…nitrogen and nutrient loss in the field will help you develop your practices to reach maximum efficiency. The California Fertilization Guidelines and nitrogen management brochures provide growers with an important…
Almond Board: CASP Workshops
…current needs and future opportunities. Series 1: Almond Board Tools to Ease Irrigation and Nitrogen Budgeting and Compliance March 15 – Tulare Tulare Agri-Center | Conference Dining Room | 4500…
Quest to Convert Algae to Biofuel
…policeman controlling a large crowd. To draw lipids out of algae, scientists must starve the algae of nitrogen. Among the hundreds of proteins modulated by nitrogen starvation, the synthesis of…
Agri View: Soil Care
…industrial and municipal by-products and atmospheric deposits. Cycling nutrients – Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and many other nutrients are stored, transformed, and cycled in the soil. Physical stability and support –…
Almond Board: Nitrogen Sampling
…nitrogen use efficiencies (NUEs) of more than 70%, making almonds among the most efficient nitrogen using crop. Applying these fertilizers in amounts that exceed what the tree can take up,…
Getting Garden Ready
…the fins of the engine cover, and take it in to a small engine repair shop to have the blade sharpened and balanced. Feed peonies with a low nitrogen fertilizer…
Increasing Organic Matter in Orchards
…it was about 30 tons per acre of organic matter we put back in the soil,” Holtz says. “We saw nitrogen and potassium levles increase in our soil and leaf…
Agri View: GMO Production
…Corn Seed $65 $114 Fertilizer $123 $123 Herbicide $40 $21 Crop Insurance $40 $40 Fertilizer Application $7.50 $7.50 Planting $28 $28 Nitrogen Application $9.50 $9.50 Pesticide Application $9.00 $9.00 Harvest…
Preparing for an Uncertain Future with Climate Smart Agriculture
…nitrogen fertilizer application can help to prevent leaching and runoff as well as emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), another potent greenhouse gas. Efficient use of fertilizer also reduces the amount…
Almond Board: Workshops for Growers
Topics for first workshops include irrigation, nitrogen budgeting The Almond Board has several workshops coming up on the topics important to growers. Program Coordinator, Industry Relations Rebecca Baily explains more….
Growing Organic, Conventional and GMO on the Same Farm
…and GMO – to boost nitrogen, phosphate and potassium soil levels. The farm has also taken new steps to conserve water and energy, and reduce the overall environmental footprint. “We…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…response to foodborne illness outbreaks; A new soil nitrogen test that rapidly and inexpensively determines the total amount of nitrogen in the soil that is available to a plant, reducing…
CDFA Accepting Proposals for Fertilizer Research Program
…advances the agronomic and environmental performance of fertilizing materials. The 2016 Request for Proposals (RFP) includes several initiatives put forth by the department to help effectively manage nitrogen fertilizers in…
Almond Industry Effort for Innovation and Sustainability
…markets like those under California’s cap-and-trade program,” Waycott said. The project builds on nearly ten years of funding by the Almond Board of California to improve nitrogen management and better…