Maximizing Cover Crop Benefits for Growers - The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Lockeford Plant Materials Center conducts trials year-round to find plants and mixes that producers can successfully use to improve their soils. Lockeford PMC Manager Margaret Smither-Kopperl talked about the multiple benefits cover crops can have and how they are developing budget-friendly mixes for different producers. Agronomist Valerie Bullard showed results from a nationwide-wide trial that is looking at what varieties grow the best in specific regions and how some plants can source nitrogen for your soil. http://agnetwest.com/maximizing-cover-crop-benefits-growers/
2017 End of Year Slideshow The California NRCS Public Affairs & Outreach staff invites you to take a minute (or six) and enjoy the images of NRCS California in action in 2017 with farmers, partners, school kids and more. A BIG thanks to all the offices and employees who took the time to snap a few shots and send them our way. And a very big thanks to Jim Cairns who stitched it all together for us with music. Enjoy!
The Benefits of Pollinator Seed Mixes - NRCS California agronomist Valerie Bullard discusses recent efforts at the Lockeford Plant Materials Center to test pollinator planting seed mixes and other techniques to attract native bees and other pollinators.
