UC Davis Prune Breeding Summer Field Meeting
2024-08-02 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 38.506855, -121.973882, Wolfskill Experimental Station (Prunes), Winters, United States
We will meet directly in the orchard (GPS: Navigate to Wintu Way, Winters, CA then follow the signs). We will walk around the block looking at the many promising cultivars the breeding program has to offer the industry. It is a very exciting time to see what the California Prune Board is sponsoring! RSVP is recommended but not required

Third Thursday: Things from the Field (July+Aug)
2024-08-08 11:30 - 13:30 | CSUC University Farm, 311 Nicholas C Shouten Ln, Chico, 95928, United States
Third Thursday is a monthly event in 2024 to meet Sac Valley orchard advisors and other industry members in a casual setting and get timely updates on issues we’ve been seeing in the field.
The next Third Thursday is scheduled to combined July and August as a field day this month:
August 8, 11:30 AM – 11:30 PM
CSU Chico University Farm
311 Nicholas C Shouten Ln., Chico CA
Meet in the parking lot by the Pavilion at 11:30
Orchard management topics:
The first hour will feature lunch, a UCCE talk and Q&A on an orchard topic relevant to the time of year. In August, Dr. Pat J. Brown will discuss the UC Davis Walnut Improvement Program and tour the newly planted walnut variety trial at the CSUC University Farm
Open discussion:
After the talk, bring observations, questions, and pictures about your orchards for UCCE advisors and the group to address.

Prune Short Course
2024-10-28 08:00 - 2024-10-29 17:00 | Foundation Plant Services, 501 Hopkins Rd, Davis, CA, United States
Please join the Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center for the Prune Short Course on October 29th and 30th, 2024! We’ll cover everything from how climate change affects prune trees to new varieties and their bearing differences.
This course is designed for Prune Growers and Processors, PCAs, and CCAs. Make sure to register before October 25h, 2024!
Topics include:

Water Relations
Dormancy and Chilling
Fruit Growth, Sunburn, and Thinning
New Varieties and Bearing Differences
Climate Change

Please contact fruitsandnuts@ucdavis.edu with any questions about course content.

CEUs applied for

3.5 Other – DPR
3.5 IPM
1 Nutrient Management – CCA

Agenda
Day 1 – 10/29/2024
8:00 – 8:30 Coffee and Introductions
8:30 – 9:30 Physiology – Ted DeJong
9:30-10:30 Water Relations – Ken Shackel
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Nutrition – Ted DeJong
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Dormancy and Chilling – Katherine Jarvis-Shean
1:30-3:00 Fruit Growth, Sunburn, Thinning – Franz Niederholzer
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:45 Climate Change – Ted DeJong
3:45-5:00 Diseases – Jim Adaskaveg and Jamie Ott

Day 2 – 10/30/2024
7:45-8:00 Coffee
8:00-8:45 Topsin – Themis Michailides
8:45-9:30 Rootstocks and Nematodes – Andreas Westphal and Luke Milliron
9:30-10:30 Entomology – Jhalendra Rijal
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Pruning/Hedging – Becky Wheeler-Dykes
11:45-12:15 New varieties – Bearing differences – Ted DeJong and Sarah Castro
12:15-1:15 Lunch
Afternoon In the field

2024 Orchard IPM Post-Mortem
2024-11-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Rocco’s Banquet Hall, 538 Main St., Colusa, CA, 95932
UCCE farm advisors will talk about IPM problems they encountered over the 2024 season and invite others to share their experiences and any significant challenges.

Sacramento Valley Orchard Pest Postmortem, 2024
Thursday, November 12, 2024
Rocco’s Banquet Hall; 546 Market St, Colusa, CA 95932
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Free event, but please register here so we don’t run out of coffee
2.0 hours of PCA CE hours (“other”) approved
2.0 hours of CCA CE (pest management) approved
Thank you to the Almond Board of California for supporting this meeting

9:00 am
Registration/Coffee
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Insect and mite pests in orchard crops-2024
Franz Niederholzer & Sudan Gyawaly
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Farm Advisor Pest/Disease/Weed Updates
Becky Wheeler-Dykes, Jaime Ott, Katherine Jarvis-Shean, Luke Milliron, and Ryan Hill
11:15- 12:00 am ─ Q &A/Final discussion
12:00 pm ─ Adjourn
IPM Postmortum Meeting Agenda_11.12.24

