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Research farm seeks help as income falls

Use of micro-irrigation may be commonplace in California orchard systems today, but the practice of applying precise water to individual plants rather than broadcasting with sprinklers may not have taken off if not for the research trials conducted decades ago at the Nickels Soil Laboratory in Colusa County.

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