UCANR: Winter grain crops help farmers get the most out of the least water
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mavensnotebook.comUCANR: Winter grain crops help farmers get the most out of the least watermavensnotebook.comReport: Fallow farmland brings few benefits, but incurs costs By Trina Kleist, UCANR California’s San Joaquin Valley produces an enormous share of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables. But it takes an unsustainable amount of groundwater to do it. New state rules aimed at reducing groundwater use are expected to force up to 20 percent of the valley’s irrigated fields out of production – a blow to farmers and communities. Now, UC Davis research shows those lands could remain viable […]
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