Events

South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting Feb. 19, Arbuckle

Past Event:

South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting Feb. 19, Arbuckle

Arbuckle Golf Course

Feb. 19, 2013

2 hours of PCA CE requested (0.5 hrs Laws & Reg; 1.5 hrs “Other”)

2.5 hours of CCA CE hours requested (1 hour Nutrient Man.; 1.5 hours IPM; 0.5 hrs Crop Man.)

Schedule

• 8:00 a.m. Sign-in and Coffee

• 8:30 Nickels almond trial updates: pruning, rootstocks, and NP pollinator varieties.

Franz Niederholzer, UC Farm Advisor, Colusa/Sutter/Yuba Counties

• 9:00 Navel orangeworm management in the Sacramento Valley.

Dr. Frank Zalom, Entomology Department, UC Davis

• 9:30 Herbicide resistance, biology, and current weed management research.

Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, Plant Sciences Department, UC Davis

• 10:00 Weed management and control - Dr. Brad Hanson, Plant Sciences Department, UC Davis

• 10:30 -- Break

• 10:45 Ag Commissioner update - Jack DeWit, Colusa County Ag Commissioner’s Office

• 11:15 Nitrogen management in almond: what have we learned?

Franz Niederholzer, UC Farm Advisor, Colusa/Sutter/Yuba Counties

• 11:45 New spring leaf sampling program for almond - Sebastian Saa, Plant Sciences Department, UC Davis

• 12:15 Adjourn

Please note: PCA scantron sheets will not be accepted and PA certificates of attendance will not be available until you are leaving the meeting.