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What California Farmers Can Do To Keep Their Heads Above New Water Regs The soil nitrate quick test can be used to determine if nitrogen fertilizer is needed. Photo by Michael Cahn Vegetable growers in the Central Coast region of California produce most of the cool- season vegetables for the U.S. from March to mid-November. After many several years of multi-cropping vegetables, the groundwater in many of the coastal valleys has become contaminated with nitrate. Some wells have concentrations of nitrate several times the federal drinking water standard of 10 ppm (parts per million) nitrate-N. ...

Jan 28, 2021 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) announces $2.18 million in grant funds are being awarded to agricultural organizations and universities as a result of the 2020 cycle of the competitive FREP Grant Program. These grants will fund 11 research projects to improve the efficiency of nitrogen (N) fertilization in California agriculture, reduce the associated environmental impacts, and advance farmers’ understanding and implementation of best management practices (BMPs) for fertilizer applications in farmlands. ...

UCANR Pedro Carvalho joined UC ANR as a UC Cooperative Extension feedlot management specialist in the UC Davis Department of Animal Science, on Aug. 1. He is one of nine new academics to join UCANR in the last six months. Nine new advisers and specialists have joined the university in the last six months. Nine new academics have joined the University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the last six months. Here's an introduction to each. Douglas Amaral Douglas Amaral joined UCCE in Kings and Tulare counties as pomology, water and soils ad...