Category: Water
California SB 72: A guide for organic growers
Learn how California SB 72 impacts organic growers and get strategies for efficiency, sustainability and long-term farm resilience.
Good Humus Produce’s community mindset
Good Humus Produce grows organic produce in Northern California. Read more about the family farm’s community mindset.
AgTech partnership to help water sustainability
An agricultural tech provider is partnering with another tech company to advance precision irrigation for growers globally.
Rivulis working with growers on irrigation to fight climate change
Growers, through irrigation, can help fight climate change, according to Rivulis, a micro and drip irrigation supplier.
Hort supply leader Kurt Dramm inducted into Wisconsin hall of fame
The Commercial Growers of Wisconsin (CGW) has honored Kurt Dramm with induction into the state industry’s Hall of Fame.
UF researchers study crop fertilization rates
The University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has long studied crop fertilization rates.
Ag research group releases decade ag research plan
A network of agricultural experiment stations at land-grant universities has issued a report looking to the next decade in ag research.
FIRA USA to bring growers, tech leaders to California ag robotics show
The third edition FIRA USA’s ag robotics show will be in northern California this fall.
Robotics to help Reinke improve irrigation efficiencies
A global irrigation systems and technology company is investing $12 million in the modernization and automation of its irrigation systems manufacturing facilities.
Sensors help guide growers on water decisions
Lisa Tate, a fifth-generation grower in Santa Paula, said she knew something was amiss in a block of young avocado trees planted on her family’s ranch.
Report details water’s effect on agriculture
California water, irrigation, water shortage, UC Merced, climate change, Extension, Environmental Defense Fund,
New state Florida Extension agent educates growers on food safety
Growing up in rural Douglas, Georgia, a town of 11,000 people, Stephanie Brown actively participated in Future Farmers of America. She also liked to watch cooking shows on TV, and she enjoyed science.
Farmers work to save heat-stressed crops
Crops across California continue to take a beating as California farmers work to reduce impacts of a lingering heat wave that has increased their costs and jeopardized production.
WSU, AgWeatherNet schedule precision ag open house
Growers can learn the latest in weather and crop sensing advancements in an upcoming open house.
Growers to benefit from nanobubble partnership
Nanobubble technology supplier Moleaer Inc. is partnering with one of the largest U.S. horticultural distribution and brokerage companies to aid growers in input and water efficiencies as well as food safety.