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CA AGRICULTURE: Building soil health: Lessons learned from seven field trials on the California Central Coast

July 15, 2026

From California Agriculture Since 2016, California’s Healthy Soils Program (HSP) has allocated more than $162 million from cap-and-trade proceeds through...

UCANR: Winter grain crops help farmers get the most out of the least water

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Groundwater News

July 7, 2026

Report: Fallow farmland brings few benefits, but incurs costs By Trina Kleist, UCANR California’s San Joaquin Valley produces an enormous...

UCANR: Water, fire, and finance: Investigating how to pay for resilient water supply systems in the face of changing fire risks

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Wildfires and watersheds

February 11, 2026

by Gregory Pierce, Faith Kearns, Edith de Guzman, Erik Porse, Camilo Salcedo, Jennifer Gorman and Jason Islas Key Takeaways Water...

CA AGRICULTURE: Central Valley decision support tool helps predict yield and profitability response to irrigation with saline water

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Agriculture

January 14, 2026

By Floyid Nicolas, PhD, Mae Culumber, PhD, Hossein Shahrokhnia, PhD, Usama Al-Dughaishi, PhD, Jongwon Do, PhD, Sharon Benes, PhD, Isaya...

UCANR: Addressing the needs of small farmers under SGMA groundwater market development

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Groundwater News

December 23, 2025

By Ellen M. Bruno, UCANR The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) opened the door for groundwater markets to emerge in...

CA AGRICULTURE: There’s a path forward in the San Joaquin Valley to benefit farmers, communities, and nature — but only if we plan . . . and plant

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Groundwater News

November 24, 2025

From California Agriculture: For most of its history, California treated groundwater and surface water as legally distinct. Unlike surface water...

UCANR: ‘Weathering’ rock dust in farm fields – a down-to-earth climate solution?

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Agriculture

November 3, 2025

UC-led research on promising agricultural practice recently lost federal funding By Michael Hsu, UC Ag and Natural Resources It almost...

UCANR: New research reveals California cannabis cultivation and regulatory process puts Tribal cultural resources at risk

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Policy and regulation

October 31, 2025

By Edith Friedman, UC Berkeley A comprehensive new report from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Northeastern University...

CA AGRICULTURE: UC Cooperative Extension advisor provides first-of-its-kind avocado irrigation data

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Agriculture

October 16, 2025

Study findings from Southern California avocado orchards help growers save water and money. From California Agriculture: Perched precariously on the...

CA AGRICULTURE: Adoption patterns of on-farm nutrient management practices and nitrogen application rates in California’s Central Valley

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Water quality

October 15, 2025

Results from a nutrient management practices study show that most growers are adopting four or more practices in the same...

UCANR: Water resilience, climate change, and water systems in California

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Planning and management

September 24, 2025

By Esther N Lofton, Laljeet S Sangha, Laura E Garza Diaz, UCANR California’s water systems are at a pivotal moment....

UCANR: Tangled ecosystems: Protecting California from invasive water species

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Ecosystems

August 12, 2025

By Cherie Shook, UC Ag and Natural Resources A few strands of thin, feathery, green plants growing under the dock...

UCANR: Regenerative agriculture community charts way forward

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Agriculture

August 10, 2025

By Srabani Das and Sara Rosenberg The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources-UC Merced Symposium ‘Regenerative Agriculture: The way...