Irrigation Management

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Controlled Environment Agriculture: Water, Nutrients, and Food Safety Workshop

Sep 5, 2025

UC Davis and UC ANR, with support from CDFA, are hosting a workshop on improving irrigation efficiency, nutrient management, water recycling and food safety in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) systems, including greenhouses and indoor vertical farms.

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Kearney REC researchers and IRTA scientists line up for a photograph in front of the research center

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UC ANR, Catalan research institute to spur innovations for agrifood systems

September 30, 2025

By Michael Hsu

UC ANR and the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology will prioritize research and innovation in food systems to develop and deliver new tools and resources to farmers and ranchers across California and beyond.

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Closeup of leaf being scanned by the Leaf Monitor tool

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AI tool to help farmers measure real-time crop health from the field

September 24, 2025

Leaf Monitor, a new mobile tool backed by artificial intelligence and predictive modeling, could revolutionize how farmers monitor crops and make decisions by providing real-time nutrition and leaf trait information in the field.

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Ngodoo Atume talks about her poster on SGMA and small farmers

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UC ANR team helps small farmers understand historic, decade-old groundwater law

September 12, 2025

By Michael Hsu

To raise awareness of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act among small farmers, a UC ANR team is providing technical assistance, education and outreach.

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Growers, landscapers, all-around plant people invited to California Nursery Conference Sept. 10-11

August 21, 2025

By Caroline D Champlin

For more than 40 years, the California Nursery Conference has assembled UC researchers to update horticultural business owners on science that can boost their bottom line.

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Water productivity of winter cereal crops in the San Joaquin Valley: Research update

June 6, 2025

Authors: Maya Shydlowski, Caitlin Peterson, Josh Hegarty, Mark Lundy---Over 500,000 acres of farmland in California are expected to come out of production by 2040 because of water limitations from drought and state regulations. While some of this land may be put to other uses, much of this acreage could be…

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The buds shown on the walnut branches are male flowers called catkins

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UC scientists ask walnut trees: When do you need to be irrigated?

April 16, 2025

By Trina Kleist

UC scientists are working with growers in Tehama, Butte, Lake, Amador, Contra Costa, Stanislaus and Yolo counties to test a new way of measuring the irrigation needs of walnut trees. Shackel and team think this new method will allow growers to use less water by not irrigating early in the season, and trees…

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Survey on AI Chatbots in Farming

April 11, 2025

This short survey aims to gather your valuable insights on how a specialized agricultural chatbot could assist with your day-to-day farming operations. You can either test our prototype and compare it with ChatGPT, or simply share which features would be most beneficial for your specific farming context.The…

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Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 03-23-2025

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Key considerations when implementing a drip system

Topography: This refers to land surfaceshills, slopes, north/south orientation, valleys, rivers, lakes, (natural or artificial features)or buildings. All of these affect air and water flow and can create microclimates in your own yard.

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