San Joaquin

I have received armyworm traps from UC Davis entomology specialist, Larry Godfrey, and UCCE farm advisor, Luis Espino, to monitor populations in San Joaquin County rice fields. Luis has described 2016 armyworm pressure in a recent posting on the UC Rice Blog.

I was recently contacted by a PCA who was observing armyworm feeding in Delta rice fields. Over the last two years, both locally and in the Sacramento Valley, armyworms have been striking rice fields earlier in the season and in greater numbers.

Extension Specialist in Biological Control, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, CA 92521mark.hoddle@ucr.

The Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM) will be acquiring 25,000 acres of mitigation land in San Benito County's Panoche Valley and will be hiring 2 full-time preserve managers.

From the Topics in Subtropics blog June 15, 2016 Researchers have now confirmed that six glyphosate-resistant weed species have been identified in California. Four have been known to exist for some time; they are horseweed (marestail, Conyza spp.

Researchers have now confirmed that six glyphosate-resistant weed species have been identified in California. Four have been known to exist for some time; they are horseweed (marestail, Conyza sp.), hairy fleabane, rigid ryegrass and annual ryegrass.

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 10:00 AM T & D Willey Farms, Madera, CA The fourth in our series of five farm visits that are part of the California Farm Demonstration Network will be taking place this Wednesday, June 15th, beginning at 10:00 AM and winding up at about 11:45 AM at the farm of Tom and Den...

The USDA ARS and California State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways have initiated a study to address concerns that dissolved oxygen may be depleted by plant decomposition under herbicide-treated beds of water hyacinth.

CASI chair Jeff Mitchell discusses recent work that was done to evaluate the potential for using precision overhead irrigation for a variety of crops in California's San Joaquin Valley.

On May 20th, we planted a grain sorghum seeding rate trial in the Delta to determine an optimum seeding rate for the unique Delta growing environment. Sorghum is a relatively new crop in the northern San Joaquin Valley and Delta region.