…a priority. So, we’re trying to give people guidance as to what they really need to be focused on.” Industry groups such as CFBF, FELS, and the Western Center for…
Conservation Practices Prove Valuable Despite Early Challenges
…say they were really on the forefront of water use efficiency and tracking their irrigation applications, monitoring their soil moisture, experimenting with different run-times for their irrigation system,” Baker noted….
Almond Matters: Putting A Postemergence Plan into Action
…place to take care of those, whether it be a solid burndown or a selective burndown.” The most common places for weeds to pop up are near irrigation sources as…
Water Resilience Projects Receive Nearly $84 Million from DWR
…Cosumnes River watershed has been awarded $1 million to address extreme weather events. The Merced Irrigation District has been awarded $1.32 million to provide more reliable drinking supplies and reduce…
COVID-19 Farm Survey Open Until July 10
The California Farm Labor Contractor Association and the UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety is asking for feedback from the agricultural industry. Farmers and ranchers are being…
Split Roll Tax Initiative Will Have Substantial Impact on Agriculture
…wineries, irrigation systems are necessarily improvements as well. So, anything that has been constructed upon the property that is nonresidential that arguably the proponents believe is an industrial component or…
Looking Ahead to Potential Ag Order 4.0 Impact
…they’re proposing at this point, it’s going to prohibit anyone from really making those long term investments in new technologies, new irrigation efficiencies, on-farm practices that really can improve those…
NIFA Grant Helps UCR Develop Agricultural Technology
…formulate an informed plan for implementing highly automated mechanized systems to address nutrition, irrigation, pest management, and salinity in farming systems. Farmland in the Colorado River Basin along with the…
El-kereamy named director of UC Lindcove REC
Ashraf El-kereamy will be the new director of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources’ Lindcove Research & Extension Center, starting on July 1, 2020. He will continue to serve as a…
Members Appointed to the EPA Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
…Ph.D. – Mississippi State University – Delta Research and Extension Center; Stoneville, MS David Graybill – Red Sunset Farm and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Mifflintown, PA Dennis Haugen – Dennis Haugen…
The Western View: What’s Going on in Seattle?
…for a community center. And the city said ok, they can have it. The rest of the country watches in disbelief as these 60’s style protestors carry signs and plant…
Livestock Grazing Holds Potential Benefits in Organic Systems
…of livestock in cover cropping under difference conditions geographically, and management conditions.” The collaborative research effort will include partners such as The Organic Center, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, the University…
UC Conducts Survey of COVID-19 Prevention on Farms
…by the UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety. The survey is anonymous, should take less than 10 minutes to complete, and is available in English and Spanish…
CSP Explained: Organic Stewardship Mirrors Program Goals
…“They’re already using cover crops, they have already got an integrated pest management plan, or they are already doing a nutrient management plan or irrigation water management. So, what it’s…