Sacramento Valley Orchard Sanitation Check-up
2024-12-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Nickel’s Soil Lab Estate, 38.965391, -122.077322
Sacramento Valley Orchard Sanitation Check-up
Registration link coming

Friday, December 20, 2024
Nickels Soil Lab, Marine Ave (0.75 mi west of Wildwood)
10:00 am – 11:00 am
1.0 hour of PCA CE hours (“other”) requested
1.0 hour of CCA CE (pest management) hours approved

9:45 am ─ Registration/Coffee
10-10:30 am ─ Orchard sanitation review: what’s important (Franz Niederholzer/ Sudan Gyawaly)
10:30-11:00 am ─ Flail mower demonstration for hard-shell almond destruction
11:00 pm ─ Adjourn

California Walnut Conference
2025-01-09 | Yuba/Sutter Fairgrounds, 442 Franklin Ave, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
California Walnut Board & Commission and West Coast Nut will host the California Walnut Conference on Jan 9, 2025. Registration details and agenda to come closer to the date

2025 North Valley Nut Conference
2025-01-15 08:00 - 12:00 | Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St, Chico, CA, 95928, United States
Save the date for 2025 North Valley Nut Conference:
When: January 15, 2025
Time: 8 AM – 12 PM
Where: Silver Dollar Fairgrounds
2357 Fair St, Chico, CA 95928
7 AM- Registration and Trade Show
8 AM- Nut Production and SGMA: A Panel Discussion
8:30 AM- Butte and Glenn County Ag Commissioner Updates
9 AM- Nut Tree Buying Decisions with IPM in Mind
9:30 AM- Trade Show Break
10:30 AM- When Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees: Practical Tips from Bankers
11:30 AM- Almond and Walnut Board Flash Updates
12 PM- Lunch
REGISTER HERE

January Third Thursday: Things from the Field
2025-01-16 12:30 - 14:30 | Sutter-Yuba UCCE Office, 142A Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
Third Thursday is a monthly event continuing in 2025 to meet Sac Valley orchard advisors and other industry members in a casual setting and get timely updates on issues we’ve been seeing in the field.
The next Third Thursday is:
January 16, 12:30-2:30 PM
UCCE Sutter-Yuba
142A Garden Hwy, Yuba City, CA
Register at this link
Orchard management topics:
The first hour will feature lunch, a UCCE talk and Q&A on an orchard topic relevant to the time of year. In January, Dr. Domena Agyeman will discuss how to use UC cost studies for walnut and peach, and demonstrate how to utilize the excel versions of cost studies to customize the results for your own operation. We’ll be using the walnut cost study as an example, but these techniques can be applied to any commodity cost study.
Open discussion:
After the talk, there will be a continued Q&A session about cost studies, or an opportunity to share observations, questions, and pictures of your orchards for UCCE advisors and the group to address

2025 UCCE Colusa Almond Grower Meeting
2025-01-28 08:00 - 12:30 | Arbuckle Golf Club, 5918 Hillgate Rd, Arbuckle, CA, 95912, United States
Save the date for 2025 UCCE Colusa Almond Grower Meeting!
When: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time: 8 AM – 12:30 PM
Where: Arbuckle Golf Club
5918 Hillgate Rd, Arbuckle, CA 95912

North Sacramento Valley Prune Day
2025-02-03 07:30 - 13:00 | Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff, CA, 96080, United States
Save the date for 2025 North Sacramento Valley Prune Day:
When: Monday, February 3, 2025
Time: 7:30 AM – 1 PM
Where: Red Bluff Elk Lodge
355 Gilmore Rd. Red Bluff, CA 96080
REGISTER HERE

Sutter-Yuba Peach Day 2025
2025-02-04 12:15 - 14:30 | 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
When: Tuesday Feb 4, 2025
Where: Sutter Co UCCE office, 142A Garden Highway, Yuba City
Time: 12:15 – 2:30 PM
REGISTER HERE: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=45390

Central Valley Winter Cling Peach Meeting
2025-02-05 09:00 - 23:00 | CA
Save the Date for Central Valley Cling Peach Meeting! Agenda and more details to follow
When: Wednesday Feb 5, 2025
Where: Merced (location TBD)
Time: 9 – 11 AM

