The Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems Institute will hold its second annual twilight field tour and barbecue from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center, 17353 W. Oakland Ave., Five Points.
The Conservation Tillage workgroup has initiated a long-term study that directly compares the use of subsurface drip irrigation and overhead irrigation in a diverse no-till crop rotation.
United States Congressman Jim Costa met with the Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems Workgroup at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center on April 27. During the meeting, he voiced his support for increasing implementation of conservation tillage farming systems.
UC Davis cropping systems specialist Jeff Mitchell appeared a Fresno morning ag show on KMJ 580 am radio. The radio story is archived online, about midway through the hour-long broadcast.
Cover crops, or vegetation that was grown after the cash crop was harvested, was a practice that was widely used in the 1940s and 1950s. The vegetation was used to maintain or increase the fertility of the soil before commercial fertilizers became widely available.
