Study findings from Southern California avocado orchards help growers save water and money. From California Agriculture: Perched precariously on the...
Results from a nutrient management practices study show that most growers are adopting four or more practices in the same...
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...
The state’s farmers are divided over a bill that would loosen rules protecting agricultural land. The goal of a bill...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Below an ashen hillside, farmer Johnnie White picked shriveled grapes off flaking vines, surveying for...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert In a major regulatory shift years in the making, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board voted last month to amend a general order and exempt agricultural operations in Northern California’s Pit River subwatershed...
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...
From UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: For over a century, agricultural scientists have sought to unravel the complex relationship between temperature and crop yields. Previous studies have found that yields for staple crops like maize and...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara We often think about climate change in terms of temperature projections and sea-level rise....
By Jacob Stid, Michigan State University; Annick Anctil, Michigan State University, and Anthony Kendall, Michigan State University Imagine that you...
By Caleb Hampton California farmers, agricultural commissioners and lawmakers have in recent months sounded an alarm about a troubling symptom of the state’s struggling farm economy. “Everywhere you turn there’s an abandoned vineyard,” said Randy Baranek, project manager for the...
Project a collaboration between ASU, Phoenix-based company MyLand Ed Curry is passionate about the green, red and yellow chile peppers...
Agrivoltaic solar arrays can shade crops from sun while moisture from vegetation cools the panels to increase their productivity, researchers...
By Harrison Tasoff, UCSB Any home gardener knows they have to tailor their watering regime for different plants. Forgetting to water their flowerbed over the weekend could spell disaster, but the trees will likely be fine. Plants have evolved different...