With a ban on burning, incorporating rice straw into soil may become disposal option for growers

With a ban on burning, incorporating rice straw into soil may become disposal option for growers

The traditional burning of rice straw, after harvesting rice, is being phased out in California's Sacramento Valley under a 1991 state law, and rice growers are faced with seeking other ways of disposal. One option, incorporating rice straw into the soll, will require farmers to carefully evalu...

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Main Authors: Steven Blank, Karen Jetter, Carl M. Wick, John F. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1993-07-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v047n04p8
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spelling doaj-354f3608b4034c499dca9496c0a27f0e2020-11-25T02:06:17ZengUniversity of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCalifornia Agriculture0008-08452160-80911993-07-0147481210.3733/ca.v047n04p810.3733/cav047n04_3With a ban on burning, incorporating rice straw into soil may become disposal option for growersSteven Blank0Karen Jetter1Carl M. Wick2John F. Williams3S. C. Blank is Extension Economist Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, UC DavisK. Jetter is Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, UC DavisC. M. Wick are Farm Advisors, Butte and Sutter-Yuba counties, respectivelyJ. F. Williams are Farm Advisors, Butte and Sutter-Yuba counties, respectively.The traditional burning of rice straw, after harvesting rice, is being phased out in California's Sacramento Valley under a 1991 state law, and rice growers are faced with seeking other ways of disposal. One option, incorporating rice straw into the soll, will require farmers to carefully evaluate the methods available to them, given their equipment holdings. In general, growers will incur much higher costs to incorporate rice straw, compared with burning it.http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v047n04p8
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