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Row of green trees in an orchard. Two people stand in the middle distance looking at a handheld device.

AI Tool to Help Farmers Measure Real-Time Crop Health from the Field

by Emily Dooley
September 24, 2025

Composite image made up of 3 rows of 3 photos. Left to right, starting from top row: Rice being loaded into an open trailer; garter snake; ducks; a seabird sitting on a straw nest; flooded rice fields at sunset; flock of birds over flooded fields; sandhill cranes; school of fish; three people walk through a field.

California Rice and Conservation

by Andy Fell
April 07, 2025

UC Davis Media Sources on Trade, Tariffs, Supply Chain

by Karen Nikos-Rose
March 05, 2025

Society, Arts & Culture

Low-angle photo of two dairy cows poking their heads through the fence toward the camera at a dairy barn.

Understanding the Threat of Bird Flu

by Andy Fell
August 19, 2024

UC Davis Magazine

A man in a blue lab coat and glasses works with a plant in a lab setting.

Plant Biologist Venkatesan Sundaresan Wins 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture

by Liana Wait
July 17, 2024

Resnick Center groundbreaking

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation Groundbreaking

by Emily C. Dooley
May 31, 2024

Family Ties

by Jocelyn Anderson
February 20, 2024

UC Davis Magazine

A man wearing a lab coat and purple gloves sits at a table behind a leopard pelt. He is using scissors to cut a portion of the fur.

Furry Forensics

by Andy Fell
February 20, 2024

UC Davis Magazine

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

Western bluebird on tree branch

Heat Waves Harm Bird Reproduction on Agricultural Lands

by Tiffany Dobbyn
October 19, 2023

Pershang Hosseini examines a specimen in her lab

Parasitic Weeds Threaten Tomato Plants on California Farms

by Emily C. Dooley
September 26, 2023

Sea level rise, water over bridge

Climate Change Experts List

by Kat Kerlin
August 05, 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

A combine harvester approaches the camera in a field of wheat.

Scientists Unlock Key to Drought-Resistant Wheat Plants with Longer Roots

by Emily Dooley
February 27, 2023

Ink and watercolor portrait illustrations of three deans, seen from the shoulders up.

Three Questions for Three New Deans

by Jocelyn Anderson
January 09, 2023

UC Davis Magazine

A group of four women stand together in front of a medical office building. Two wear lab coats and one wears scrubs. One has a stethoscope. All are smiling and looking directly at us.

Clearing a Path

by Cody Kitaura, Jocelyn Anderson
December 01, 2022

UC Davis Magazine

Professors Tonya Kuhl and Bill Ristenpart sit side by side facing us from behind the counter of a lab station. Kulfis is holding a cup of coffee and Ristenpart is sitting with crossed arms on the table, while an instrument is attached to a coffee filter with a yellow cord as the coffee drips into a clear glass cup. Various coffee makers and lab instruments are in front of and behind them.

Beyond the Bean

by Sarah Colwell
September 28, 2022

UC Davis Magazine

Sunflowers in the sun

Under the Sun

by Shelby Dioum
June 06, 2022

UC Davis Magazine

A Quest to Farm

by Rowan O’Connell-Gates
May 23, 2022

UC Davis Magazine

Silican gel packets on wood surface

A Dry Idea to Save Energy and Preserve Food

by Kat Kerlin
April 08, 2022

Bee on flower with graphic text: The Plight of the Pollinators

The Plight of the Pollinators

by Ula Chrobak
March 08, 2022

UC Davis Magazine

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

Dry waterway with a bridge crossing

Droughts, Explained

by Narimes Parakul
January 18, 2022

UC Davis Magazine

Humberto Izquierdo

A Leader in Ag

by Cody Kitaura
January 10, 2022

UC Davis Magazine

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

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