TGS IS IN THE ZONE Better Water Penetration With The Schmeiser Orchard Max Aerator
Honey bees also greatly benefit from on-farm habitat, like hedgerows, which can be designed to provide food sources when commodity and/ or cover crops are not in bloom, preventing stressors like low food availability and improving overall honey bee health. 2 While honey bees are great almond pollinators, wild bees have proven to be more efficient pollinators 3 and a combination of honey bees and other wild pollinators has resulted in greater fruit set. Habitat within or adjacent to orchards increases wild bee abundance and diversity 4 and supports increased fruit set. 5 Habitat additions improve environmental
Patented Smart-Till tines fracture and open the soil 8” deep with little soil disturbance. Breaks hardened soil for longer irrigation sets and less ponding in the row middles. Delivering water and soil amendments directly to the root zone for Max results. • Maximizes water penetration • Increase irrigation runs • Incorporate soil ammendments • Reduces soil compaction • Fast at 6-8 mph reducing cost/acre
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The Blue Diamond Growers Orchard Stewardship Incentive Program (OSIP) is a voluntary, science- based initiative that encourages almond producers to adopt sustainable orchard practices. It offers financial incentives for implementing best practices in environmental stewardship, worker safety, and community investment while helping document and
conditions and resilience to climate stressors, 6-8 and hedgerows enhance ecological function in agricultural landscapes. 9-10 Habitat creation consistently increases pollinator presence and activity. 7,9,11 Even modest habitat additions can increase pollinator and beneficial insect populations and strengthen pest-control services. 7,12-13
6 Park, M. G., Blitzer, E. J., Gibbs, J., Losey, J. E., and Danforth, B. N. Negative effects of pesticides on wild bee communities can be buffered by landscape context. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20150299.(2015). <https://royalsocietypublishing. org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2015.0299> 7 Blaauw, B. R., and Isaacs, R. Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination- dependent crop. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 890–898. (2014). <https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365- 2664.12257> 8 Garibaldi, L. A., Carvalheiro, L. G., Leonhardt, S. D., Aizen, M. A., Blaauw, B. R., Isaacs, R., Kuhlmann, M., Kleijn, D., Klein, A. M., Kremen, C., Morandin, L., Scheper, J., and Winfree, R. From research to action: Enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12: 439–447. (2014). <https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/130330> 9 Morandin, L. A., and Kremen, C. Hedgerow restoration promotes pollinator populations and exports native bees to adjacent fields. Ecological Applications, 23, 829–839. (2013). <https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1051.1>
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