Good News about Water Usage and Cover Crops in California

New research from UC Davis indicates that cover crops can actually be a cost-effective strategy with little to no effect on water usage when handled well.

Report: Cover crops benefits may outweigh water-use in California

Report: Cover crops benefits may outweigh water-use in California · Additional guidance needed for groundwater management strategies.

Cover crops offer water-holding benefits - Ag Alert

Noting that farms account for up to 40% of California's water use annually and that only 5% of the state's arable land uses practices such as ...

Report: Benefits of Cover Crops May Outweigh Water-Use in California

These benefits are particularly important in the San Joaquin Valley, where groundwater issues are severe. A new report assesses the water ...

Bold moves needed for California agriculture - UCR News

California should take urgent and bold measures to adapt its $59 billion agriculture sector to climate change as the amount of water available for crops ...

Cover crops don't use much extra water, video explains

But a new video explains recent research showing that's not true: California fields planted with cover crops over the winter have about the same ...

Cover Crops in a dry climate: Are they worth the water?

In California's dry climate, farmers are often left with a difficult question to answer: are cover crops worth the water?

CA farmers could save a lot of water — but profits would drop

California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops ... water supply, that's great.” The researchers used a satellite tool to ...

Preparing California's agricultural lands for climate change

Balancing water quality with water conservation ... A relatively simple, yet underutilized agricultural practice called cover cropping could play ...

Cover crop benefits outweigh water use concerns - RFD-TV

While cover crops may not generate traditional income and require the use of a little extra water, the benefits outweigh the costs according to the California ...

Agricultural Water Use Efficiency

California is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. A view of water-efficient drip irrigation. DWR/2016. California is one of the most ...

Cover crops can be valuable when water is scarce, report says

More than 30 authors of a CDFA-led study say flexibility is needed from local California groundwater sustainability agencies to allow water ...

New Study Shows That Winter Cover Crops Can Help Improve Soil ...

New research shows that winter cover cropping in processing tomatoes and almond orchards can help improve soil health while not increasing water consumption.

Growing Crops with Less Groundwater in Drought - UC Davis

Growers can use water stored in the soil first and delay irrigation. Cover crops aren't a panacea for California's groundwater woes. Kisekka ...

Report: Cover crops benefits may outweigh water-use in California ...

Cover crops are planted to protect and improve the soil between annual crops such as tomatoes or between rows of tree and vine crops, but growers may be ...

July 6, 2023 This video summarizes findings of research done by a group of scientists at the University of California, Davis and Stanford ...

Limits on water use are shaking up California agriculture - NPR

Some crops currently grown in the Central Valley, including almost half a million acres of corn used to feed dairy cattle, can easily be grown ...

Cover Crops and Water Use in Vineyards (SARE)

While cover crops have many benefits, the cost of those cover crops in terms of water use and associated pumping costs to replace soil moisture that may be ...

Good News About Cover Crops from the Census of Agriculture

Some people are understandably skeptical of using cover crops in irrigated systems like California's ... water use. (See this example of dryland ...

Cover Crops - Community Alliance with Family Farmers

Soil carbon can also be greatly increased by cover cropping (23)(21)(1), with increases in soil organic carbon in vineyards by 40-50% (20). In California and ...