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New technologies have transformed the world during the past half-century. Agriculture has been no exception, with the emergence of aerial drones, autonomous tractors and other equipment changing the way crops are planted, cared for and harvested. One thing that hasn’t changed since 1977, however, is a regulation from California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, that prohibits the use of autonomous agricultural equipment without a driver at the helm.
Learn moreLocal water managers in Tulare County may have prevented a disaster last week. On the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 30, an announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it was set to immediately begin dumping water from dams at Lake Kaweah east of Visalia and Lake Success near Porterville sent farmers downstream scrambling to prevent floods. “It was a scary moment,” said Tom Barcellos, president of the Lower Tule River Irrigation District, who owns a dairy and grows pistachios and other crops in Tulare County.
Learn morePhotography, like farming, juggles both what is planned and the whims of chance. For example, the question of, “Will the sun act how it should?” applies to both. Perhaps this explains the charming and poignant randomness captured in the winning images of the 43rd annual California Farm Bureau Photo Contest.
Learn moreMeaningful conservation relies on consistent, measured actions sustained over time. This year’s finalists for the Leopold Conservation Award exemplify the rewards of long-term conservation in their daily practices. The award in California is made possible by Sand County Foundation, American Farmland Trust, California Farm Bureau, Sustainable Conservation, The Harvey L. & Maud C. Sorensen Foundation, Farm Credit, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, McDonald’s and alumni recipients of the California Leopold Conservation Award.
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