How do you cut your water use by a third, cut your nitrogen use in half, maintain your tomato yield and improve your fruit quality? “With patience, perseverance and by…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…cholesterol and weight-gain A portable method for identifying harmful bacteria in food that prevents foodborne illness and safeguards public health A new soil nitrogen test that rapidly and inexpensively determines…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…by the Nitrate Elimination Company, Inc., which developed kits that allow farm managers to determine nitrate accumulation levels on their farms, helping them manage nitrate concentration, reduce costly nitrogen fertilizer…
Protecting Sensitive Agricultural Lands
…a new, veteran or underserved farmer or rancher as a primary producer. During its 30-year history, CRP has reduced nitrogen and phosphorous runoff by 95 and 85 percent, respectively, and…
Orchard Wood Recycling Offers Disposal Option
…I said, ‘Let’s see that, where we save that material on my orchard.’ For the nitrogen, all the nutrients, that’s a benefit.” The brothers said they liked what they saw…
Autumn Compost
…or mower and finely grind the pile into tiny pieces. Then, add a Nitrogen source to your leaf compost pile. Such as fresh cut grass, or, chicken, rabbit or horse…
Canada Producers Share Agribusiness Merger Fears
…Crop Inputs Largest Crop Nutrient Company in the World and 3rd Largest Natural Resource Company in Canada Preeminent, Low-Cost Producer of Potash and High-Quality Nitrogen and Phosphate Integrated with Leading…
Water Use/Climate Research Fellowships for CA Students
…Productivity in a Warmer World: The Impact of Climate Change on the Global Workforce Award amount: $132,000 Project title: Characterization of Mobile and Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions in California Award…
Agrium in Merger Talks with Potash Corp.
…producer and distributor of agricultural products, services and solutions. Agrium produces nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilizers, with a combined wholesale nutrient capacity of over nine million tonnes and with significant…
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…nitrogen level of their soil and the app to determine the optimal level of nitrogen fertilizer to apply based on UC ANR research on crop nitrogen use. CropManage also recommends…
Rice Varieties Maximize Nitrogen
…It is the rice used in sushi. Researchers were able to identify witch varieties produce the chemical in the roots and therefore use nitrogen more efficiently and leave less nitrogen…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…nitrogen fertilizer inputs by about half. “These six soil care farmers share an uncommon dedication to the principles that are at the core of soil health and conservation agriculture systems,”…
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
…goal of the AFRI Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change Challenge Area is to reduce the use of energy, nitrogen, and water, while also reducing greenhouse…
Almond Board: CASP Workshop July 7 & 8
…and consultants discussing the following topics: Using CASP online tools to meet your growing needs Nitrogen calculator, mapping, irrigation Harvest equipment demonstration and discussion View harvest equipment and learn how…