Author Archives: Office of Public Affairs

By Robert Rodriguez Armed with magnifying glasses and bug-sucking aspirators, state agriculture technicians are in Fresno, checking residential citrus trees for any signs of the Asian citrus psyllid and the tree-killing disease it can carry. The psyllid poses one of … Continue reading →

By Jeffrey Mount and Jay Lund, UC Davis, and Emma Freeman, PPIC Water in California is shared across three main sectors. Statewide, average water use is roughly 50% environmental, 40% agricultural, and 10% urban. However, the percentage of water use by … Continue reading →

The latest segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Wine Connections.” This video content is no longer available.

Antelope Valley Fair 8/15/2014 to 8/24/2014 Lancaster, CA Butte County Fair 8/21/2014 to 8/24/2014 Gridley, CA Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair 8/28/2014 to 8/31/2014 Bishop, CA Humboldt County Fair 8/13/2014 to 8/24/2014 Ferndale, CA Inter-Mountain Fair of Shasta 8/29/2013 to 9/2/2013 … Continue reading →

The California State Fair has completed another successful season with a 17-day run that ended on Sunday, July 27. The Fair has provided a recap by the numbers: More than 750,000 guests came through the gates. 159,242 cars were parked … Continue reading →

California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will travel to Mexico City next week to meet with Mexican government and business leaders, help boost bilateral trade and investment opportunities between the two neighbors and expand environmental and economic cooperation. Governor Brown … Continue reading →

UC Davis will be partnering with Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University in Yangling, Shaanxi Officials from China’s Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University in Shaanxi province, and the University of California, Davis, today signed a memorandum of agreement that lays the … Continue reading →

Andrew Seng / aseng@sacbee.com Katie Fyhrie, 25, begins her day recently by harvesting nectarines with Cloverleaf farm owner Emma Torbert, left, on a stone fruit orchard at the Collins Farm in Davis. The two women are among a wave of young … Continue reading →