Prune Day Agenda

*** Register by Thursday – February 16, 2023 ***

7:30 to 7:45 AM –  Sign-Ins and Refreshments

7:45 to 8:00 AM – “Welcome” & Introduction and over view – Jamie Ott, UCCE Tehama Co.

8:00 to 8:30 AM  – Group Discussion Prune industry research priorities– Jamie Ott, UCCE Tehama Co.

8:30 to 9:00 AM –  Laws and Regs update – Tehama County Ag Commissioner

9:00 to 9:30 AM – “Factors Affecting Final Prune Fruit Size”—Franz Niederholzer, UCCE  Sutter/Yuba/Colusa Counties

9:30 to 10:00 AM-“New Findings in Cytospora Management in Prune”—Themis Michailides, UC Davis

10:00 to 10:30  ……Break

10:30 to 11:00 AM – California Prune Board Update – Donn Zea & Kiaran Locy, Calif Prune Board

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM – “Understanding prune tree responses to pruning”—Ted DeJong,  UC Davis

12:30 –Meeting Close – Fried Chicken Lunch …. Compliments of Sunsweet and California Prune Board

SPONSORED BY: Sunsweet, California Prune Board, Tehama County AG Commissioner, and UC Cooperative Extension-Tehama County

1.0 Private Applicator Continued Education Hours have been requested.