…rows at a time, or apply twenty-four rows of fertilizer or insecticides simultaneously. All in a half of a mile long row without a bump or a bend. You have…
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…refine fertilizer management, irrigation efficiency and other farming practices to manage nitrogen, and the work continues. The following are some examples of UC ANR research and extension projects underway. App…
Ag Outlook Strengthens
…values in the next year. Purdue/CME Group experts say producers improving long-term outlooks likely come from lower costs, due in part to lower fertilizer prices and cash rents. From the…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…nitrogen fertilizer inputs by about half. “These six soil care farmers share an uncommon dedication to the principles that are at the core of soil health and conservation agriculture systems,”…
Help for Central Valley Rice Producers
…for the partnership is improved water quality, specifically improving on-farm production that will maximize fertilizer uptake, minimize nutrient losses, and prevent pesticide losses on working rice fields. The improvement of…
Apps for Ag Hackathon Prizes Awarded
…Lam, DiMare and Youtsey. Compostable, which finished in fourth place, is an app and “Internet of Things” (IoT) device that diverts food waste from landfills and turns it into fertilizer…
First-Ever National Academy of Sciences Prize
…quality of nutrition for all humans while recognizing inherent limitations in land, fresh water, and environmentally safe levels of fertilizer application,” said NAS President Marcia McNutt. “This new prize allows…
NMPF Endorses Legislation
…have demonstrated that they have been following approved plans for using manure as a fertilizer. The Farm Regulatory Certainty Act will also protect farmers from citizen suits if they are…
Fertilizer from Banana Peel
…as some of the best fertilizer for your garden. That story is ahead on This Land of Ours. Fertilizer from Banana Peel From: The Frugal Chicken 10 Ways To Use…
NMPF Endorses Creating Tax Incentive Legislation
…value of nutrient recovery technologies, which can transform manure into fertilizer for crops and bedding for cows. This bill will help dairy farmers to utilize these new, often expensive technologies…
Two Southern California Firms Honored
…is being recognized for developing and commercializing Instinct®, a technology that reduces fertilizer nitrate leaching to ground and surface waters and atmospheric nitrous oxide emissions. During the 21 years of…
Bats and Agriculture
…plants are useful to people, including a species of agave that is the source of tequila, a multimillion-dollar industry in Mexico. Bat guano has traditionally been used as fertilizer for…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
…farming system and reduce costly inputs, including water, fuel, labor and fertilizer. “We’re committed to continuing our work on the whole package – reduced tillage, preserving residue, improving water infiltration,…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…small-scale farmers in the early years of adoption, enduring and widespread gains will depend on such farmers receiving institutional support, such as access to credit, affordable inputs such as fertilizer,…