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With spring approaching, area ranchers, growers and homeowners will have a chance to meet and learn at the fifth annual Farm, Home and Ranch Day
The Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture will present its annual report on Jan. 12.
More than 150 lettuce growers and researchers are gathering this week in Yuma to discuss a soil-borne fungal disease that damages lettuce crops in the United States and abroad.
A new innovative and entrepreneurial research center created by the University of Arizona (UA) aims to solve the most pressing problems facing desert agriculture…faster.
U of A last conducted a test of resistant lettuce varieties 13 years ago in a field known to contain the disease. Since then, plant breeders have created new types of lettuce designed to elude fusarium wilt.
Growers in Arizona and around the world are concerned with the spread of a wilting disease present in soil that can damage lettuce.
In response, researchers and lettuce farmers are gathering in Yuma this fall to brainstorm ways to protect one of the region’s important crops.
The UA's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has named Paul Brierley the inaugural director of its recently launched Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture. The center, based in Yuma, is a public-private partnership between the college and the Arizona and California desert agricult
Agriculture industry leaders have joined together to create the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, designed to tackle on-the-ground industry needs.
Agriculture is big business in Arizona, and industry leaders in Yuma County are teaming up with the University of Arizona to arm growers with science and information they need to swiftly tackle threats to their profitability. The recently launched Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture