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

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

Author(s) -

Steven C. Blank,

Karen M. Jetter,

C. M. Wick,

John F. Williams

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v047n04p8

Subject(s) - rice straw , straw , environmental science , business , agricultural engineering , agronomy , agroforestry , agricultural science , agricultural economics , waste management , economics , engineering , biology

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.

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