Posts Tagged: AgRIC

Compost Field Meeting

UC Cooperative Extension and UC Davis will host a Healthy Soils Program field meeting on compost. The meeting will take place on Thursday,...

Clover Root Curculio in Alfalfa

I have received a couple calls this year from growers and a PCA about root scarring in alfalfa fields. These observations were a bit of a “head...

Organic alfalfa hay cost study released

A new study that outlines costs and returns of establishing and producing organic alfalfa hay has been released by UC Cooperative Extension, the UC...

Vertebrate Pest Management Training Happening This Week

Gophers, ground squirrels, and meadow voles are among the most important pests in California alfalfa fields.  Training in vertebrate pest...

Pocket Gopher Alfalfa Field

Drought coming? Start irrigation early! – For alfalfa, you need to fill that soil profile!

Looking a little dry out there? January and February of 2021 were some of the driest months on record, with near Zero (1.7”) precipitation...

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