Summer 1994 (v6n3)
The UC Division of Agriculture
and Natural Resources (DANR) has focused new attention on cover cropping
by forming a systemwide Cover Crops Workgroup, Its purpose is to bring
together Cooperative Extension farm advisors and specialists, faculty
and others to share information, determine the highest priority research
and extension needs, and coordinate activities to fulfill these needs.
Chuck Ingels, SAREP perennial cropping systems analyst, chairs
the workgroup, which includes 68 DANR personnel.
The first workgroup meeting
was at UC Davis in May and was attended by 55 people. Twenty researchers
presented information on their continuing research projects in annual
and perennial cropping systems. The reports covered a broad range of topics
including plant nutrition, water infiltration, pest management, cover
cropping systems and management, and education.
"The meeting demonstrated
that University researchers are clearly addressing critical research needs
related to cover cropping and sustainable agriculture, but many questions
remain unanswered," said Ingels.
In addition to the reports,
the speakers prepared abstracts of their research; SAREP is now making
these abstracts available to the public. To receive a copy of the 20-page
collection, send $5 (checks payable to UC Regents) to: SAREP (CC Workgroup),
University of California, Davis, CA 95616. To receive the abstracts free
through . electronic mail or for questions, contact Chuck Ingels, Information
Group-SAREP, University of California, Davis,) CA 95616; tel: (916) 757-3276;
fax :(916)757-3281; e-mail: caingels@ucdavis.edu.
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