- Author: Chris M. Webb
Farmers looking to reduce furrow-irrigated runoff will find UC ANR’s free publication, Protecting Surface Water from Sediment-Associated Pesticides in Furrow-Irrigated Crops very useful.
Topics include:
- Impact of pesticides on receiving waters
- Pesticide properties and water quality
- Why surface runoff occurs during irrigation
- Reducing surface runoff during irrigation
- Improving the quality of surface runoff
Non-farmers should remember household pesticides also can cause harm to our waterways. Please see our previous post, Ant management and water quality for details and tips on how to reduce pesticide use.
I will be out of the office July 5-9 and will post a new article upon my return. Let us know if there are any subjects you would like to know more about and we will do our best to provide knowledge backed by science-based research as soon as possible. Happy 4th of July!
- Author: Chris M. Webb
Our office is offering a smart irrigation scheduling and monitoring tour and seminar for commercial fruit tree growers on Thursday, April 29 from 12:30-4:30 pm.
Topics will include:
- Implications of irrigation management for nitrogen and phosphorus leaching
- Computer-controlled irrigation
- Irrigation system upgrades
- Improved efficiency
- Irrigation soil sensors
This education opportunity will be translated simultaneously into Spanish.
Education credits for Los Angeles Region and the Central Coast Ag Waiver
will be provided.
Please register in advance to ensure your participation by calling Maren
Mochizuki at 805-645-1467 or by email mmochizuki@ucdavis.edu. Additional details can be found here.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
Are you a farmer looking for ways to improve your water management strategies, or a citizen interested in learning about the transformations taking place now in production agriculture? The California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative (CAWSI) has an online resource center for you.
Some of the on-farm practices available online include:
- Managing farm water wisely
- Using less applied water
- Transforming the farm into a water catchment and storage system
- Dry farming
- Use of recycled water
- Irrigation and soil management
Each section includes an overview of the practice, estimated water savings, other benefits, case studies and many additional resources.
This online resource will be updated frequently, and can be found here . Check it regularly for new tips and information.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
Today, Ventura County UCCE Staff Research Associate Maren Mochizuki shares information with us about local water quality education and improvement.
California’s Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) is offering 1 hour of education credit for completion of a survey of management practices available here.
Growers who have already completed 8 hours of education credit in compliance with the Ag Waiver (click here for more information) are encouraged to complete a survey to document their progressive management strategies and to demonstrate to the RWQCB the additional hours members of the Ventura County Agricultural Irrigated Lands Group (VCAILG) have completed during the 5-year period of the waiver.
The survey is available in both English and Spanish. Growers who complete a survey are also eligible for management practice recommendations and implementation assistance at no cost (click here for more information).
For more information or questions regarding the management practices survey, please contact Emmanuel González at 805 760 7413. Return completed surveys to Emmanuel at:
Resource Conservation District-Ventura County, 3380 Somis Rd, Somis, CA 93066.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
Today, Ventura County Cooperative Extension Staff Research Associate Maren Mochizuki shares information with us about local water quality education and improvement.
UCCE-Ventura’s water quality education program is a partnership with UC Riverside, Ventura County Resource Conservation District (RCD) and Ventura County Farm Bureau to conduct seminars and field tours, create educational materials, and conduct research.
In addition, funds are available to provide the following services to growers in Ventura County at no cost:
- Irrigation efficiency evaluations and improvement recommendations
- Conservation planning
- Best management practice review, recommendation, and implementation assistance.
For more information or to schedule an on-site visit, please contact:
Vic at 805-216-3641 or Katrina at 805-386-4489, ext. 100.
Resource Conservation District-Ventura County, 3380 Somis Rd, Somis, CA 93066.
On the web at: www.conserveventura.org
