Sacramento Valley Orchards

Almond Board of California Annual Conference
2025-12-10 08:00 - 2026-02-12 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Save the date and join us for the Almond Board of California Annual Conference!
December 10-12 in Sacramento.
More details to come.

North Valley Nut Conference
2026-01-14 07:00 - 12:00 | Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St, Chico, CA, 95928, United States
Save the date and join us for the North Valley Nut Conference!
January 14th, 2026
7 AM – 12 PM
Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico
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Yuba/Sutter Spray Safe
2026-01-14 08:00 - 17:00
Save the date and join us for the Yuba/Sutter Spray Safe!
January 14th in Yuba City.
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North Sac Valley Prune Day
2026-02-26 08:00 - 17:00
Save the date and join us for the North Sac Valley Prune Day!
February 26 in Red Bluff.
More details to come.

Sutter-Yuba Walnut Day
2026-03-04 08:00 - 17:00
Save the date and join us for the Sutter-Yuba Walnut Day!
March 4th in Yuba City.
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North Sac Valley Walnut Day
2026-03-05 08:00 - 17:00
Save the date and join us for the North Sac Valley Walnut Day!
March 5th in Red Bluff.
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2026 Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree Growth, Cropping, and Management
2026-03-09 07:30 - 2026-03-13 15:30 | Foundation Plant Services, 501 Hopkins Rd, Davis, CA, United States
Understanding the fundamentals of tree biology is essential in making sound orchard management and business decisions in the tree fruit and nut industry. However, access to educational courses on basic fruit and nut tree biology, and how it relates to agronomic practices, is limited. Our course incorporates lecture, lab exercises, 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.
Course Topics:

Tree growth, development & pruning
Dormancy, chilling & rest breaking
Flowering, pollination & fruit set
Fruit development & thinning
Tree water relations & irrigation
Plant nutrition & fertilization
Root growth & rootstocks
Tree fruit pests and pathogens
Harvesting

Our course includes five days of instruction. Each day will have several hours of lectures with hands-on field demonstrations where applicable. The course is being offered for $1695.
Register here!
Registration is requested no later than February 23rd, 2026.
An optional four day field trip will be held the following week (March 16-March 19, 2026) for an additional fee. This field trip will provide a view of fruit and nut breeding, growing, and processing facilities throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Register for the field trip here:
A limited number of scholarships will be offered towards the cost of the first week of the course. Scholarship applicants should be Californian growers on small farms with less than 40 acres of tree crops; additionally, they must be new growers with less than 3 years of experience in tree crops or in the process of transitioning between crops. Scholarship applications must be received by December 1, 2025. Apply for a scholarship here: https://forms.gle/jLMzeYwSr3zZeq6q9
More details available at:
https://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/events/2026-principles-fruit-nut-tree-growth-cropping-and-management
