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Micro irrigation is used to water the Mota Ranch’s 36 acre almond orchard in Livingston, CA on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Owner Jesse Mota worked with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Merced Service Center Soil Conservationist Tomas Aguilar-Campos to create a conservation plan that included cover crops and micro-irrigation using micro sprinklers to spray water from a low height to water the trees’ root zones providing customized and efficient irrigation for each tree. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
20150723-NRCS-LSC-0215
Micro irrigation is used to water the Mota Ranch’s 36 acre almond orchard in Livingston, CA on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Owner Jesse Mota worked with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Merced Service Center Soil Conservationist Tomas Aguilar-Campos to create a conservation plan that included cover crops and micro-irrigation using micro sprinklers to spray water from a low height to water the trees’ root zones providing customized and efficient irrigation for each tree. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.