…power grid? And we are responding to this historic drought by helping farmers install highly efficient irrigation systems, soil moisture monitors and related solar-powered systems that ratchet up our water…
Fighting Drought With Soil
…row crops (tomatoes, alfalfa, wheat), farming practices (carbon inputs and rotations) and irrigation methods (furrow and flood, microirrigation). Samantha Ying, an assistant professor of environmental sciences at UC Riverside. Information…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
…grown in the northern San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento Valley using micro-sprinkler irrigation. These are multi-year studies, estimating costs from previous crop (orchard removal) through orchard establishment and the production…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…Resources Conservation Service technical and financial assistance for drip irrigation and seasonal high tunnels to extend the growing season. Farm Services Agency microloans that provide up to $50,000 in financing…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…has held steady since 2000, and has actually declined over a longer period of time, largely due to more efficient irrigation management and infrastructure. “Almonds take up about 14 percent…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…and sediment in water leaving two similar fields after rain or irrigation. Experts will monitor one where a conservation practice, such as the use of cover crops in the off…
Farm Camp
…get to feed the chickens and hang out with the pigs, sheep, honey bees, and ducks; while exploring the ecosystem of the irrigation ditches and wild-craft seeds for identification as…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…provide financial incentives for California agricultural operations to invest in irrigation systems and practices that reduce GHG emissions and save water. The 129 selected projects will leverage an additional $9.7…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
…irrigation supply from Upper Klamath Lake this season is expected to be 388,680 acre-feet, a full supply. The bureau also said it anticipates 29,000 acre-feet to be available from Clear…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
Food production in California—always risky business—has become increasingly complex and unpredictable. Farmers say recent meager irrigation water-supply announcements for some of the state’s growing regions have further complicated planting and…
Protecting Bloom from Spring Freeze
…Irrigation sprinklers can be used to protect plants from freezing when the expected lows are just below freezing. Irrigation will result in severe damage when the low is below the…
High Tunnel System Initiative
…concerns are addressed while implementing and managing the Seasonal High Tunnel: Critical Area Planting Diversion Grassed Waterway Irrigation Reservoir Irrigation System, Microirrigation Subsurface Drain Surface Drainage, Field Ditch Underground Outlet…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
…in irrigation water, cover crops, compost and other sources, as well as with data from leaf sampling. All of this data is then used to get a total nitrogen fertilizer…
The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz
…said Casale. “There are major opportunities with the new site. You want to think of water issues up front and plan for key strategies such as water harvesting and irrigation….