February 7, 2018

2.0 hours of PCA CE (0.5 hr Laws/Regs & 1.5 hrs Other) approved

3 hours of CCA CE (0.5 hr Nutrient Man., 0.5 hr Soil&Water Man., 1.5 hr IPM, 0.5 Crop Man.) requested

Thanks to:

Farm Credit Services of Colusa-Glenn, ACA

For coffee and donuts

AGENDA :

9:00     SIGN-IN

9:15     From consumer demands to increasing regulations: Our changing Landscape and Potential Solutions.

              Spencer Cooper, Almond Board of CA

9:45     Almond varieties update

              Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor; Glenn, Tehama, Butte Counties

10:15   Almond weed management

               Mariano Galla, UCCE Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor; Glenn, Tehama, Butte Counties

10:45   BREAK

11:00   Bloom and early spring diseases of almond

               Dr. Jim Adaskeveg, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, UC Riverside

11:45   Laws and Regulations Update

                Jack DeWit, Ag Biologist, Colusa County Ag Commissioner’s office

12:15   Potassium nutrition in almonds.

              Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Colusa, Sutter and Yuba Counties

12:45   ADJOURN       

Location of the Stagehands Theatre inside the Colusa Fair Grounds, site of the 2018 Colusa/Sutter/Yuba Almond Growers Meeting on Wednesday, February 7. Registration is at 9 AM.