- (Public Value) UCANR: Safeguarding abundant and healthy food for all Californians
- Author: John Madsen
The 17 western states have approximately 40 million square miles of irrigated farmland, supplied by an extensive network of irrigation canals. Without this system of irrigation, farming in most of the western states would not be possible. Irrigation systems in California were first authorized by the state legislature in the 1870's, but the statewide system was vastly expanded first in 1933, and then later in 1960 with the California Aqueduct. Without these irrigation systems, California agriculture would be vastly different.
Anytime you combine shallow water with sufficient clarity, you provide a habitat for plants to grow. Most irrigation systems in California have some level of weed infestation. Unlike the weed problems of the...
- Author: Rachael Freeman Long
- Author: Morgan P. Doran
- Author: Robert Poppenga
- Author: Daniel H. Putnam
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From the Alfalfa & Forage News blog (April 29, 2022)
Vetch (Vicia spp.) is growing like a weed everywhere this year, carpeting our hills with great swaths of purple flowers.
What is vetch? There are several species that are commonly grown as crops, cover crops or weeds (see list at the bottom). Vetch is a winter-hardy legume that's favored by early fall rains, which we had lots of last October (5.5-in in 24-hr in Sacramento). Vetch is also a nitrogen-fixing...
- Author: Zheng Wang
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From page 26 of the Progressive Crop Consultant (March/April 2022) magazine.
Zheng Wang is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops and Irrigation Advisor for Stanislaus County.
Evaluating the potential of Pyridate-containing herbicide in basil: impacts on yield, leaf injury, and weed control
- Author: Kassim Al-Khatib
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From the Rice Notes April 2022 newsletter
Kassim Al-Khatib is the Melvin D. Androus Endowed Professor for Weed...
- Author: Jaspreet Sidhu
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Jaspreet Sidhu is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor in Kern County.
Glyphosate, a popular non-selective herbicide is widely used in agriculture to provide cost-effective, broad-spectrum weed control in more than 100 crops. It is also one of the most heavily used herbicides in Kern County in crops such as almonds, grapes, alfalfa, etc. The proximity of potato fields planted to glyphosate treated areas/crops increases the potential for damage to potato crop due to herbicide drift. The most common ways that potatoes can be exposed to glyphosate are through...