Sacramento Valley Pistachio Meeting
2025-02-19 08:00 - 12:00 | Woodland Community College, 2300 E. Gibson Rd, Woodland, 95776, United States
Save the date for Sacramento Valley Pistachio Meeting!
When: February 19, 2025
Time: 8 AM – 12 PM
Where: Woodland Community College
2300 E. Gibson Rd., Woodland, CA 95776

Agenda and registration link to follow closer to the date

Third Thursday: Things from the Field - Groundwater and SGMA
2025-02-20 11:30 - 13:30 | Glenn County Farm Bureau, 831 5th St, Orland, CA, 95963
Scan QR code to register or CLICK HERE

North Sacramento Olive Day
2025-02-21 07:30 - 12:00 | Glenn Success Square – Conference Center, 131 E Walker Street, Orland, California, 95963
Save the date for the North Sac Olive Day!
When: Friday, February 21, 2025
Time: 7:30 AM – 12 PM
Where: Glenn Success Square,
131 E. Walker Street, Orland, CA
REGISTER HERE

South Sacramento Valley Prune Meeting
2025-02-25 08:00 - 12:00 | 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
When: February 25, 2025
Time: 8 AM – 12 PM
Where: 142A Garden Hwy, Yuba City, CA
REGISTER HERE

Almond Board Workshop: Pest Identification
2025-02-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Glenn Success Square – Conference Center, 131 E Walker Street, Orland, California, 95963
Save the date for Almond Board Pest Update!
When: March 11, 2025
Time: 9 AM – 11 AM
Where: Orland, Glenn Success Conference Center
131 E Walker St, Orland, CA 95963
REGISTER HERE
Workshop meant to focus on pest identification and windrow sampling for assessing pest damage at end of growing season.

Organic Weed Management Meeting
2025-03-01 08:00 - 2025-03-04 12:30 | Woodland Community College, 2300 E. Gibson Rd, Woodland, 95776, United States
Save the date for Organic Weed Management Meeting!
When: March 4, 2025
Time: 8 AM – 12:30 PM
Where: Woodland Community College
Building 800 Community Room
2300 E. Gibson Rd., Woodland, CA 95776
REGISTER HERE

Lake County Walnut Update
2025-03-04 08:00 - 14:00 | 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport, CA, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport, CA, 95453, United States
2025 LAKE COUNTY WALNUT UPDATE
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
Scotts Valley Women’s Club, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport, CA
1.0 hour Laws and 1.5 hours Other DPR CEUs

Registration Link (Registration is free ):
https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=45581

Registration is required for better planning.
Breakfast, Refreshments, and Lunch will be provided.

CONTACT:
Clebson Gonçalves (goncalves@ucanr.edu)

UCCE Sutter-Yuba Walnut Day
2025-03-05 07:45 - 13:00 | Veteran’s Hall, 1425 Veterans Memorial Cir, Yuba City, CA, 95993, United States
REGISTER AT THIS LINK

Presentation archive:
02 – Gyawaly_SpiderMites
03 – Shackel_WalnutIrrigation
04 – Jarvis-Shean_Rest-Break Walnuts
05 – Hanson_WeedMgmtUpdate
06 – Reyes_WholeOrchardRecycling

North Sacramento Valley Walnut Day
2025-03-06 08:00 - 13:00 | Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff, CA, 96080, United States
Save the date for the North Sacramento Valley Walnut Day!
When: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Time: 7:30 AM – 1 PM
Where: Red Bluff Elks Lodge,
355 Gilmore Rd., Red Bluff, CA
REGISTER HERE

Sac-Solano-Yolo Walnut Meeting
2025-03-12 08:00 - 12:00 | Woodland Community College, 2300 E. Gibson Rd, Woodland, 95776, United States
Save the date for Sac-Solano-Yolo Walnut Meeting!
When: March 12, 2025
Time: 8 AM – 12 PM
Where: Woodland Community College, Bldg 800
2300 E. Gibson Rd, Woodland, CA 95776

