Agenda

7:30                        Registration

8:00 – 8:15            Introduction

8:15 – 8:45            Laws & Regulatory Updates
Sutter and Yuba Counties Ag Commissioner

8:45 – 9:15           Walnut Blight & Management
Dr. Jim Adaskaveg, UC Riverside Plant Pathology

9:15 – 9:45           Standard Walnut Rootstocks vs. New Rootstocks – How do they Compare?
Janine Hasey, UCCE Farm Advisor Emeritus, Sutter-Yuba Counties

9:45 Break

10:00 – 10:30      Monitoring and Management of Key Pests of Walnut in the Sacramento Valley
Dr. Sudan Gyawaly, UC IPM Advisor

10:30 – 11:30      Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Walnut Economics

• Robert Verloop, Executive Director and CEO of California Walnut Board and Commission
• Brittany Goodrich, UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Davin Norene, Big Time Farming
• Brian Dunning, ShoEi Foods USA

11:30 – 12:30      Lunch
Generously sponsored by the CWB+C

12:30 – 1:00         Walnut Industry Update
Robert Verloop, California Walnut Board & Commission

1:00 – 2:00            Industry Panel and Attendee Discussion