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Argentine Ant Management in Citrus (July 8, 2020) Dr. Mark Hoddle will talk about how to monitor and manage Argentine ant in citrus orchards with liquid baiting systems and discuss why ant management has such strong benefits for the suppression of sap-sucking pests by natural enemies.

USDA's Farm Service Agency announced that it will now accept applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) through an online portal, expanding the options available to producers to apply for this program, which helps offset price declines and additional marketing costs because of t...

Join the discussion July 23 Public lecture series discussing methods used to assess and improve the health of your home and production soils.

Nitrogen is the nutrient plants require in the largest quantity for better yield and quality. Nitrogen is also an integral constituent of proteins, nucleic acids, chlorophyll, co-enzymes, phytohormones,and secondary metabolites, and its deficiency can negatively affect yield.

Floyd Zaiger a world famous fruit breeder has just passed. Luther Burbank created such creations as the Russet Burbank Potato, the Shasta daisy and the Santa Rosa plum. This was all done through traditional breeding practices.