Sac-Solano-Yolo Almond Meeting
2025-03-27 13:00 - 17:00 | Woodland Community College, 2300 E. Gibson Rd, Woodland, 95776, United States
Save the date for Sac-Solano-Yolo Almond Meeting!
When: March 27, 2025
Time: 1 PM – 5 PM
Where: Woodland Community College
2300 E. Gibson Rd., Woodland, CA 95776

Agenda and registration link to follow closer to the date

Ag Legacy Symposium: Preparing the Farm and Ranch for the Next Generation
2025-03-27 17:00 - 20:00 | Sutter-Yuba UCCE Office, 142A Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
Overview
This evening symposium will be held on March 27, 2025 from 5-8 pm in Yuba City to prepare farms, ranches, and agri-businesses, big or small, for the transition to the next generation. The session will cover legal aspects, financial topics, political factors, family dynamics, and provide real life scenarios to consider incorporating into succession plans.
This symposium is geared for those who need to kick start their estate plan, those with plans under development or those looking to refine their plan!
If you cannot attend this time and are interested in a future session please email:
Andrea Warner, UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor in Placer, Nevada, Yuba, and Sutter Counties at alnwarner@ucanr.edu or
Clarissa Reyes, UCCE Orchards Advisor in Sutter-Yuba, Butte, Placer counties at clareyes@ucanr.edu.

Event details & registration

AG LEGACY SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, March 27, 2025
UC Cooperative Extension Office
142A Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA
Check-in: 5:00 pm
Program start: 5:30 pm
Dinner will be served
>> CLICK HERE TO REGISTER <<

Featured presentations

Building Your Plan: Navigating Options, Legal Requirements & Minimizing Taxes
Amanda Pedrett and Mindi Reid, Partners at Hyatt McIntire & Associates
An estate plan is not one-size-fits-all. Farmers and ranchers face unique challenges in this area. Our firm serves farmers, ranchers, and businesses to develop customized estate plans and navigate the legal processes. During this presentation they will share case studies with options for participants to consider as they embark on establishing or revising their plans.
“I enjoy simplifying the estate planning process for clients,” states Mindi. “As an estate planning attorney and agriculture advocate who grew up helping my family operate our ranch, I skillfully prioritize client goals and provide the right combination of advice and support to give peace of mind in matters that often cause distress or uncertainty.”
This duo’s presentation will cover tactical, legal and emotional topics that can help farmers ranchers and Agri-business owners refine their current plans or even being the estate planning process.
“Our goal at Hyatt McIntire & Associates is to help people control their lives and assets through thoughtful and customized legal documents,” states Amanda. “I use my background in agriculture, my passion for protecting and improving the lives of local farmers and ranchers, and my legal knowledge to craft customized plans that will give my clients peace of mind that they have reduced uncertainty and legal expenses for family members at a later date.”

Prop 19 Real Impacts to Family Farms and Ranches
Tracy Schor, UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
California voters approved proposition 19 in November of 2020, significantly affecting certain types of real property transfers. The measure has a narrow exclusion for family farm transfers that you should consider during your Ag Legacy planning. “Just when you think you have wrapped up a generational transfer, don’t be surprised by letter from the Board of Equalization and a higher tax bills from your county tax accessor, that are triggered by values, and land ownership structures,” states Tracy Schohr, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor in Plumas, Sierra and Butte Counties.

Tools for Estate Planning: Communication and Conservation
Tim Koopmann, Rancher in Alameda County
In the middle of California’s Bay Area, Tim Koopmann’s 850-acre family ranch is nestled between a golf course named after an endangered species, commuter-packed Interstate Highway 680 and ranchettes on what used to be working rangelands. Tim will share about the challenges endured in the 1990s, following the passing of his parents and grappling with the option to sell the ranch. The estate taxes on the small working ranch, in an area with some of the nation’s most expensive land, reached nearly $750,000 (today that tax would be millions).
“Our family has faced the difficult decision all farmers and ranchers will face if they don’t have an estate plan. Since my parents and grandparents failed to plan, I have had to sell hundreds of acres of irrigated lands in the Central Valley and enter into a permanent conservation agreement in order to preserve our family heritage,” states Tim Koopmann. “I have taken a much different approach to estate planning and communication for the next generation – to sustain future generational transfers.”

