Events

Sacramento Valley Cling Peach Day Jan. 30, Marysville

Past Event:

Sacramento Valley Cling Peach Day Jan. 30, Marysville; Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013

8:15 a.m. - Noon / Lunch Noon - 12:45 p.m.

(Note: New Location)

Yuba County Government Building

Wheatland-Marysville Room, 915 8th Street, Marysville, Calif., 95901

Meeting Program

8:15 a.m. — Registration Coffee and Danish, Courtesy of Syngenta

8:40 — Welcome Janine Hasey, UC Farm Advisor, Sutter-Yuba Counties

Cultural Issues

Factors controlling fruit size, what went wrong in 2012?

Ted DeJong, Pomologist, UC Davis

Pest Management

What's new in orchard weed management?

Brad Hanson, Extension Weed Scientist, UC Davis

Update of laws and regulations

Jan Kendel, Ag Biologist, Sutter County Agricultural Dept.

10 — Break

10:15 — California Cling Peach Board Nominations and Board Updates

J.D. Allen, Sarb Johl (Chairman), Ginny Hair (Domestic Promotion Mgr)

Pest Management

Optimal and economic management of foliar, blossom, and fruit diseases of peach

Jim Adaskaveg, Plant Pathologist, UC Riverside

A new peach disease

Janine Hasey, UC Farm Advisor, Sutter-Yuba counties

Noon — Lunch — Mexican lunch provided by California Cling Peach Board

Please RSVP to the Sutter/Yuba Extension office at (530) 822-7515 by Monday, Jan. 28, if you plan to stay for lunch. You may also fax to (530)673-5368 or email: mlsearcy@ucdavis.edu to have your name put on the list for lunch.

PCA and Private Applicator Credit Pending - 1.75 hours (.5 hour of regulations)

CCA Credit Pending - 2.25 hours

A meeting note: You will not want to miss effective and economic disease and weed control strategies and find out possible factors leading to small fruit size in 2012.