…areas burned by catastrophic fires. Benefits include preventing soil erosion protection, minimizing spread of noxious and invasive plants, protecting water quality and restoring livestock infrastructure necessary for grazing management. Producers…
Almond Update: Maximizing Returns With Proper Moisture Content
…profit-losses. Listen to Knoblauch’s full interview. Almond Update: Maximizing Returns With Proper Moisture Content Find more information on stockpile management and to read a producer/processor’s account on moisture issues, visit Almonds.com. About the Author Taylor…
California Table Grapes: ‘The Season is Going Well’
…of older vineyards and the addition of new varieties. The development of new varieties and decisions for vineyard management are all very deliberate to fill various consumer needs. “It’s a…
California Growers Have A New Insecticide Available for Aphid Control
California growers will now have another option aphid control that can be incorporated into their integrated pest management portfolio. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation recently approved the registration of…
UC Cooperative Extension to Investigate Healthy Soil Practices with CDFA Grants
…management. Compost application has been anecdotally reported to alleviate soil cracking in another perennial crop, almond orchards in the Central Valley, but soil structure improvement via management practices like compost…
Wildfire Assistance from USDA Being Offered to Famers and Ranchers
…USDA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The platform provides easy access to disaster-related resources, which helps producers identify which programs may be available to them. Farmers and ranchers affected…
The Western View: Why is the West Burning – Again?
…the land burns. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that grazing animals eat up that fuel, but they’ve been kicked out of public lands. With proper range management maybe…
Application Tips for Limiting Urban Complaints
…spray and see if they have something that smells really bad they may want to work with their pest control advisor and switch out with something that has less odor,”…
Almond Update: CASP Benefits Handlers’ and Growers’ Sustainability
…of the product and possible cost savings, Hicks said CASP could increase your sustainability, especially with increased reporting from the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Listen to Hick’s full interview. Almond…
$1 Million BIFS Grant to Address Pest Control in Walnuts
…next three years. Through the BIFS grant, the team aims to expand low-risk pest control practices in addressing pests such as coddling moth and navel orangeworm. Chlorpyrifos, which has typically…
Conservation at Work: Benefits of Irrigation Water Management
…value of an irrigation system. The ‘Irrigation Water Management’ episode of NRCS’s Conservation at Work video series details some of the benefits that can be gained by refining water management…
UCCE Webinar Intends to Help Farmers Raise the Value of California Cotton
…People, Land, and Life Foundation about what clothing and textile brands are interested in and what they may be willing to pay in support of healthy soil management systems for…
USDA NRCS Awards $640,000 to Six in California for Conservation Innovation
…implementation, which benefits soil health, water management, bird habitat, groundwater sustainability, prescriptive grazing, and nitrogen management.” CIG is a voluntary program to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation…
UCCE Rice Team Collecting Watergrass Samples
…characteristics, making identification easier. The goal is to collect enough data to help with the development of more effective management plans. Anyone looking to have samples taken in their field…