UCCE Sacramento Valley Olive Day set for April 7
Mar 31, 2009 10:38 AM
When: April 7, 2009
Where: Arts and Crafts Building – Glenn County Fairgrounds
Co-Sponsored by Musco Family Olives, Bell-Carter Olives and UCCE, Glenn, Tehama and Butte counties
Program
• 7:30 a.m. – Registration • 8:00 – Ag. Commissioner Update, Jean Miller, Glenn County Ag. Commissioner's Office
• 8:25 – Update on Olive Insect Pests Including Olive Fly, Marshall Johnson, UC Entomologist, Kearney Ag. Center
• 8:55 – Pest Control Districts and Local Olive Fly Trapping Results, Bill Krueger, UCCE Glenn County; Ed Romano, Glenn County Pest Management District Representative, Tehama County Pest Management District
• 9:15 – California Olive Committee Activities, Christi Darling, COC Manager
• 9:40 – Break
• 10:00 – Mechanical Harvest Update, Louise Ferguson, UC Olive Specialist
• 10:30 – Table Olive Production Costs, Karen Klonsky, UC Department of Ag. Economics
• 11:00 – Irrigation of Olives, What Can be Done if Water is Short?, Joe Connell, UCCE Butte County
• 11:30 – Steps for Controlling Alternate Bearing, Bill Krueger, UCCE Glenn County
• Noon – Lunch (Courtesy of Musco Family Olives and Bell-Carter Olives)
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