Conservation Agriculture

For the past 20 years, I have taken Elkhorn Avenue just about every day from my home in Kingsburg out west to the small town of Five Points where I work.

Nine representatives of the Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) Center recently met with leaders of two important University of California groups on the UC Davis campus to introduce CASI initiatives and to seek closer collaboration between CASI and these partner UC groups.

The Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation Center will hold a two-stop field tour of innovative and cost-cutting no-till cotton production systems on Thursday, May 30. The program begins at 9 a.m. in south Dos Palos (Nees Avenue and I-5) and continues at 11 a.m.

The timeworn water tower that stands in front of the Giacomazzi Dairy in Kings County is a hallmark of the farms endurance. It proclaims, Since 1893.

Farmers and others interested in new irrigation technologies and conservation agriculture can follow along on their computers in real time as research unfolds at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center.