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  • Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day, Tuesday, May 8, 2018

    Arbuckle, Calif., (May 1, 2018) – Come join in the festivities, fun and of course the .75 hours of PCA CE credits or the 2 hours of CCA CE credits, at the Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day at the Nickels Soil lab on Marine Avenue in Arbuckle, CA. There will be a tri-tip lunch by reservation so do not wait to register for this event, do it now to get all the wonderful benefits.

    Here is the agenda for the day:

    8:30 am — Registration: Coffee and Donuts provided by Farm Credit Services of Colusa-Glenn, ACA

    Cycle I: 9:20-10:45 am

    1. Overview of navel orange worm management – Dani Lghtle, UCCE Advisor, Glenn/Butte/Tehama Counties
    2. Band canker management – Themis Michailides, Plant Pathologist and Lecturer, UC Davis Plant Pathology Department
    3. Frost Protection in almonds – Joe Connell, Farm Advisor, UCCE Butte County (emeritus)
    4. Almond flower biology – Tom Gradziel, Professor, UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.

    Cycle II: 10:45 am -12:10 pm

    1. Basic Bee Biology 101 – Elina Niño, Extension Specialist, UC Davis Entomology and Nematology Department
    2. Ceratocystis canker: diagnosis and management – Florent Trouillas, Extension Specialist, UC Davis Plant Pathology Department
    3. Using real time physiological data to guide irrigation scheduling – Tom Buckley, Professor, UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences
    4. What are we learning from orchard biomas (chip and mix) studies? – Emad Jahanzad, Postdoctoral researcher, UC Davis Plant Sciences Department

    12:15 – BBQ Tri-Tip Lunch (by reservation) – Lucheon Speaker, Mark Jansen, President & CEO, Blud Diamond Growers

    to review the flyer which contains the agenda, map, and registration form please copy this link into your browser window – http://cesutter.ucanr.edu/newsletters/Pomology_Notes74801.pdf

     

  • 2017 Alfalfa and Forage Field Day

    Parlier, Calif., (September 5, 2017) – Please come join us for this year’s Alfalfa and Forage Field Day on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. The event will be held at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, located at – 9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648.

    Here is the agenda for your review:

    7:30 AM – Registration

    8:00 – TRAM LEAVES FOR FIELD TOUR

    • Alfalfa Varieties for Pest and Disease Management – Shannon Mueller, Agronomy Advisor and County Director, UCCE Fresno
    • Remote Sensing in Sorghum to Phenotype Drought Stress – Jeffery Dahlberg, Director at Kearney Agriculture Research & Extension Center
    • Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation Alfalfa Management – Daniel Putnam, CE Agronomy & Forage Specialist, UC Davis

    9:15 – TRAM RETURNS

    9:20 – Managing Weeds in Agronomic Crop Rotations – Kurt Hembree, Weed Management Farm Advisor, UCCE Fresno

    9:40 – Alfalfa Weevil Management – Rachael Long, CE Agronomy & Pest Management Advisor, UCCE Sacramento, Solano, & Yolo Counties

    10:00 – Managing Sugarcane Aphid in Forage Sorghum – Nicholas Clark, CE Agronomic Cropping Systems & Nutrient Management Advisor, UCCE Kings, Tulare, & Fresno Counties

    10:20 – Irrigation & Nitrogen Fertility Management in Forage Sorghum & Corn – Robert Hutmacher, CE Specialist, UC Davis, & Director of West Side Research & Extension Center

    10:40 – Break

    11:00 – Irrigation Systems and Salinity Management in Forage Production– Daniel Munk, CE Agronomy & Irrigation Advisor, UCCE Fresno

    11:20 – Low Lignin Alfalfa & GMO vs. Conventional Varieties for Export – Dan Putnam, UC Davis

    11:40 – Optimizing Surface Irrigation in High Flow Systems – Marsha Campbell-Matthews, CE Agronomy Advisor Emeritus, UCCE Stanislaus

    12:00 PM – Lunch

    Continuing Education Requested: DPR 1.5 hours of Other

    For more information, contact: Nicholas Clark (559) 852-2788 neclark@ucanr.edu

    Announcing a Blue Ribbon Brunch at the Farm Fundraiser September 10, 2017