…exact weather conditions at his ranch. He uses his data to precisely control irrigation – he keeps water available in the top three feet only, and monitors to make sure…
Growing Quality Tomatoes with Half the Nitrogen and a Third Less Water
…reduced equipment passes, and subsurface irrigation have been key, according to Jeff Mitchell, UC Cooperative Extension specialist based at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center. These practices combine…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…management needs, such as the SmartIrrigation Cotton App which helps schedules irrigation on operations in Georgia and northern Florida. More than one hundred and forty users, including agricultural producers and…
NPPC Joins Groups Urging Court To Nix WOTUS
…ephemeral streams such as the kind farmers use for drainage and irrigation. It also covered lands adjacent to such waters. Weber The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit…
UC Releases New Cost Study for Growing Almonds
…and reviewed the methods and findings of the study. The study estimates the costs for growing almonds in the southern San Joaquin Valley using double line drip irrigation. This multi-year…
Future of Our Agricultural Community
…scheduling tool for lettuce growers, helps growers schedule irrigation and fertilizer events on a block level basis, as well as archive and manage the information for later reporting requirements. Right…
Wasp and Scale Insects Help Control Giant Reed
…part of a biocontrol program to kill giant reed along Texas’ Rio Grande. The weed, also known as “carrizo cane” and “Spanish reed,” clogs streams and irrigation channels, weakens river…
Early-Autumn Weather Affects Coastal Crops
…of a normal weather pattern here in the Central Coast,” with morning fog, afternoon sun with mild temperatures. Navarro also shuffled his irrigation and work schedules in reaction to the…
Preventing Straying of Adult Sacramento River Salmon
…order to boost the odds that those salmon will successfully spawn – and do so without compromising the ability of local farmers to maintain irrigation water levels and manage floods….
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…to help control the psyllid population. Resetting was common where new trees are available. Irrigation was still running in some of the dryer areas of citrus concentration. Navel Orange Production…
Importance of Accurate Evapotranspiration
…it’s important to be precise with irrigation during times of limited water. Speaking on the topic of avocados, she explains evapotranspiration and why it’s critical to get the right information…
Sharing Almond Production Techniques Internationally
…more emphasis in drip irrigation, planting tighter and using varieties that have larger kernels and less massive shells,” Slaughter said. “They resemble more of California when it comes to the…
Almond Board: Post-Harvest Irrigation Tools
…about the irrigation scheduler tool. “There is an irrigation scheduler tool that the Almond Board of California has put together where growers can put in their varieties, their irrigation type…
Farmers Consider Impacts of River Plan
…and micro-irrigation. And, he said, irrigation districts act sustainably by saving water during wet years. “It is up to the state to put in other infrastructure to capture this water,”…