Based on grower input, UC ANR has developed a series of free, virtual webinars about farming agave. The sessions will be held ...

The mother plant may be existing there already or it could be a friend’s or from abandoned properties where less agave loving folks discard these resilient plants.

For around 55 years, the Agave americana plant at Garfield Park Conservatory has been growing slowly upward and outward, conserving its energy, waiting to produce its grand finale: a towering ...

Agave is most vulnerable when prices are low because there is little incentive to harvest the plants, says Joaquín Qui, a plant researcher with the Centre for Research and Applied Technology in ...

Agave plants thrive in dry climates, like those across California. The Golden State is rapidly growing with farmers eager to produce the plant for spirits.

The lovely arching inflorescence of the Agave attenuata can be spotted in many gardens in Kona this month. This attractive plant is native to Mexico and is now the most commonly grown agave in ...

The agave plant, from which tequila is derived, may be the answer to Australia’s thirst for fuel. IT FUELS MEXICO’S ECONOMY and fills the world’s shot glasses, but the succulent agave plant – from ...

Craig Reynolds, the California Agave Council founding director who has about 500 plants growing, says the industry is in “an embryo stage” and organizing can help the crop expand.