Image Number K8702-1

NRCS soil specialist Sam Aslan examines a cover crop of Lana Vetch in an old date orchard in California's Coachella Valley. Cover crops are being evaluated as an alternative to conventional tillage practices (used on the field below) as a means to improve production of older orchards.

Photo by Aref Abdul-Baki.

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