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January 23, 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 they? Where do they live? What do they grow?
January 10, 2012 Jeffery Ross-Ibarra, assistant professor and plant geneticist in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, co-authored a recent paper in the journal Nature Reviews Genetics which explores emerging advances and applications of crop genomics.
January 10, 2012 Growth in the global population is placing an increased demand on the world's resources to sustain our food, feed, fuel, fiber and environment, underscoring a need for safe and efficient crop production systems. Traditional plant breeding methods have served us well so far, but projected increases from 7 billion to 9 billion people in the next 40 years will require continued progress. Improvements in the efficiency and cost of DNA sequencing technologies are providing vital information on the genetics and genomics of crop plants, information that is paving the way for new plant breeding strategies to meet global food demands. |
January 9, 2012 Associate Geneticist David Mackill and Professor Emeritus Larry Vanderhoef from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences have been named American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows, the high honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal Science. AAAS Fellows are selected based on their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
January 9, 2012 A diverse group of public and private sector agricultural professionals are joining the University of California to form the Conservation Agriculture Systems Institute (CASI), an organization committed to making conservation agriculture a reality throughout the Central Valley.
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More young people see future in farming
Researchers explore advances in crop genomics
Plant Breeding and Genomics online resource reaches milestone
Mackill, Vanderhoef named AAAS Fellows 
UC launches Conservation Agriculture Systems Institute 
Winter Seminar Series