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Alyssa DeVincentis/UC Davis Winter soil covers offer numerous benefits, advisors say.
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Good ideas often take time to germinate before blossoming and that may be the case for cover cropping in almond orchards.
The concept was used extensively in the first half of the 20th century until a lot of farmers transitioned away from cover crops in the 1950s with the development of selective pre- and post-emergent herbicides. However, renewed interest on reducing chemical inputs and improving soil quality has brought the subject full circle.
Writing as The Almond Doctor, David Doll, University of California Cooperative Extension nut crop farm advisor in Merced County, notes: “Although cover cropping is compatible with almond production and potential benefits have been recognized by growers this practice has not been widely implemented in California.”
New Podcast Targeting California Cattle Producers
Wednesday May 5th, 2021
News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich.
Attention cattle producers and enthusiasts. The University of California Cooperative Extension has launched a new podcast just for you: CattleCal. That’s “Cal” with only one “L”, is targeting both beef and dairy producers and will be hosted by assistant feedlot management extension specialist, Pedro Carvalho.
Carvalho… “The focus of my job is the feedlot producer, but the podcast is not only focused on the feedlot producer. There are a couple of series that are going to be focused on people who work in agriculture in general. So we have two episodes that we bring a guest to our podcast and we do two episodes with that person. One is that person just to talk about their career, where they re from, what they have done, how they started working with cattle. What they are doing in their current job. Things that they learned