…USDA actions since April 2015 include: USDA has increased its emphasis on soil health to increase the organic matter in soil and improve microbial activity, which in turn sequester more…
State Says Continue Water Savings
…expected to be more frequent and persistent, as warmer winter temperatures driven by climate change reduce water held in the Sierra Nevada snowpack and result in drier soil conditions. Recognizing…
Agri View: Olives in Florida?
…the site of the Spanish landing in 1565 at St. Augustine. Many more olive trees thrive throughout Florida. Like much of the olive-friendly Mediterranean basin, Florida has sandy, well-drained soils,…
Conservation Reserve Program Results
…improve water quality, prevent soil erosion and strengthen wildlife habitat. Farmers’ and ranchers’ participation in CRP continues to provide numerous benefits to our nation, including helping reduce emissions of harmful…
Almond Board: Upcoming Workshops
…From the Almond Board, at almonds.com: Save the date for a weed identification and management workshop near you: May 10 – Arbuckle (Nickels Soil Lab, Green Bay Road) May 11…
Public Service Recognition Week
…power grid? And we are responding to this historic drought by helping farmers install highly efficient irrigation systems, soil moisture monitors and related solar-powered systems that ratchet up our water…
Fighting Drought With Soil
…will allow for the establishment of the University of California Consortium for Drought and Carbon Management (UC DroCaM), which will design management strategies based on understanding soil carbon, the soil…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…private partners into one comprehensive resource to help small-scale producers manage all aspects of their business. From protecting soil health to marketing to schools and grocery store chains, USDA has…
Home-Made Fertilizer
…filled with really poor/weak soil. The reasons for this are complicated – a subject for another day. Suffice it to say that if the soil is weak, your plants will…
National Grasslands
…winters and overly plowed land exposed rich dark topsoil to incessant dry winds. Together these factors created what came to be known as the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, further…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…and practices that reduce and trap nutrients and sediment. Farmers are already using edge-of-field monitoring data to adjust their strategies to improve the quality of water, soil and other natural…
Keys (2.0) of Soil Taxonomy available in Spanish
…After decades of working with soil scientists from around the world, NRCS decided it was important to increase awareness and expand knowledge of the value of soil and its impact…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…million in private cost-share dollars. The funding will support GHG emission reductions through projects that include irrigation water-efficiency modifications like drip and microsprinkler systems, energy-efficient water pumps, soil moisture sensors…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
…with our nation’s farmers and ranchers to implement voluntary, incentive-based conservation practices that have drastically reduced soil and water erosion and provided critical wildlife habitat among a host of other…