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I don't think it's all government policies that have caused the huge reduction in farmers over the years. It's kind of a natural thing as farmers trade labor for technology this naturally occurs. One tractor and the other equipment do now what four or five did only fifty years ago. But they...

We would put approximately 200 units of nitrogen per year. Before he put sprinklers in we would usually shank in NH3 in the fall. After the sprinklers it was usually UN32 run through the sprinklers in 3 applications starting in the spring. No animal grazing allowed because of the risk of E...

My Dad planted Vetch in his walnut orchard for a cover crop. The only problem was that after about 4 years the wild oats got huge and were a big problem to remove the brush from winter pruning. A bugger to work in to the ground with a disc also. As I understand it cover crops temporarily...

Good to hear some farming stuff talked about here. I farmed for 27 years. Mostly dry beans, processing tomatoes, walnuts, apples and alfalfa. All irrigated. I did it until my money was all gone. The trend in California was for bigger farms so you can afford the GPS guided tractors and...