Sustainable Conservation Teams Up with Farmers & Engineers to Help Boost Water Quality Using Worms
Sustainable Conservation is partnering with a Chilean company, Biofiltro, to pilot an innovative worm bin biofilter.
Tag Archives: Dairies
Latest Survey Results Indicate Increase in Clean-Air Farming Practices
In 2004, only about 490 acres of summer silage corn in the San Joaquin Valley used strip-till. By 2012, the number of acres rose to over 181,000.
Turning Cow Waste into an Asset – A Work in Progress
Sustainable Conservation began looking at digesters 15 years ago as a way of addressing challenges surrounding climate change and air & water quality, while also generating revenue from waste.
Central Valley Farmers Learn about Clean-Air Farming
On August 5th, two-dozen dairy farmers joined Sustainable Conservation and California Ag Solutions for a daylong conservation tillage bus tour around the Central Valley.
Silage, Drought and Nutrient Management Workshops
On July 8, 2014, UCCE hosted “Silage Day” in Modesto, CA. Co-sponsored by Sustainable Conservation, the day was filled with presentations and panels offering a wide audience information about drought-related dairy industry developments.
Get More from Less with Conservation Tillage
Pictured Above: Strip tillage in progress using newly purchased implements on a field in Hilmar, CA. Mike Winemiller, agronomist with the strip-till equipment rental program unloads implement for use by first-time CT farmer John Cardoza, Project Manager at Sustainable Conservation, visiting a partner dairy in Patterson, California to learn about innovative forage production practices Strip-tilling…