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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for Table and Oil Olive Production

Olive trees are drought tolerant, and trees can survive on shallow soils with little supplemental water beyond winter rainfall. Learn how to maximize yield while managing water resources during times of water scarcity.

Publication Number:: 8538

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Rangeland Management Series: Livestock Management During Drought

When drought conditions reduce the supply of forage feed, ranchers have to allocate the available feed where it will do the herd the most good. This publication gives you a scientific basis for making that decision.

Publication Number:: 8034

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Drought Tip: Drought Management for California Almonds

Almond trees have a great tolerance to drought conditions. Of course, that only covers tree survival. It's different for the nut crop, which may fall very low when available water is in short supply. Learn to make the best of what water IS available.

Publication Number:: 8515

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Drought Tip: Drought Planning for Vegetable Production

Under drought conditions, growers often must estimate the potential water use of vegetable crops to determine how much land can be irrigated. This publication explains how to make these calculations.

Publication Number:: 8632

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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for Alfalfa

Drought conditions require a whole new approach to crop production, and that includes alfalfa. Learn how to keep alfalfa crop losses to a minimum under a limited-water regime.

Publication Number:: 8522

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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for Beef Cattle Culling

Removing animals from the herd is the most direct method of reducing forage consumption on drought-stricken rangeland. Strategic culling requires the ability to navigate the current year’s challenges while considering steps to rebuild for the future.

Publication Number:: 8555

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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for California Prune Production

Here you'll find information that you can use to make the most effective irrigation decisions for using the water you have in your prune orchard. Included is a wide range of water supply availabilities, from no shortage to severe shortages.

Publication Number:: 8520

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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for California Walnut Production

Water curtailments at any growth stage affect walnut crop productivity and quality. Here you'll learn about tree and walnut development stages and corresponding water use, along with related impacts of water deprivation.

Publication Number:: 8533

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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for Feeding Cattle Grazing Annual Grassland

Drought leads to predictable lack of forage production on rangelands leaving two possible management scenarios: sell to reduce forage demand, or supplement feeding. Learn about options available to prevent complete herd dispersal.

Publication Number:: 8563

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Drought Tip: Keeping Plants Alive under Drought or Water Restrictions

Learn how to keep outdoor plants alive during drought or water restrictions. Topics include symptoms of water stress, conservation tips, methods to help specific plants survive drought, and planning a drought-resistant landscape.

Publication Number:: 8553

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Drought Tip: Managing Irrigated Corn during Drought

Not every crop responds to water deficiency in the same way; for corn, even small water deficits reduce productivity. This drought tip will help California growers of corn calculate the amount of water their crop requires under various conditions.

Publication Number:: 8551

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Drought Tip: Managing Irrigated Pasture during Drought

Irrigated perennial pastures are important in drought when annual rangeland productivity is compromised. Learn how to manage your pasture during drought by selecting the right kind of grass and by using management practices that can enhance survival.

Publication Number:: 8537

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Drought Tip: Supplemental Feeds for Cattle Operations during Drought

This publication discusses the variety of supplemental feeds available to California ranchers and will help you make decisions for your cattle operation, depending on your budget and the nutrient needs of you cattle.

Publication Number:: 8565

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Managing Turfgrasses during Drought

With long, hot, dry summers common to most areas of the state, California lawns generally need watering for much of the year. Learn how to use water more efficiently as water demands and costs go up and drought conditions continue.

Publication Number:: 8395

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Drought Tip: Crop Salt Tolerance

Soil salinity is an important stressor affecting irrigated crops; and is often exacerbated during drought. Learn about crop response and tolerance to salinity along with basic steps for monitoring and management.

Publication Number:: 8562

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Drought Tip: Managing Salts by Leaching

Accumulated salts can damage crops if they are not leached below the root zone. Leaching is one beneficial technique for removing salts, but only if the soil has adequate drainage. This publication provides an overview for managing salts by leaching.

Publication Number:: 8550

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Drought Irrigation Strategies for Alfalfa

Alfalfa is California's largest user of agricultural water, with about 1 million acres in production most years. When there's not enough water around, it can hit alfalfa growers hard. Here are some strategies that will help you weather a drought.

Publication Number:: 8448

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Drought Tip: Avocados and Water

Avocados are highly sensitive to salt and drought. This publication helps growers understand how cultural practices such as irrigation and tree canopy management can lessen the impact of drought on this fruit.

Publication Number:: 8643

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Drought Tip: Fog Contribution to Crop Water Use

As fog passes through a crop, some of the water is intercepted by and coats the plant, much like light rainfall. This publication will show you how to make an estimate fog contribution to crop water use using daily evapotransipration data.

Publication Number:: 8532

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Drought Tip: Irrigating Citrus with Limited Water

As an evergreen in California’s Mediterranean climate, citrus requires some water all year long. Proper irrigation system design, installation, maintenance and scheduling can help citrus orchards continue production during drought.

Publication Number:: 8549

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Drought Tip: Reclaiming Saline, Sodic, and Saline-Sodic Soils

Salt-affected soils cause poor plant growth, affect crop production, and reduce water use efficiency. The reclamation of salt-affected soils can lead to better water management, water use efficiency, and crop production.

Publication Number:: 8519

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Drought Tip: Use of Graywater in Urban Landscapes in California

Have you thought about using a greywater sytem in your landscape? Here you'll learn what graywater is, the basics of laundry-to-landscape systems, and the benefits and risks of graywater systems to humans, other animals, and plants.

Publication Number:: 8536

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Drought Tip: Use of Saline Drain Water for Crop Production

This publication considers some of the more recent research related to the use of saline water for irrigation of agricultural crops and describes the management of this water to maintain crop production and acceptable root zone soil salinity.

Publication Number:: 8554

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Drought Tip: Use of Shallow Groundwater for Crop Production

In drought times, it can't be "irrigation as usual." Depending on your crop and soil structure, shallow groundwater (any water within the first 6 feet or so of soil depth) can make a significant contribution to crop production and farm survival.

Publication Number:: 8521

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