Calag Archive

Productivity of plants and animals on a lush, fertilized legume pasture of the Sierra Foothill Range Field Station was substantially improved in a three-year study. The most profitable approach was seeding with sub and rose clovers and fertilizing with phosphorus and sulfur. Cover photo by Charles Raguse

Because of disappointing test results and high application costs, systemics aren't a practical control option.

A commercially available quick milk test gave false positives within 72 hours after citrus pulp feeding began

A tiered irrigation water surcharge could provide an incentive to induce farmers to decrease drainage.

Jointless-stem varieties took 17 to 33 percent less time to pick than jointed tomatoes did, in a four-year study.

Selective herbicides applied once a year, controlled undesirable weeds, leaving other species as ground cover.

The moth-trapping information will help growers time supplementary egg parasite releases, if needed.

Three water-absorbing compounds varied in effects on irrigations needed and on plant growth.

Although present all year in some areas, stable flies peak in numbers and biting activity in May and June.

Annual weeds were held under control without herbicides in subsurface-drip-irrigated test plots of tomatoes.

Old bituminous fiber and clay drains performed similarly. Neither worked as well as new plastic drains.

Although it's still too early to know the full effects of the 1986 law, growers reported little crop loss due to labor shortages in 1987.

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 prohibits the employment of persons not legally entitled to work in the United States. It imposes on all employers new hiring and record-keeping obligations, with stiff fines for noncompliance. It creates a means of obtaining legal resident status, particularly for “special agricultural workers” (SAWS) employed during 1985-86 in fruits, vegetables, and other perishable commodities specified by the Secretary of Agriculture.