Salinas Valley Agriculture

As the drought continues on the central coast, growers are trying to utilize water as efficiently as possible to produce their crops. Retaining and reusing sprinkler runoff, also referred to as tail water, can be an important strategy to increasing water conservation.

Authors: Ben Lee, Daniel Hasegawa, Ian Grettenberger We would like to announce the creation of a new web-based tool that will provide more seamless access to pest population data from a pest trapping network. Pests included are thrips, diamondback moth, and aphids.

Once again, we are experiencing a prolonged heat wave in the Salinas Valley. Maximum air temperature in the King City area reached 112 F earlier in the week (Fig. 1).

Richard Smith1, Eric Brennan2 and Patricia Love1 1. University of California Cooperative Extension, Monterey County. 2. USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Salinas.

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