- Author: Michelle Leinfelder-Miles
Published on: March 15, 2013
The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region – for its soil type, climate, and irrigation and groundwater sources – is a unique agricultural region of California. Diverse crops are grown in the Delta region, but alfalfa is a particularly important one as the second most widely grown crop. Border check flood irrigation using surface water is the primary method of irrigating Delta alfalfa.
As a forage crop, the marketed product of alfalfa is the vegetation, or alfalfa hay. Hay yields are directly related to crop evapotranspiration (ET), or the water transpired by the crop plus the water evaporated from the soil. As crop ET increases, so does alfalfa yield; although, agronomic and economic reasons put constraints on...
Tags: Leaching Requirement (1), Salinity (1)
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