Crop Management

Almond irrigation effort among recipients of on-farm conservation grants

$25 million for 18 On-Farm Trials projects across the country will help partners work with producers to test and adopt climate-smart systems. more »

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act helps Western water needs

The act includes more than $8 billion for projects that will enhance water supply reliability across the West. more »

Bayer Crop Science division’s new president is Rodrigo Santos

Effective Jan. 1, 2022, Rodrigo Santos, currently COO of the division, will succeed Liam Condon, who is ending his Bayer contract two years early. more »

Water-saving method for improving irrigation efficiency is ‘ineffective’

Contrary to popular practice, an international research team has found evidence that water-saving irrigation techniques are worsening water scarcity by not recharging aquifers. more »

Water investment boost sought in proposed California ballot initiative

The Water Infrastructure Funding Act of 2022 is now being circulated for signatures and seeks an annual supply increase of 5 million acre-feet of water. more »

‘Unintended consequences’ seen as result of neonicotinoids restrictions

USDA's IR-4 Project's analysis concludes that the agriculture industry could be disrupted by restricting neonics in specialty crops. more »

Irrigation for drought, fertility resilience in almond systems awarded

$25 million for 18 On-Farm Trials projects across the country will help partners work with producers to test and adopt climate-smart systems. more »

Western Growers reacts to passage of bipartisian infrastructure bill

The legislation – H.R. 3684 – provides $550 billion in new spending on physical infrastructure over the next five years, with an estimated $45 billion to California. more »