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Impact Report
| For plan | Agronomic Crop and Improved Pasture System Development (Sandoval County) |
| Date | October 28, 2010, 7:58 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | 2010 NATURAL RESOURCES The Rio Rancho Library program director requested that agent give a series of talks on water issues. The agent came up with three topics that he felt were important for general public to know and gain a better understanding of how water is utilized and how we can make the best use of our water resources. The first topoic was “Improving our soils to optimize water efficiency. Agent showed a model that shows how plant uses water and nutrients from the soil and oxygen from the air to manufacture carbohydrates, fats, proteins. The more it can manufacture the more food and fiber that plant can yield. It takes approximately the same amount of water to get good yields or poor yields if fertility is not there. About 30 residents showed up. The second talk in the series was talking about Irrigation Basics. How and how to determine the water needed to maintain plant health. 22 attended this talk and gained knowledge of when and how to determine their own watering needs. The last topic was “water supply and users”. This went into the earth’s water cycle and how this ends up in our homes, yards and farm land. For instance rainwater accounts for only 1% of the total water supply on earth. Agriculture is the biggest recycler of water back to aquifers and the ocean. Domestic use is the most inefficient use of water but steps are being taken to recycle a lot of water used in our homes. Only 15 attended this series of workshops. |