News and Events for the Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, California
Current and Past Events
- Lockeford PMC Hosts Field Day - April 3, 2024
- Lockeford PMC Holds Spring Field Day - May 22, 2023
Featured Articles
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In the News
- Successful Cultural Training Burn at the Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Medium.com, January 31, 2023
- Got milkweed? Lockeford center aims to help monarch butterflies - News-sentinel, 07/03/19
- Conservation groups urge farmers to plant milkweed for monarchs , Daily Democrat, 06/26/19
- Organic Farmers - Experienced or Brand New, All are Welcome at NRCS - The Organic Farmer, June/July 2019, pg. 4
- Climate-Smart Practices Keep the Land Covered - USDA Blog 05/10/16
- Where have all the Bees Gone? - Jan Sluizer, VOA Voice of America, 04/19/15
- Plant Diversity a Boon for Declining Bees - Jan Sluizer, VOA Voice of America, 02/19/15
- Program Looks to Give a Leg (or Six) Up - New York Times, 04/02/2014
Media
- Lockeford PMC Field Day: Drone Seeding, YouTube, April 3, 2024
- Drone Seeding at the Lockeford PMC, YouTube, November 21, 2023
- Lockeford PMC Virtual Field Day: Suitable Warm Season Cover Crops for California , YouTube, October 1, 2020
- Almond Update: Cover Crop Impresses Growers, Increases Water Retention , AgNet West, October 1, 2020
- 'Windows of Opportunity' for Summer Cover Crops , AgNet West, September 25, 2019
- Finding Cover Crops That Work for Producers , AgWest Net April 9, 2019
- Introduction to Cover Crops - Training Webinar , March 30, 2019
- Maximizing Cover Crop Benefits for Growers - The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Lockeford Plant Materials Center conducts trials year-round to find plants and mixes that producers can successfully use to improve their soils. Lockeford PMC Manager Margaret Smither-Kopperl talked about the multiple benefits cover crops can have and how they are developing budget-friendly mixes for different producers. Agronomist Valerie Bullard showed results from a nationwide-wide trial that is looking at what varieties grow the best in specific regions and how some plants can source nitrogen for your soil. http://agnetwest.com/maximizing-cover-crop-benefits-growers/
- 2017 End of Year Slideshow , The California NRCS Public Affairs & Outreach staff invites you to take a minute (or six) and enjoy the images of NRCS California in action in 2017 with farmers, partners, school kids and more. A BIG thanks to all the offices and employees who took the time to snap a few shots and send them our way. And a very big thanks to Jim Cairns who stitched it all together for us with music. Enjoy!
- The Benefits of Pollinator Seed Mixes - NRCS California agronomist Valerie Bullard discusses recent efforts at the Lockeford Plant Materials Center to test pollinator planting seed mixes and other techniques to attract native bees and other pollinators.
- Soil Health at the PMC