This calendar is composed of outreach events related to agricultural management practices that align with FREP’s mission. To add an outreach event, contact us at frep@cdfa.ca.gov.
| 7:00 | Registration |
| 7:30 | Continuing Education Requirements and License Renewal CAPCA Staff, CAPCA Ed |
| 7:45 | Results of Weed Steaming and Non-Synthetic Herbicide Trials
Cheryl Wilen, UC State IPM Program & UCCE |
| 8:30 | Mosquitoes in our Community
Marbella Camargo, San Bernardino County, Department of Public Health |
| 9:00 | Break |
| 9:15 | Too Much Water: Turf Drainage and Runoff
Bill Baker, William Bakers & Associates |
| 10:00 | Surface Water Regulations Update
Jahan Motakef, Department of Pesticide Regulations |
| 10:45 | Rust Diseases, their Identification and Control
Jerry Turney, Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner |
| 11:45 | Lunch |
| 12:30 | Use of Mulch and Soil Amendments for Disease Suppression
Janet Hartin, UC Cooperative Extension, San Bernardino, Riverside & Los Angeles Counties |
| 1:15 | Biology and Management of Urban Coyotes
Jim Hartman, Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner |
| 2:00 | Common Turf Diseases in Southern California and Their Control
Jim Baird, UC Riverside |
| 2:45 | Goldspotted Oak Borer Update
Kim Corella, Cal Fire |
| 3:30 | Meeting Ends – Thank you for attending |
Estimating yield is both important and difficult. Accurate projections of crop size are necessary for both logistical and financial planning. Growers will share their experience and wisdom when it comes to estimating a crop including their methods, tips and techniques. Different methods will be compared and discussed. We will also dip into the theory behind making estimates.
Confirmed Speakers:
Bart Haycraft, Vineyard Manager, Jackson Family Wines- Los Alamos
Craig Macmillan, Ph.D., Technical Program Manager, Vineyard Team
SIP Certified Standards:
The content of this workshop applies to SIP Certified® Standard 10.1.4
3.0 CCA CEUs applied for
Free for Members/$30 for Non-members
Fertilizer and Irrigation
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Fertilizer and Irrigation
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Fertilizer and Irrigation
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Morning in English and afternoon in Spanish. FLYER 2019
The workshop key learnings will be:
• Identify and understand the role of plant nutrients in plant growth and their role in plant growth.
• Identify plant nutrient deficiency and toxicity symptoms.
• Understand the sources and movement of fertilizers in a nursery production system.
• Develop the groundwork for optimizing fertilizer use in a container nursery operation.
The workshop key learnings include:
• Have a working knowledge of fertilizer types.
• Choose the proper fertilizer(s) to optimize plant growth and have a sustainable operation
• Use fertilizers properly to optimize nutrient uptake into plants
• Monitor media and water quality
• Develop a record keeping program to track production with fertilizer usage
About this Event
**CEUs offered**
Workshop will cover:
1) how to choose the right kind of compost for your operation,
2) how to set up a compost spreader,
3) how to calibrate a compost spreader to ensure you are applying the rate you intend,
4) tomato yield and soil health outcomes of compost incorporation.
Learn more about the work the West Hills College Coalinga Farm of the Future is doing to educate the next generation of agriculturalists. Topics include: Healthy soils, product application by drone, irrigation efficiency, hyperspectral soil sampling, and industrial. All agricultural industry leaders invited! Register at http://tiny.cc/openfarm
PLEASE NOTE: This event is open to Farmers and Private Landowners who are actively engaged in crop or livestock production.
Join us for a Field Day and Farm Tour at River Garden Farms! Improving soil health can increase crop yield, attract beneficial insects, and lower your bottom line. Cover crops do all this and contribute to greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. Come, learn the ins and outs of cover cropping!
FEATURED TOPICS
- COVER CROPS are an amazing alternative to leaving your field fallow after harvest. Often applied as a mix of different plant seeds, cover crops help return N to the soil and reduce the amount of synthetic fertilizer needed
- NITROGEN MANAGEMENT changes when you install a cover crop. Learn how to estimate how much nitrogen is returning to the soil from the cover crop and incorporate that into your nitrogen budget.
- PEST CONTROL including using non-chemical methods in annual cropping systems with an emphasis on rice systems
FEATURED SPEAKERS
- Dominic Bruno, River Garden Farms
- Scott Park, Park Farm Organics
- Tom Johnson, Kamprath Seed Company
- Wendy Rash, Solano NRCS
- Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE Sutter/Yuba
The 2017 Healthy Soils Demonstration Project is funded by Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds and is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment.