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At right, a quadcopter drone hovers over orchard trees. On the left across a dirt road a man in a red shirt operates the drone.

Researchers Create App to Help Drones Improve Farm Efficiency

by Jessica Heath
October 26, 2023

Pershang Hosseini examines a specimen in her lab

Parasitic Weeds Threaten Tomato Plants on California Farms

by Emily C. Dooley
September 26, 2023

ullseye Farms orchard manager Nick Edsall, left, with UC Davis Agricultural Water Center Director Isaya Kisekka. Kisekka is researching the ability of cover crops to increase soil moisture and groundwater recharge. (Greg Urquiaga/UC Davis) They stand in a row of green cover crops in an orchard full of young pistachio trees.

Growing Crops with Less Groundwater

by Amy Quinton
April 25, 2023

Barn swallow on a hand looking at camera with background of strawberry packing boxes

Bringing Out the Best in Wild Birds on Farms

by Kat Kerlin
February 23, 2022

Field of lettuce in California with mountains in background

Researchers Pinpoint Which Bird Species Pose Food Safety Risk to Crops

by Emily Dooley
January 05, 2022

Four researchers measure soil moisture content in an agricultural crop at UC Davis Agricultural Research Farm

UC Davis to Lead Groundwater and Irrigated Agriculture Sustainability Study

by Tiffany Dobbyn
October 18, 2021

Fields of cotton

New Pima Cotton Cultivars Show Improved Resistance to Disease

by Tiffany Dobbyn
August 16, 2021

UC Davis Releases 2 New Strawberry Varieties

by Diane Nelson
February 11, 2021

new walnut variety

UC Davis Releases New Walnut Variety

by Amy Quinton
January 21, 2021

Low Food-Safety Risk at Northern California Farmers Markets

by Amy Quinton
November 16, 2020

Two scientists in lab

UC Davis to Lead New Artificial Intelligence Institute for Next-Generation Food Systems

by AJ Cheline
August 26, 2020

tractor on field

Fertilizer Feast and Famine

by Amy Quinton
August 05, 2019

UC Davis Releases 5 New Strawberry Varieties

by Diane Nelson
July 09, 2019

Postdoc Imtiyaz Khanday and Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan with cloned rice plants in a UC Davis green house, December 2018.

Rice Plants That Reproduce as Clones From Seed

by Andy Fell
December 12, 2018

Fresh Citrus at Risk From Devastating Disease

by Diane Nelson
December 11, 2017