…Milton O’Haire, wants to ensure they are trained on how to use fumigants – a type of pesticide that is injected into the soil before growing crops like strawberries, cling…
NRCS Selects California Projects for National Conservation Innovation Grants
…CIG award winners, please visit: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/programs/financial/cig/?cid=stelprdb1260847 NRCS has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America’s private landowners and managers conserve their soil, water and other natural resources since…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
…to reduce runoff. He viewed soil cores which demonstrate the benefits of efforts to improve soil health. The National Corn Growers Association and the National Association of Conservation Districts, both…
Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller Discusses Conservation Projects
…conservation groups help farmers conserve soil health, protect water quality, and restore wildlife habitat. The projects will help develop and demonstrate cutting-edge ideas to accelerate innovation in conservation of natural…
EPA Registers New Nematicide Alternative to Restricted-Use Soil Fumigants, Including Methyl Bromide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is registering a new active ingredient, fluensulfone, a non-fumigant nematicide that provides lower-risk chemical control of nematodes than methyl bromide and other Restricted Use soil…
Drought Lessons from a Sheep Rancher
…shorter ground cover. While the benefits of supplementing crops with ash have long been known, the UC Davis researchers were interested in specifically how it was altering the soil composition…
USDA Reopens Chinese Market Access for California Citrus
…Chinese market due to interceptions of brown rot (Phytophthora syringae), a soil fungus that affects stored fruit. Over the next year, USDA worked with China to address China’s plant health…
Water and the California Farmer – Don Cameron
…“We eliminate evaporation from the soil surface and provide uniform distribution of water and reduce fertilizer usage along with producing a 28 percent higher yield. We no longer have excess…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion) into one. USDA will provide $1.2 billion in funding over the life of the five-year program and can leverage an additional $1.2 billion…
Another ACP Discovery in SLO County
…Psyllid (ACP) in an insect trap in a residential neighborhood in northeast San Luis Obispo has prompted a high density trapping delimitation survey of the surrounding area. A quarantine restricting…
USDA/NRCS Video: Cover Crops and Water Infiltration of Soil
Russ Lester of Dixon Ridge Farms in Solano County, Calif., owns an orchard with a green carpet of cover crops. This orchard is part of his organic walnut operation in…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…extent on residual soil moisture to get this protective layer of vegetation up and going. It’s key to get the seeding in before the window of opportunity closes,” he said….
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
…(TIP). “CRP is one of the largest voluntary conservation programs in the country,” said Vilsack. “This initiative helps farmers and ranchers lead the nation in preventing soil erosion, improving water…