crop rotation

Four people standing in a young cornfield under a clear blue sky

From Crop Rotation to Dairy Feed: College Begins Growing Silage

  • by Emily C. Dooley

Once fallow tomato fields on the UC Davis campus are now home to irrigated corn fields growing silage that will help feed dairy cows.

The project is part of a new initiative bolstering sustainability and research efforts in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences by bringing dormant fields back in action in support of campus research and facilities.  

A field of rice growing under a blue sky.

New Tool Calculates Crop Rotation Costs, Benefits for California Rice Growers

  • by Mike Hsu, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Due to severe water shortages, rice acres planted in California plummeted by 37% from 2021 to 2022, according to numbers released recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. But now, thanks to University of California researchers, growers have a new tool they could potentially use to cope with droughts and other environmental and socioeconomic changes.

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