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Woody cover establishment involves planting trees and shrubs that will not be harvested in order to reduce erosion and increase soil carbon sequestration. Alley Cropping Planting trees or shrubs in rows and then planting the main crop in between the rows (https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.

These practices improve grazing quality, decrease erosion, and increase carbon sequestration.

Author: Shulamit Shroder In 2014, Bruce Kelsey in Kern County received a grant through the California Department of Food and Agricultures State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). He used the funds to set up 8-foot-wide plastic weed mats underneath his mature organic citrus trees.

Author: Shulamit Shroder In 2016, Sill Properties in Kern County received a grant from the California Department of Food and Agricultures State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). They used the funds to set up a more advanced irrigation management system.

Author: Shulamit Shroder Quaker Oaks Farm is a small nonprofit farm in Tulare County, near Visalia. About half of its 21 acres are devoted to restoring and maintaining a native wetland and riparian oak forest area.

Meeting Place: Club Leader's Residence - Keene, CA Day & Time: 3rd Monday - 6:00 p.m. Community Club Leader: Nancy Oxford Contact Info: Nancy's e-mail: united4hclub@gmail.

Low Pressure Guide to Low-Flow Irrigation Scheduling Authors: Allison Rowe, UC Community Education Specialist and Ben Faber, Soils/water/subtropical crops advisor for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties How to irrigate is probably the most common question in irrigated agriculture, even with 10,000 ye...

Meeting Place: Bear Valley Springs Equestrian Center Clubhouse Day & Time: 2nd Monday at 6:00 pm Community Club Leaders: Sarah Mountjoy / Heather Dobbs Contact Info: Sarah's E-mail & Telephone: sarah.mtjoy05@gmail.com / 661-350-3533 Heather's E-mail & Telephone: hrosepressley@gmail.

The links below provide access to three UC webpages that provide access to a clearinghouse of information on livestock production and range and natural resources management.

The forage production measurement project seeks to develop a mean estimate of pounds of forage produced per acre in 6 geographic eco-regions within Kern County, to measure forage production annually, and to make this information available to drought insurance providers as a means of assessing percen...