Greetings from Imperial County!
2025 Guidelines...COMING SOON
Stay Tuned for the Upcoming
Guidelines To Production Costs and Practices Imperial County
2025 Field and Vegetable Crops
If you are interested in obtaining a copy and want to be notified once the circulars are ready for purchase, email Andrea Ramirez (aiestrada@ucanr.edu) for notification.
New JOB Posting
Join the team...We're hiring!
Master Gardener Coordinator - Holtville, CA Job ID 72033
Click here for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) employment opportunities.
Celebration Corner
Oli Bachie, UCCE Agronomy and Weed Management Advisor for Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties and County Director for Imperial County, for being recognized as the winner of the California Distinguished Service Award during The National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) 2024 Annual Meeting/Professional Improvement Conference in July in Dallas, Texas. Only Extension professionals with more than 10 years of service are eligible for this award.
All of us at UCCE Imperial County hope you're as happy as we are about this success! This award is an incredible milestone and you deserve the spotlight to celebrate the moment.
2023 GUIDELINES
Home Garden Planting Calendars
4 Tips To Stay Healthy with CalFresh Healthy Living - UCCE Imperial County
Check out our latest youtube video!!!
Kids R Us Preschool
Great video in Spanish. Wonderful job that CalFresh is doing in our preschools.
Insights: Water and Drought Online Seminar Series
The latest research-based advice on weathering a drought is now available free online. The UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources is working to help farmers cope with the unwelcome outcome of historically low rainfall the last three years. UC scientists, with support from the California Department of Water Resources, have recorded video presentations on high-priority drought webpages.
Each presentation is about one half hour in length and are available at the link below:
Drought Information
The University of California has been extensively involved in research and implementation of water conservation/management strategies throughout the state. A lot is knows about when and how to most effectively use limited water supplies. The links below contain a brief introduction. Additional information is available at UC ANR drought website. http://ciwr.ucanr.edu/California_Drought_Expertise/
JOB POSTING - NEW
Join the team...We're hiring!
CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) UC Program - COMMUNITY EDUCATION SUPERVISOR 2
Click here for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) employment opportunities.
Calendar
| Event Name | Date |
|---|---|
| November 2024 Growers & PCA Meeting at UCCE Imperial County | 11/20/2024 |
| Fall Big Event | 12/4/2024 |
Current Newspaper Articles
Club Celebrates National 4-H Week
UCCE's Bachie tests new desert crops to spur local ag growth
Mysterious unsolicited seed packets prompt warnings
Long-needed Positions soon to be filled at UC Cooperative Extension Office
Holtville Ag Station in Action - Bachie completes two-year insecticide study
13 local farmers awarded Healthy Soils grants
Vegetable Crops Planting & Harvesting Calendar
UC Food Blog
-
Students design high-tech solutions through Farm Robotics Challenge
Award-winning teams announced at FIRA USA robotics conference A robot that navigates and weeds row-crop fields – and its design team from Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts – have garnered the grand prize in the second annual...
-
Partners unveil first on-farm robotics incubators
Opening in Salinas and Merced in 2025, Reservoir Farms will drive ag innovations in automation robotics The Reservoir, a nonprofit building tech incubators across California, and partners Western Growers Association, University of California...
Contact Information
UC Cooperative Extension
Imperial County
1050 East Holton Road
Holtville, CA 92250-9615
Phone: (442) 265-7700
Fax: (442) 265-7723
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM