CSU, Chico

College of Agriculture

Agriculture.

If it were just food and fiber, it would be indispensable. But agriculture is more than that. It’s both the promise of sustenance for a hungry world and a source of enjoyment in a demanding world. It is education and entertainment. It is land use and landscape. It is natural sustainability and national security.

It is a confluence of biology, chemistry, physics, genetics, engineering, meteorology, biotechnology, economics, finance, marketing, packaging, distribution, sales, and sociology. Essentially, agriculture is life.

For more than 50 years, the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico has impacted the quality of life in California and across the nation by educating and equipping agricultural leaders who have the theoretical knowledge, practical experience, and decision-making ability that allows them to excel in their chosen career. The close, friendly nature of our college, combined with an integrated agricultural curriculum and remarkable access to hands-on education, creates a fertile learning environment for our students and the agriculture industry we serve.


Student Spotlight

Matthew Lagorio, Crops, Horticulture, and Land Resource Management

Pest Control Advisors (PCA’s) are an important and vital part of California agriculture. Matthew Lagorio, a senior majoring in crops, horticulture, and land resource management, is on his way to earning his PCA license after graduating from California State University, Chico in May 2012.

News Flash

College of Ag to Host Goat and Sheep Educational Day and Sale

California State University, Chico College of Agriculture will host the annual Sheep and Goat Educational Day and Sale on Feb. 11 at the University Farm. The event will begin at 8 a.m. and will include a project lamb and meat goat sale, educational workshops and a tradeshow.

Temple Grandin to Speak at CSU, Chico

The Chico State Young Cattlemen’s Association, Butte County Farm Bureau, and College of Agriculture will host internationally respected animal behaviorist Temple Grandin, who will speak to a sold-out crowd at the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium on the California State University, Chico campus on Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012.

Swine Unit Produces Two Champion Barrows

The California State University, Chico Farm Swine Unit had the overall champion barrow and the champion purebred barrow at the Western All Breeds Show and Sale in Reno, Nevada, held Dec. 9-10.