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Study Shows Positive Economic Impact of Soil Health
A new study links soil health and farm profitability. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Person holding abundance soil with young plant in hand for agriculture By Mintr/Shutterstock…
Record Enrollment for Grasslands CRP
…land cover to help improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and reduce the loss of wildlife habitat. “This year’s record-breaking Grassland CRP signup demonstrates the continued success and value of…
Luna UCR: ‘Already Adapted to a High-Density Planting Setting’
…UCR is that it is a very upright, slender tree. So, it is already adapted to a high-density planting setting,” Arpaia explained. “It grows very well in Southern California, and…
Record-Setting Grassland Conservation Reserve Program Signup
…to continue grazing practices while addressing conservation concerns. Enrolled acreage helps to sequester carbon in vegetation and soil, and bolster resilience to drought and wildfire. “This year’s Grassland CRP signup…
Almond Update: ‘Benefits Far Outweigh the Cost’ for Cover Crops
…soil have been great so far,” Hicks explained. “The cost is really minimal. I think I paid $450 for the guy to come out and drill it and the seed…
New Irrigation Resource for California Producers Available from NCAT
…Southwest Regional Director, who led the project. “In this new edition, we kept the sections everyone liked on pumps, motors, dealing with leaks and clogging, measuring soil moisture, and so…
USDA Approves Lab-Grown Chicken
…allowing them to grow. It’s then grown to the proper density in bioreactors before getting separated by a centrifuge. “This news was a major moment for our company, the industry,…
Industry Reps to House Ag: USDA Should Handle Rural Broadband
…density. That’s one of the criteria they look at. Look, this is important for these rural areas,” answered Jim Matheson, Chief Executive Officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association….
Grower Taking Initiative to Recharge Groundwater
…been running consistently in an effort to get as much water into the soil as possible. “We plan on putting up some additional berms and irrigating some additional fields. We…
Almond Update: New Guide Simplifies Mitigation Strategies for Salinity Issues
…“For the soil, we want to sample with depth in one-foot increments,” Culumber noted. “Then we also want to sample in the top zero to three inches in a separate…
Over One Million Acres Approved for General CRP Signup
…growing approved grasses and trees to help control soil erosion and improve soil health and water quality on farmland. Offers for new land for the General CRP signup totaled about…
Success with Cover Cropping in Lieu of Heavy Tillage
…had been terminated, Morgan said the roots were still down in the soil as far as eight feet. “I think that growers largely conduct tillage operation to facilitate drainage and…
Almond Matters: Pest Pressures Low, But Activity Likely to Pick Up
…been showing up, typically in areas with high-density plantings that have had a lot of moisture. The wet and cold conditions in late winter into early spring also appear to…