Despite increases in human population and agricultural production, new national data show meaningful progress in reducing nutrient pollution sources across...
By Floyid Nicolas, PhD, Mae Culumber, PhD, Hossein Shahrokhnia, PhD, Usama Al-Dughaishi, PhD, Jongwon Do, PhD, Sharon Benes, PhD, Isaya Kisekka, PhD This study introduces a novel decision support web tool (doi.org/10.15140/D3J04K) to assist farmers and policymakers in managing salinity...
Study findings from Southern California avocado orchards help growers save water and money. From California Agriculture: Perched precariously on the steep hillside of an avocado orchard in San Diego County, Ali Montazar began to form a theory as to why...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Below an ashen hillside, farmer Johnnie White picked shriveled grapes off flaking vines, surveying for the third time in a decade the ravages of a wildfire on Napa Valley vineyards. Nearby, fire crews stamped out...
By Srabani Das and Sara Rosenberg The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources-UC Merced Symposium ‘Regenerative Agriculture: The way...
By Axel Herrera, Ellen M. Bruno, and Cristina Lazcano The transition to regenerative agriculture is gaining attention for its potential to enhance sustainability, but questions remain about its economic feasibility. Using data from four Sonoma County vineyards, we show that...
By Jacob Stid, Michigan State University; Annick Anctil, Michigan State University, and Anthony Kendall, Michigan State University Imagine that you own a small, 20-acre farm in California’s Central Valley. You and your family have cultivated this land for decades, but...
