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New Accounting Solution for Farmers Friday Jan 29th, 2021 News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. Indiana-based Traction Ag recently announced the launch of a new cloud-based farm accounting application, giving farmers the ability to manage cash accounting transactions on any computer, phone or tablet. Director of Marketing Brian Stark says they’re providing a single platform for useful farm accounting information. Stark… “When you...

UC Davis Researching New Perennial Grain Crop Thursday Jan 21st, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program is part of a recently awarded $10 million grant from USDA focusing on the adoption of a perennial grain, Kernza®. The Land Institute’s Tessa Peters says Kernza® is a means to begin to shift U.S. agriculture towards reduced tillage and increased carbon sequestration. Peter...

Automating Leaf Water Potential Testing Friday Jan 29th, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Measuring leaf water potential of agricultural crops can be a tedious process. University of California, Riverside assistant professor Konstantinos Karydis is researching a way to automate this process with a robotic sampling rover. Karydis… “We want a robot to go identify a leaf, pick a leaf, cut it, and then put it inside the customized automated pressure...

Pollen Sense Monitors for Pollination and some Diseases Thursday Jan 28th, 2021 News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. Predicting yields is very helpful both to optimize inputs and for marketing purposes. Utah-based Pollen Sense is helping hazelnut and olive growers with this by monitoring pollen, says CEO Landon Bunderson. Bunderson… “They maybe get two, three, four really good pollen days. And since hazelnut is predominantly wind po...

Fungicide Application via Drip Irrigation Tuesday Jan 26th, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Protecting fruit from soilborne pathogens is a big concern for strawberry growers. Researchers at the University of California Ag and Natural Resources are looking to see if a drip application of fungicides might be effective. Here’s UC Cooperative Extension advisor in entomology and biologicals, Surendra Dara. Dara… “This particular study was based on...

Benefits of Bee Habitat Go Beyond Pollination Monday Jan 25th, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Building bee habitat is a great way to bring in pollinators, but its benefits go way beyond pollination, says Xerces Society senior pollinator conservation specialist Jessa Kay Cruz. Cruz… “So in addition to obviously the marketing benefits, a lot of the habitat and the plants that support pollinators also support other beneficial insects. So like nat...

Dairies Contribute to Sustainability by Consuming By-Products - Part 2 Thursday Jan 28th, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Yesterday, we shared how dairies contribute to sustainability by utilizing at least 70 different agricultural by-products that aren’t fit for human consumption. Today, we focus on the importance of those by-products to the dairies themselves and the local communities. This is according to Scott Somerville, a Ph.D. student in th...

New Ag Technologies Try Crowdfunding Friday Jan 22nd, 2021 News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. Farmers have always used their ingenuity to solve the problems in creative ways. Many of these on-farm inventions could be a product, or even a business. Getting something like this off the ground requires a prototype, manufacturing, marketing - in other words, money. Venture capitalists tend to want big, disruptive visions, so some are turnin...

Dairies Contribute to Sustainability by Consuming By-Products - Part 1 Wednesday Jan 27th, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Throughout our food system, there are several by-products that aren’t palatable to humans. Many of these products, like almond hulls and spent brewers grains, might end up in a landfill if not for the California dairy industry. Somerville… “We were able to identify a list of 70 by-products that fed in California dairies.�...

Monitoring for Pollen in Cannabis Crops Wednesday Jan 27th, 2021 News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. You’ve probably heard about sensors helping in agriculture in areas such as soil, water, and canopy. But Utah-based PollenSense is helping growers monitor pollen. This is especially important in the growing cannabis industry, says CEO Landon Bunderson. Bunderson… “If they cant prevent their female flowers from being pollinated, th...