Third Thursday: Things from the Field - Managing Burrowing Rodents
2025-04-03 11:30 - 13:30 | 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
Click here for Roger’s presentation slides

California Statewide Olive Seminar (Online)
2025-04-04 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
California Statewide Olive Seminar, April 4
The online seminar, a series of presentations from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., is sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension and UC Integrated Pest Management Program.
7:55 a.m. Welcome and Introduction – Cindy Kron, UC Cooperative Extension North Coast IPM Advisor
8 a.m. Olive Fruit Fly: Testing Organic and Conventional Pesticides for Registration – Cindy Kron
9 a.m. Irrigation Management Strategies for Olive Orchards in California – Giulia Marino, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
9:30 a.m. Mitigation of Alternate Bearing of Table Olives – Elizabeth Fichtner, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor for Tulare County
10 a.m. BREAK
10:15 a.m. Macro- and Micro-Fertilization in Olive – Richard Rosecrance, Professor, California State University, Chico
11:15 a.m. Mechanical Harvest of Table Olives: An Update – Becky Wheeler-Dykes, UCCE Orchard Systems and Weed Ecology Farm Advisor for Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties
11:45 a.m. Yield and quality of olives and olive oil – Selina Wang, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension at UC Davis
12:15 p.m. UC Davis Olive Center Updates and Programming – Javier A Fernandez Salvador, Director of UC Davis Olive Center
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Walnut Dormancy Field Day
2025-04-11 11:30 | CA
Join us for a Walnut Dormancy Field Day!
When: April 11, 2025
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Where: HWY 45, 2 miles north of Glenn, between Sidds Rd & Co Road 48
(39.547248, -122.008529)
REGISTER HERE

Almond Variety Trials: 2025 Field Meeting
2025-04-30 09:00 - 11:00 | CA
Almond Variety Trials: 2025 Field Meeting
Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchards Advisor, Butte, Glenn, Tehama Counties
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 April 30, 9-11 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 (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 and Organic Vegetable Project. 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. Correct location: maps.app.goo.gl/QsKwCn99k94E9qgo7
Registration: Click here or google search for “Almond Board Events”, click “Upcoming Events” scroll down to “4/30 Regional Variety Trial Field Day – Chico”
Field meeting or variety questions? Call Luke Milliron (530) 828-9666

UC AgExpert Webinars for CEUs
2025-04-30 15:00 - 16:00 | CA
Attend UC IPM webinars tackling various pest management challenges. Expand your knowledge and earn continuing education units. Register today!
Integrated Soil Health Management: A Framework to Develop Non-fumigant-based Soilborne Disease Management Systems
April 30, 2025 (3:00 to 4:00 pm)

Dr. Joji Muramoto, Cooperative Extension Specialist, UC Santa Cruz will discuss the history of soil-borne disease management in California strawberries and contrast it with a history of arthropod pest management to illustrate challenges associated with soil-borne disease management and the future directions of soil health research and soil-borne disease management.
Continuing education units: DPR other (1), CCA IPM (1) were approved
REGISTER HERE for APRIL 30

Mealybug Management in Citrus Orchards in California
May 21, 2025 (3:00 to 4:00 pm)
Dr. Sandipa Gautam, Cooperative Extension Area Citrus IPM Advisor, Lindcove Research and Extension Center, will discuss citrus mealybug and how it has become a pest of concern for citrus growers in California in recent years. This webinar will discuss the biology and seasonal ecology of this pest, scouting and monitoring techniques, and best management options for its sustainable management.
Continuing education units: DPR other (1), CCA IPM (1) were approved.
REGISTER HERE for MAY 21

Considerations for Cover Crops and Weed Management
March 19, 2025 (3:00 to 4:00 pm)
Sarah E. Light, University of California Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba County, will give an overview of both summer and winter cover crop management for optimized weed control. She will include potential herbicide savings from reduced application, risks when termination goes wrong, and weed management considerations when implementing cover crops. Sarah will share results from multiple sites and years in the Sacramento Valley and will discuss the impact of cover crop variety and weather on weed pressure.
Continuing education units: DPR other (1), CCA IPM (1) were approved

Kiwi grower meeting: vine cankers
2025-05-01 13:00 - 14:00 | 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, 95991, United States
>> CLICK TO REGISTER
