They’re trying to regulate even water we don’t have – that’s the word from a California policy expert on the EPA’s new Waters of the US (WOTUS) rule. Hear why…
Fungi Helps Plants During Drought
…only when it comes to water absorption, and showed an example of the water savings at a California Association of Pest Control Advisors education event last month. Water Savings Example…
Making Drip Work on Dairies
…lagoon water. Ray says they’re close to dialing in their system to work reliably without any hiccups, and the last several years have showed great water savings and increased yields….
Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
…2014, which requires local governments to form sustainable groundwater agencies that will regulate pumping and recharge to better manage groundwater supplies. “Groundwater acts as a savings account to provide supplies…
Dairy Farmers Explore Options in Feed Supplies
Limited water supplies have reduced production and acreage of California-grown feed crops, but experts say lower corn prices and greater abundance of other feed ingredients have allowed dairy farmers options…
Drought Costs California Agriculture $1.84 Billion and 10,100 Jobs in 2015
…Josué Medellín-Azuara, a water economist with the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. The UC Davis team used computer models and the latest estimates of surface water availability from state…
Dry Trees Key for Canker Management
…cankers are present, except to keep excess water from irrigation off the trees. Lightle says rains could potentially impact water-spread management, but in California it isn’t much of a concern….
Positive Results Continue for Micro-sprinklers
Micro-sprinklers are continuing to prove beneficial for strawberry growers around the state for many different reasons. Several areas have already adopted the technology due to water restrictions and other trials…
Agri View: Water Facts
Everett Griner talks about everyone needing a stable water supply in today’s Agri View. Water Facts…
California State Climatologist: Do Not Count on El Nino to End Drought
…is a key element to California’s water resources management, modulating winter precipitation into spring runoff for beneficial use through the dry summer. As California heads into a new water year…
All-around Water Quality Declining
As drought conditions continue, the decline in water quality gets exponentially worse for growers across the state with both soil moisture and aquifer water. All-around Water Quality Declining Cooperative Extension…
The California Kitchen: Apple Pie Ice Cream
…T Sugar 1 t Salt 2 T Shortening Water To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Apple Pie Ice Cream For…
Benefits and Challenges of Efficient Irrigation
More growers are transitioning to drip irrigation and those users are seeing more benefits than just a water-use reduction. Netafim Product Manager Dennis Hannaford says growers need to remember those…
The Western View: He’s a Farmer
…Bonomi is one of those terrible almond growers who is stealing water from the swimming pools of the rich and famous down south, just so he can grow his nuts…