Hiring Many New Agricultural Extension Advisors, California Bucks National Trend

Budget cuts have trimmed an alarming number of ag positions in American universities. We need to do all we can to reverse the trend.

See what advisors and other consultants think producers can do to be and stay successful.

Learning is a two-way street to success in the field and the lab.

Mohammad Yaghmour recently joined UCCE as Orchard Systems Advisor for Kern and Kings counties. We caught up with him to find out what he’s most interested in researching further, and what he can bring to the table to help nut growers succeed.

Funding to support outreach and research to help organic growers.

Growing up in a small town, I became very active in 4-H. I learned so much from Ohio […]

As the next generation of growers become leaders and decision makers in their own operations, they won’t have […]

As the next generation of growers become leaders and decision makers in their own operations, they won’t have […]

As the next generation of growers become leaders and decision makers in their own operations, they won’t have […]

As the next generation of growers become leaders and decision makers in their own operations, they won’t have […]

With an eye on sustainability, Lindsay Jordan hopes to help California grape growers find solutions to some of their biggest problems.

The two new farm advisers have widely divergent backgrounds, but now share a single purpose: helping Golden State grape growers.

Congress allots $200 million for research funding to be matched by non-federal dollars.

Cooperative Extension, now celebrating its 100th anniversary, plays a critical role in the ag industry.

This year, land grant universities will celebrate their 150th anniversary. These schools were established by an act supported […]

Who is the biggest loser in the recent round of budget cuts to U.S. land grant universities? While […]

The Michigan Legislature is considering a 15% reduction in higher education budgets — a familiar figure across the […]

Extension is still very strong in New York, says Hoying, though they are experiencing the same budgetary problems […]

The Extension situation in Washington is “dire,” says McFerson. There are only three remaining Extension tree fruit agents […]