Maximizing Cover Crop Benefits for Growers
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- Written by NRCS & AgNet West
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Lockeford Plant Materials Center conducts trials year-round to find plants and mixes that producers can successfully use to improve their soils. Lockeford PMC Manager Margaret Smither-Kopperl talked about the multiple benefits cover crops can have and how they are developing budget-friendly mixes for different producers. Agronomist Valerie Bullard showed results from a nationwide-wide trial that is looking at what varieties grow the best in specific regions and how some plants can source nitrogen for your soil.
Information Warfare Training Command Monterey Conducts Annual "HYPO" Inter-Division Competition
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- Written by Ian Wyatt and Jill Patterson
- Category: California News
Monterey, California - The mild summer afternoon brought an unusual sight to the Presidio of Monterey sports complex: Sailors lining up in front of binder-wielding petty officers, Sailors securing ropes to and pulling tractor tires over great distances, and Sailors running around the track in team relays behind their divisional guideons, June 28.
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
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- Written by IVN
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments:
Head-starting Program for California Desert Tortoises Begins
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- Written by San Diego Zoo
- Category: California News
San Diego, California - San Diego Zoo Global conservationists, in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Edwards Air Force Base, Cadiz, Inc., and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are working to learn more about the science of successful reintroduction and relocation of species through a grant from the California Energy Commission. Working with Agassiz’s desert tortoises in California, the collaborative effort will rear juveniles of this species, using head-starting techniques designed to increase the survival rate for young tortoises—and then follow them once they are reintroduced into native habitat.
Precision AgTech Keeps Food Fresh From Farm to Fork
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- Written by CDFA
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Food cold chain technologies such as computer vision, artificial intelligence and data analysis are tracking fresh produce from the farm to trucks to stores in an effort to reduce food waste.
Governor Brown Signs Legislation
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- Written by IVN
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Thursday announced that he has signed the following bills:
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