Water and drought information-agriculture

Water and Drought Information  |  Experts  

General irrigation and other:

• Drought Tips Series for Growers - a research-based, peer-reviewed series on the latest drought information for specific crops as well as irrigation and other approaches
  
  
• Tools for: Calculating irrigation uniformity and Calculating leaching fraction to manage rootzone salinity tools
  
  
• Agricultural Irrigation Water Management - irrigation scheduling and deficit irrigation strategies for almonds, pistachios, stone fruit, walnuts, alfalfa, olives, winegrapes, corn, and processing tomatoes
  
  

Crop specific:

• Alfalfa
  
  • Drought strategies for alfalfa (part of our drought tips series)
  • Alfalfa’s resilience to drought
    
  • Alfalfa Subsurface Drip Irrigation Workshop - video and papers 
    
  • 2014 California Alfalfa & Grains Symposium - video presentations
    
    
• Almonds
  • Drought management for California almonds (part of our drought tips series)
  • The Almond Doctor
  • Rational Early Season Drought Planning for Almond Growers
  • Six ways to get your almond orchard ready for bloom
  • Video from 2014 Almond Day workshop
    
    
• Corn: Managing irrigated corn during drought (part of our drought tips series)
  
  
• Pasture: Managing irrigated pasture during drought (part of our drought tips series)

• Pistachios
  
  
• Prunes: Drought strategies for California prune production (part of our drought tips series)
  
  
• Vineyards
  • Vineyard Management in a Dry Year
  • Reducing Vineyard Water Use: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Limitations
    
    
• Walnuts
  • Drought strategies for walnuts (part of our drought tips series)