UCCE Sacramento Valley Cling Peach Day

Ag Building Meeting Room,
142 Garden Hwy, Yuba City

Tuesday, February 4th

Meeting Program
8:30 a.m.
Registration Coffee and Danish, Courtesy of Grow West

8:55 a.m.
Welcome, Chill hours and other updates
Janine Hasey, UCCE Farm Advisor Emeritus, Sutter-Yuba Counties

Laws and Regs/County Updates
9:00 a.m.
Updates on new paraquat label and dormant spray regulation review
Sean Nelson, Ag Biologist, Sutter County Agricultural Dept.

Property tax relief for storm damaged orchards
Stephen S. Duckels, Assessor, County of Yuba

Industry Updates
9:30 a.m.
Cling Peach Board Nominations / Program updates: marketing, outreach, school food service education, and government affairs; Research
Chris Zanobini, CA Cling Peach Board

10:00 a.m.    Break

New Varieties and Rootstocks
10:20 a.m.
Variety and rootstock breeding
Tom Gradziel, Pomologist, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Pest Management
Update on new tools and strategies for disease management for peach
Jim Adaskaveg, Plant Pathologist, UC Riverside

Brown marmorated stink bug in peach orchards: ID, biology, and monitoring
Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE Area IPM Advisor-northern San Joaquin Valley

12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Mexican lunch provided by California Cling Peach Board

Meeting Sponsored by: University of California Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties
Co-Sponsored by: Sutter County Agricultural Department

Continuing Education Credits
PCA And Private Applicator Credit – 1.5 hours pending
CCA Credit – 2.0 hours pending