Fruit-fly quarantine will cover large portion of Santa Clara County through mid-2024 https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/06/fruit-fly-quarantine-will-cover-large-portion-of-santa-clara-county-through-mid-2024/ #CAag #PestManagement

In #CaAg regions: "decades’ worth of fertilizers applied to orchards and row crops, and tons of cow manure stored in ponds, releases nitrogen into the ground. As much as 40% of nitrogen in fertilizer may eventually enter groundwater supplies." #cawater

https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/04/california-floods-contaminate-water-nitrate/

In #CaAg regions: "decades’ worth of fertilizers applied to orchards and row crops, and tons of cow manure stored in ponds, releases nitrogen into the ground. As much as 40% of nitrogen in fertilizer may eventually enter groundwater supplies." #cawater

https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/04/california-floods-contaminate-water-nitrate/