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The Impact of Wildfire Smoke on California Raisins Temperature of raisin grapes drying on trays (left) and on the vine (right) near Fresno, CA. Ambient temperature was about 92°F at the time temperature measurements were made. Relatively low temperatures were due to lack of sunlight caused by wildfire smoke. Photos by Stephen Vasquez, SUN-MAID The ongoing international COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyone’s life and work, and when most people think of 2020, the pandemic will be top-of-mind. However, when many Californians, including some grape growers, think of 2020, wildfires will als...

Matthew Fidelibus Matthew Fidelibus has a Ph.D. in Horticultural Sciences from the University of Florida, and he has served as a Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California-Davis, since 2002.

Bonded labourers rescued near Shivamogga Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Revenue Department officials, on Wednesday, rescued 27 bonded labourers, native of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, engaged in construction work at the University of Agriculture and Horticultural Sciences at Iruvakki near Sagar in Shivamogga district. The workers were forced to work for low wages to clear the advances received from two people, who supply labourers for construction works. A team of officers led by V. Prasanna Kumar, Sagar Sub-Division Assistant Commissioner, conducted the raid at the construction site a...