Agricultural and Natural Resources
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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.
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Highways are build everyday and sometimes these highways and wetlands come together. In 2004, the Colorado DOT, the Federal Highway Administration, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of Boulder collaborated to build the highway while also protecting two federally protected species. Working together the agencies created, restored, or enhanced 15.9 acres of wetlands…
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November issue of Florida Grower has articles from water to soil. Both articles provides a few of how these two natural resources are important to food production.