Third Thursday: Things from the Field - Walnut Pest Management Considerations 2025
2025-05-15 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sutter-Yuba UCCE Office, 142A Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
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Almond Variety Trials: 2025 Field Meeting at CSU, Chico Farm (TAKE-TWO!)
2025-05-28 07:30 - 10:00 | CSUC University Farm, 311 Nicholas C Shouten Ln, Chico, 95928, United States
Join us for the Almond Variety Trials: 2025 Field Meeting at CSU, Chico Farm (TAKE-TWO!)
What: Walking tour of two UC almond variety field trials planted at the Chico State Farm. Varieties under evaluation include Yorizane, Shasta, Independence, Bennett-Hickman, and Pyrenees.
When: Wednesday May 28, coffee & check-in 7:30 – 8:00, field event 8:00 – 10:00 AM
Why: Evaluate the performance of new varieties for yourself to help you make a more informed tree buying decision.
Where: UC Regional Almond Variety Trials (est. 2014 and 2023) at CSU, Chico University Farm: search Google Maps for “Organic Vegetable Project (OVP)” (located at 311 Nicholas C Shouten Ln, Chico, CA). This will get you in the right direction, but you will need to continue driving past the OVP and greenhouses (GH, see below). These directions will have you enter the farm on Nicholas C Shouten Ln and stay straight continuing past the farm office/pavilion/dairy unit. However, continue straight past where the Google Maps directions end at the greenhouses (GH) and Organic Vegetable Project (OVP). You will continue straight towards the back of the farm (past a farm gate) until you can find parking along the almonds on your right-hand side. Park along the first almonds you see. Correct location.
Field meeting or variety questions? Call Luke Milliron (530) 828-9666

Prune Research Tour Part 1
2025-05-29 08:00 - 12:30 | CA
Join us for the Prune Research Tour Part 1!
When: May 29, 2025
Time: 8 AM – 12:30 PM
Where:
First Location: Russell Ranch 38°32’30.9″N 121°52’12.1″W
38.541909, -121.870032
Second Location: 38°35’01.9″N 121°57’00.2″W
38.583848, -121.950060
Third Location: 38°34’36.1″N 121°57’08.9″W
38.576680, -121.952458

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Third Tuesday: Things from the Field - North Sac Valley Groundwater and SGMA
2025-06-24 12:00 - 14:00 | Los Molnos Veteran’s Hall, 7980 Sherwood Blvd., Los Molinos, CA, 96055, United States
Join us for the N. Sac Valley Groundwater and SGMA meeting!
When: June 24, 2025
Time: 12 – 2 PM
Where: Los Molinos Vet’s Hall (7980 Sherwood Blvd, Los Molinos, CA 96055)
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Prune Research Tour Part 2
2025-07-15 08:00 - 12:00 | CA
Join us for the Prune Research Tour Part 2!

Walnut Field Day - Whole Orchard Recycling & Rootstock Demo
2025-07-18 08:30 - 22:30 | WOR2, 38.983253, -121.487070

Third Wednesday: Things from the Field - Prune Tree Killers
2025-08-06 11:30 - 13:00 | UCCE Glenn County, E. South St Orland, 821 E. South Street, Orland, 95963, United States

UC Davis Prune Breeding Summer Field Meeting
2025-08-07 09:30 - 11:00 | CA

Groundwater Management & Recharge Meeting
2025-11-20 09:00 - 12:00 | 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
Save the date and join us for a grower-focused information session on groundwater management and recharge!
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Third Thursday: Sacramento Valley Tree Crop IPM Review
2025-11-20 13:00 - 15:00 | 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
Save the date and join us for the Third Thursday: Sacramento Valley Tree Crop IPM Review !
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Almond Board of California Annual Conference
2025-12-10 08:00 - 2026-02-12 17:00 | CA
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
More details to come.

Yuba/Sutter Spray Safe
2026-01-14 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
Save the date and join us for the Yuba/Sutter Spray Safe!
January 14th in Yuba City.
More details to come.

North Sac Valley Prune Day
2026-02-26 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
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 | CA
Save the date and join us for the Sutter-Yuba Walnut Day!
March 4th in Yuba City.
More details to come.

North Sac Valley Walnut Day
2026-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
Save the date and join us for the North Sac Valley Walnut Day!
March 5th in Red Bluff.
More details to come.

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
