The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has outlined project priorities under the Great American Outdoors Act. A prioritized list of deferred maintenance projects has been delivered to Congress. The list…
Safflower Shows Potential as Winter Forage Crop for Dairies
Researchers at UC Davis are looking at the potential of growing safflower as a winter forage crop for dairies. The project is the first of its kind in deliberately growing…
Research Continues to Address Southern Blight in Potatoes
…blight. Some fungicides have provided varying levels of benefit but are not been highly effective. Kern County Vegetable Crops Advisor Jaspreet Sidhu has been working on a project to help…
Satellite Data Helping to Make More Informed Water Decisions
…level. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been a significant collaborator in multiple different projects looking at water use. One particular area of focus has been gathering a…
Increasing More Targeted Cattle Grazing Is A ‘Win-Win-Win Opportunity’
…a targeted tool to improve public safety and in many situations improve our grassland habitat conservation goals.” The research project, ‘Benefits of Cattle Grazing for Reducing Fire Fuels and Fire…
Making Sense of Biologicals: Push-pull Strategy Synergistic Effect
…He said it’s traced back to the 1980s in the documentation and can increase the efficiency of products. Stelinski also notes that in some cases, including a project of his…
Valent U.S.A. Opens New North American Innovation Center
…working conditions within the parameters of COVID-19 restrictions. “It definitely changed how we looked at this facility. This has been a two-year project, so when we started designing the facility…
CA Attorney General Remains Adamantly Against Raising Shasta Dam
…challenges. Becerra has been active in his opposition to raising the dam. A lawsuit was filed against Westlands Water District for its efforts to support the project. Becerra asserted that…
Friant-Kern Canal Repair Bill – SB 559 – Vetoed by Governor Newsom
…supply systems. This bill focuses on a single piece of conveyance and directs DWR to develop a proposal for the state to help fund this specific project,” Governor Newsom stated…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 10-01-20
…producers and more on the OpenET project that NASA is working on. Danielle Leal also joins the show with an update on the movement to help out county and state…
Almond Update: Cover Crop Impresses Grower, Increases Water Retention
…more on his own. He utilized Project Apis m.‘s Seeds for Bees program to limit the cost of applying the practice. Rishwain said it had been everything he heard it…
OpenET Project Seeks to Transform Water Management in the West
The OpenET project is a collaboration between the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Desert Research Institute (DRI), and Google. The project is centered on…
NRCS Funds Innovation Through On-Farm Trials of Conservation Systems
…the future. Fourteen projects are receiving On-Farm Trials awards, including six awards under the banner of the Soil Health Demonstration Trial. These six projects focus on the adoption and evaluation…
Consumers are Driving a Move to More Sustainable Cotton Farming in California
…Marciano, the founder of Guess Jeans, and his daughter Olivia, who provided funding for part of the Bowles Farm project. “They want to give back to the cotton community given…