Other sites include six locations of the Auburn University in Alabama, the Breton Plots at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and a crop residue study at the USDA-ARS in Pendleton, Oregon. New York, North Dakota, North Carolina, Minnesota, Kansas, Michigan and Wisconsin are the homes of other long-term research. The microclimates in huge sections of the state have been transformed from dry hot summers to more humid, irrigated environments. Researchers and farmers alike recognize that this creates a great potential for the destabilization of natural resources. The UCD site will demonstrate the effects of long-term farming practices in California's hot dry Mediterranean climate on an irrigated site.
Education is a critical product of long-term farmland research.