The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) can provide valuable assistance for producers looking to improve irrigation water management. NRCS staff can help craft an efficient irrigation plan to maximize the…
4-H Gives Incarcerated Youth Freedom to Try Their Hands at Growing Vegetables
…the correctional officers to install drip irrigation in the garden.” At the end of last season, Miller gave the residents a cooking lesson using green tomatoes and basil from the…
California Dairy Conservation Detailed in Recent Report
…Natural Resources Conservation Service as part of a National Conservation Innovation Grant. The project looks at using a modified subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) system for applying liquid manure as a…
Tricks to Keep Summer Gardens Looking Their Best: Midwest
…perennials. To make harvesting easier for those tomatoes, continue to tie up vines and remove lower leaves that are crispy or yellowing. Heavy irrigation should also be avoided for fruit…
Tricks to Keep Summer Gardens Looking Their Best: South
…need all of the help they can get during this hot summer month. And weekly deep watering — from irrigation or rainfall — is key for certain shrubs and trees….
Watering Tools to Help Solve Your Drought Problems
…delivering water directly above thirsty root balls with a drip irrigation set up. A starter kit is perfect for small beds or up to six containers. You can also cut…
FDA Announces New Protocol for Preharvest Agricultural Water Treatments
…of irrigation systems. The hope is that the new protocol will help aid in the process of developing new treatments that can help provide another layer of food safety. The…
Former Goat Herder’s Crop Research Promotes Prosperity for Imperial Valley Farmers
…of the desert and gave promising yields,” said Bachie, who showed the varieties to farmers at an agronomy and irrigation crops field day. “The high grain prices of quinoa in…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 07-20-20
…well, irrigation technology that continues to get more sophisticated and the Chlorpyrifos Alternative Work Group releasing their blueprint with short and long term recommendations. Tune in to the show 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…
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…