Farmers and ranchers bench-testing gasoline power saws or using combustible heaters for warming indoor maintenance areas risk exposure to lethal doses of carbon monoxide, warns William Steinke, a UC Davis Cooperative Extension farm safety specialist.
Radio stations, bus tours, and agritourism are just three vehicles that the Small Farm Program uses to reach small farmers throughout California. The following are snapshots of three outreach programs undertaken by the Small Farm Program.
The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a serious new agricultural pest in California. When feeding, it can transmit Pierce's disease to grapevines and other diseases to almond trees, alfalfa, citrus, and oleanders.
Free web publications focusing on organic vegetable production in California are available in PDF format on the Small Farm Program web site at Organic production and marketing.
By Etaferahu Takele, Area Farm Advisor, Farm Management Economics, Southern Region Jose Aguiar, Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops and Small Farms, Riverside County Paul Zellman, Staff Research Associate, Farm Management Economics, Southern Region Detailed costs to produce okra in Coachella Valley, River...
2008 Sold Out We have sold out of California's New Green Revolution: Pioneers in Sustainable Agriculture. We apologize for the inconvenience. We have sold out of this book.
S mall Farms Advisor, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties Address: UC Cooperative Extension, Riverside County 21150 Box Springs Road, Suite 202 Moreno Valley, CA 92557 Phone: (408) 717-0161 E-mail: hkdoan@ucanr.
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