Husband and wife duo win 3rd Annual Kaercher Creek Bass Tournament in Berks berksmontnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berksmontnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Alyssa DeVincentis/UC Davis Winter soil covers offer numerous benefits, advisors say.
Suggested Event
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.”
The Almond Doctor Blog - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST aginfo.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aginfo.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Food Production as an Efficient Movement of Water
Monday Mar 15th, 2021
News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich.
It’s no secret that water is a finite resource, and agriculture is a significant user of water to grow our food and fiber. In fact, one way to look at the food system is a way to put on an economic price on water use, says David Doll, a farmer and former farm advisor.
Doll… “You know, we ve been trading water in agriculture for hundreds of years. We just do it in the grain or the apples or the tomatoes or the almonds. That s how we re trading water. We re taking that resource from where we have it and where it may be plentiful at a given time, producing something with it, and then moving that to an area that: one can t produce that crop, or doesn t have the resources to produce that crop.”