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California's Ag Industry Loses $1.2 Billion in 2022

November 28, 2022

Research Reveals an Easy Way Dairy Farmers Can Dramatically Reduce their Climate Impact

November 28, 2022
Adding even a small amount of biochar — a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter — to a dairy’s manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84%, a recent study by UC Merced researchers shows. The dairy industry is one of the main sources of methane...

Ground Tilled, Crops to be Planted at UC Merced’s Smart Farm

November 28, 2022
Land has been tilled at UC Merced’s smart farm, the first physical step in developing the state-of-the-art project. “Even though it’s just a blank field, we have overcome some pretty big obstacles to be where we are today,” said Danny Royer, Experimental Smart...

Four Women's Volleyball Players Named Academic All-District

November 25, 2022

Six Bobcats Named Academic All-District

November 25, 2022

Westlake Hits 1,000 Career Points, Plays Hero in Bobcats Win

November 23, 2022

Conference Brings Scores of Prospective Transfer Students to UC Merced

November 23, 2022
Almost 1,000 community college students representing 39 different campuses in California came to UC Merced to explore the opportunities for transfer to a University of California school. The all-day Puente Motivational Conference introduced the students and more than 100 faculty members to...

Continued Drought Conditions Add Billions in California Agriculture Losses, UC Merced Report Finds

November 22, 2022
Losses to California’s ag industry have continued to mount as the state’s drought stretched into a third straight year, according to a report released Tuesday by researchers from the School of Engineering and the Public Policy Institute of California. The report, led by Professor...

Sule Named Cal Pac Player of the Week

November 21, 2022

Q&A with the new Dean of Engineering at UC Merced

November 21, 2022
Rakesh Goel developed an interest in earthquakes at an early age — and rather abruptly. As a small boy in India, one of his first memories is of experiencing an earthquake. "I must have been a few years old and there was a big earthquake," said Dr. Goel....

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