Agricultural and Natural Resources
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The use of cover crops in agriculture is the base in conservation tillage or conservation production systems. The use of cover crops has many different benefits ranging from aiding in increased infiltration, suppressing weeds, building soil health and reducing erosion. In the “Weekly Roundup” of the Forester Newsletter there was an article dealing with cover crops…
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Camden County has an Award Winning Program which is helping keep Coastal Georgia Clean.
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Susan Varlamoff highlights in a recent article in the Environmental News Blog post work being done with Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) in Georgia. To read her full story see the Environmental News Blog site. In the article, there is also a YouTube video produced by the Flint River SWCD about how VRI is used.
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Water issues have 3 of the top 10 issues established by the California Fresh Fruit Association for 2016.
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In Pam Knox’s latest post on the Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast blog, she references an article written in the New Republic on where will we grow food outside California.
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Using a rainfall simulator helps visually see how water management helps increase infiltration and reduces runoff.
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This week on the USDA Blog site, there is an article looking at Conservation Tillage and how using cover builds the soil. it further states that the organic matter from the decaying plants is the first thing to wash away. Read the USDA Blog here: Also, to learn more about Conservation tillage see the UGA…
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Harvesting rainwater is a good way to manage stormwater while also having a method of collecting water for non-potable uses.
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A look at how water use in the high Plains and across the US and World are depleting the aquifer systems.
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Get your irrigation system ready for the winter by winterizing it during the fall months.