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| Giacomazzi honored with EPA stewardship award |
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| Friday, 17 December 2010 07:25 | |||
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Hanford, California, dairyman Dino Giacomazzi, a Western United Dairymen member, was honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with its Sustainable Agriculture Champion award at the agency’s 12th annual Environmental Awards Ceremony held in Los Angeles. Giacomazzi is the fourth generation to manage Giacomazzi Dairy, a family farm of 900 cows and 600 acres, which has operated at the same location in Hanford since 1893. Giacomazzi approaches his farm as a holistic system and is continually looking for cultural practices that are sustainable both environmentally and economically. Working with USDA-NRCS and the University of California, he initiated the first demonstration evaluation of a strip-tillage corn planting system in the central San Joaquin Valley and he has been experimenting since with implements, plant varieties, and planting configurations to optimize that system. Strip-tillage is a farming practice that involves tilling in narrow strips rather than disturbing soil in the entire field. This process reduces diesel, dust, and particulate emissions as well as fuel and labor costs. For his corn-wheat rotation, Giacomazzi has reduced the annual tillage passes for each of his fields from 14 to two. He has hosted several field days, which have led to strip-till adoption on more than 25,000 acres in California, and he has participated in numerous studies that will provide a better understanding of the relationship between dairy operations and air and water quality. PD —From WUD Weekly Update
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