Jan Corlett, chief of staff to Vice President Humiston, retired July 1 after a 20-year UC career.