Yolo County
Upcoming Events
So. Sac. Valley Winter Almond Meeting
Thursday, February 2, 2012
8:30am-12pm
Arbuckle Golf Course
Almond Day 2012 Flyer
Farm/Ranch Succession Planning Meeting
Friday, February 10, 2012
10am-3pm
Norton Hall, 70 Cottonwood St. Woodland
For more information, please click here.
Yolo County Programs
4-H Youth Program
4-H helps young people discover and develop their potential. It provides a wide variety of educational and enrichment experiences.
Field Crops
The Field Crops program includes crops such as corn, wheat and safflower. Yearly trials provide important information about disease resistance and yield for more efficient production.
Fruit and Nuts
Up-to-date information and research regarding fruit and nut crops (excluding grapes).
Livestock and Range Management
Providing professional research and advice to support range livestock producers and rangeland managers.
Master Gardener Program
Master Gardener volunteers provide information, problem-solving expertise and educational opportunities about home gardening to Yolo County residents.
Norton Hall
Norton Hall is a meeting room available to University and County departments. The hall is only to be used for meetings that directly affect the wellfare of Yolo County and cannot be reserved for private functions.
Nutrition Education Program
The major goal of the University of California Nutrition Education Program is to improve the nutrition-related skills and behaviors of Yolo County youth and families.
Pest Management
The program covers Water Quality, Integrated Pest Management, Forage Crops (alfalfa, sudangrass, oat hay) and Dry Beans.
Vegetable Crops
Information for vegetable growers in Yolo, Solano and Sacramento counties with an emphasis on Processing Tomato Production.
Calendar
| Event Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 2012 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting | 2/2/2012 |
| So. Sac. Valley Winter Almond Meeting | 2/2/2012 |
| PlacerGROWN Food & Farm Conference | 2/4/2012 |
| Farm and Ranch Succession Planning Workshop | 2/10/2012 |
| Oak Woodland Stewardship in Solano County | 3/21/2012 |
| California Grazing Academy | 4/27/2012 |
Yolo County Blogs
More young people see future in farming
Posted 1/26/2012 -
The USDA is gearing up for the 2012 Census of Agriculture, the complete count it makes every five years of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The agricultural census provides a fascinating look at farming demographics: How old are...
Plan, shop, save and cook
Posted 1/24/2012 -
To meet the needs of today’s time-pressed consumers, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisors collected the most pertinent food budgeting and healthy eating concepts together in a new curriculum that can be presented in...
Feed big; start small
Posted 1/19/2012 -
Adapted from an article by Eileen Ecklund in Breakthroughs magazine.Scaling up — that’s always the sticking point with organic farming when it faces the question of whether it can feed the world’s hungry millions.
But a group of UC Berkeley scientists...
Contact Information
Yolo County
Cooperative Extension Yolo County
70 Cottonwood Street
Left Side Of Building
Woodland, CA 95695
Phone: (530) 666-8143
Fax: (530) 666-8736
e-mail: ceyolo@ucdavis.edu
Director:
Kent Brittan