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Tag: Nicholas Clark

  • UCCE Manure Nitrogen Study Update in Dairy Feed Crops

    It takes time for the nitrogen found in dairy manure water to become available to feed crops out in the field, and as dairy producers don’t want to under or over fertilize their feed crops, the UC Cooperative Extension is conducting a research trial to find out more regarding how manure water interacts in the soil with plant root systems. Watch this brief interview UC Agronomy Advisor Nicholas Clark as he summarizes a recent presentation he shared at the Golden State Dairy Management Conference. Read more about it in California Dairy Magazine.

  • 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

  • Responding to the Sugarcane Aphid Outbreak in Sorghum Silage Fields

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    Due to a serious new infestation of the sugarcane aphid in Southern California sorghum fields late last summer, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Nicholas Clark offered some advice to feed growers to help better prepared them this coming season for future infestations of this invasive pest.