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  • Volunteers rate the landscape plants during the Fall Open House at the South Coast Research and Extension Center in August 2022. All photos by Saoimanu Sope.
    Your water-efficient landscape doesn’t have to be barren

    Jan 17, 2023

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
    • Yard & Garden
  • Ben Faber presents heat and drought effects on avocados.
    San Diego avocado growers look to Cooperative Extension experts to manage water costs

    Oct 19, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Tayebeh Hosseini, a UCCE research staff member, takes canopy infrared images to study the growth of desert sweet corn. Photo by Ali Montazar
    Drip-irrigation study sees ‘huge’ reduction in water, fertilizer use for sweet corn

    Jun 16, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • University of California Cooperative Extension irrigation and water management advisor Ali Montazar visits an avocado orchard in San Diego County to assist a grower with irrigation and salinity management issues. Photo courtesy of Ali Montazar
    Avocado growers to get irrigation tools, strategies from UC ANR’s Montazar

    Feb 15, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • UC Davis Professor Isaya Kisekka and students measure soil moisture content using a neutron probe at the UC Davis Agricultural Research Station in 2018.
    UC Davis to lead groundwater and irrigated agriculture sustainability study

    Oct 18, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Fruit bags protect dates from insect damage and dust and prevent the fruit from falling to the ground. Photo by Ali Montazar
    Growers refine date palm irrigation with UC ANR research

    Feb 16, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Early research results show that drip irrigation reduces downy mildew in organic spinach dramatically.
    Drip irrigation continues to yield benefits

    May 7, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Nitrates are water soluble and do not adhere to soil, so they may leach during irrigation.
    UC ANR publishes nitrogen management advice for fruit, nuts and other crops

    Mar 25, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • Hal Crain's family has been growing walnuts for 55 years.
    A nutty idea: A little stress could be good for walnuts

    Nov 6, 2018

    • Agriculture
  • Meagan Terry, left, a UC Davis researcher with the Horticulture Innovation Lab in Guatemala, discusses conservation agriculture with a Guatemalan consultant and a local youth group member. (Photo by Beth Mitcham)
    More irrigation for climate-smart farming and food security in Guatemala

    Aug 30, 2016

  • Overhead irrigation application methods and locations of application devices change as the plant grows. (Photo: California Agriculture journal)
    Overhead irrigation holds water-saving potential for California farms

    Jun 22, 2016

  • It's best to irrigate early in the morning. (Photo: Ricardo Bernardo)
    Second video in series helps Californians conserve more water

    Aug 31, 2015

  • Improving irrigation technology could help farmers cut water needs.
    Farmers thirsty for water-saving technology

    Jul 17, 2015

  • Many almond orchards are irrigated with water-conserving drip irrigation. A new study will look at flood irrigation in winter to recharge the underground aquifer. (Photo: Maxwell Norton)
    Flood irrigation may help recharge aquifers

    Jul 10, 2015

  • UC ANR helps California residents boost their water wisdom. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
    Water wisdom coming this weekend

    May 8, 2015

  • UC ANR expert Blake Sanden says farmers smell the petrochemicals in recycled water and assume the soil removes toxins or impurities.
    Recycled irrigation water raises food safety questions

    May 4, 2015

  • Spray heads can get knocked out of alignment. Check all spray heads to ensure they are hitting the target.
    6 ways to reduce water use without killing your garden

    Apr 20, 2015

  • The center pivot system at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center before crops were planted.
    UC scientists helping farmers reduce water needs

    Jan 26, 2015

  • Microsprinklers are an irrigation tool.
    Water bond should include funding to teach water efficiency to farmers

    Jun 11, 2014

  • Micro-sprinklers, such as those shown above irrigating young almond trees, are an efficient irrigation technology.
    Farmers encouraged to put water conservation efforts on the map

    Apr 28, 2014

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