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Leaving crop residues in the field improves water use efficiency
Managing crop residues to essentially make them disappear has been the norm in California agriculture. But a growing body of research, and experience with conservation tillage on thousands of acres of Central Valley farmland, is showing that reducing...
A two-year study compared soil water content in tilled (right, subsoil ripped) and no-tillage (left) plots.
California conservation tillage acreage increasing
The amount of California farmland being cultivated using conservation tillage techniques is continuing to expand, according to a survey by California’s Conservation Agriculture Systems Institute (CASI). The survey tallies silage and grain corn; small...
The body of CT research knowledge continues to grow
UC scientists presented recent additions to the growing body of research on conservation tillage in California at the second annual Twilight Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems field day last month, demonstrating progress in agricultural systems...
Earthworms signal success on innovative tomato farm
If the return of earthworms to farm fields is an indication of success, then Sano Farms is on the right track. “I haven’t seen earthworms in these fields in years,” said Firebaugh farmer Alan Sano. Sano and his partner, Jesse Sanchez, combine subsurface...
