Sacramento Valley
UCCE Working Remotely
Given the State of California's shelter-in-place order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, all UC Cooperative Extension offices are now working remotely. We are still available remotely to answer your questions and address needs during this unprecedented situation.
VIRTUAL MEETING Part 3: Using Crop ET Reports From a Tree Water Status Perspective
Online through ZoomJoin Allan Fulton, UC Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, for this interactive learning session to discuss how to use weekly crop water use reports, with tree water status in mind.
VIRTUAL MEETING Part 4: Using Crop ET Reports in Young Developing Orchards
Online through ZoomJoin Allan Fulton, UC Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, for this interactive learning session to discuss how to use weekly crop water use reports, with young trees in mind.
VIRTUAL MEETING Part 5: Wrap-Up – Crop ET: The Gateway to Advanced Water Management
Online through ZoomJoin Allan Fulton, UC Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, for this interactive learning session to discuss how to use weekly crop water use reports, pulling together the lessons of the last four webinars.
Pruning prunes: Long pruning during tree training
Online through ZoomDuring this meeting we will discuss the UC research and grower experience with long pruning of prune trees during orchard establishment. Luke Milliron and Franz Niederholzer will present the UC research. Joe Turkovich and Erick Nielsen will present their innovative approaches to tree training from the grower perspective and then we will open it up to questions and discussion.
California Cling Peach Day
Online through ZoomAttend to hear presentations on fruit and leaf diseases, new varieties, tree spacing research, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, and mechanical harvesting trials. CEUs have been applied for.
Airblast: Optimizing Canopy Sprayers
OnlineFeaturing recognized experts hailing from the U.S. and Canada, this unique nationally broadcast workshop, the first of its kind, aims to provide participants the knowledge and insight needed to assess and improve their own spray operations.
Field Rodents- Vertebrate Pest Council Virtual Workshop
OnlineDon’t miss this virtual opportunity to learn about methodologies and concepts involving human-wildlife conflicts and vertebrate pest problems.
2021 Principles of Fruit and Nut Tree Growth, Cropping and Management
Online through ZoomUnderstanding the fundamentals of tree biology is essential in making sound orchard management and business decisions in the tree fruit and nut industry. Our course provides information on all aspects of basic plant biology and the relationship between plant biology and nuts and fruit orchard management, through five days of instruction and question and answer sessions with our instructors.
UCCE Southern Sac Valley Prune Day
142 Garden Highway, Yuba City 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, United StatesTopics to include cytospora, hedging, varieties and rootstocks, irrigation and Laws & Regs
Tehama County UCCE Walnut Day
Red Bluff Elks Lodge 355 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff, CA, United StatesTopics to include walnut blight management, rootstock selection, irrigation, weed management, and Laws & Regs.
2022 Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree Growth, Cropping & Management
Online through ZoomUnderstanding the fundamentals of tree biology is essential to making sound orchard management and business decisions in the tree fruit and nut industry. Our course incorporates lectures and field demonstrations to provide information on all aspects of basic plant biology and the relationship between plant biology and nuts and fruit orchard management.
Airblast 2022: Spray Application and Modeling Conference
Online through ZoomA 3-day conference covering airblast pesticide spray application practices in orchards and vineyards, decision support tools for planning and evaluating spray applications, and drift modeling support for pesticide regulatory practices. Participants will gain a holistic view to better understand ongoing partnerships between academia, industry, and the regulatory community towards better stewardship of pesticides. It's gonna be a blast.
2023 Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree Growth, Cropping & Management
UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center 760 Orchard Rd, Davis, CA, United StatesUnderstanding the fundamentals of tree biology is essential to making sound orchard management and business decisions in the tree fruit and nut industry. Our course incorporates lectures and field demonstrations to provide information on all aspects of basic plant biology and the relationship between plant biology and nuts and fruit orchard management.
Third Thursdays: Things from the Field – April
142 Garden Highway, Yuba City 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, United StatesJoin on Thursday, April 18 from 1:30 PM- 3:30 PM for free lunch and an open discussion at the UCCE Sutter office in Yuba City! Sac Valley orchard advisors and other industry members will be present to discuss spring irrigation in walnut and what's been going on in the field.