Using a Pressure Chamber to Manage Irrigation

Glenn County Farm Bureau 831 5th St, Orland, CA

The University of California Cooperative Extension invites fruit and nut crop producers to participate in a free training opportunity. This workshop will offer classroom teaching and field experience. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn to use a pressure chamber on different nut and fruit crops, work with different types of pressure chambers and learn about a new app that speeds up the monitoring process.

Free, RSVP required

Airblast Sprayer Calibration Field Day

Nickel's Soil Lab Estate 38.965391, -122.077322

A sprayer calibration workshop, co-sponsored by BASF and University of California Cooperative Extension, will be held Tuesday, April 25 from 7:30AM -1:00PM at the Nickels Soil Lab (Green Bay site) in Arbuckle.

Free

Prune Thinning Meeting

Save the Date!  Friday AM, April 28 Looks like a decent to good prune crop in the Yuba City area. With pit hardening started already, it will soon be reference date and time to count fruit and decide if shaker … Continue reading

IPM Breakfast – Glenn

Join Emily Symmes (Sacramento Valley IPM Advisor) for the Monthly IPM Breakfast Meeting. The meetings will rotate throughout the Sacramento Valley & cover timely pest management topics. All growers, PCAs, and CCAs are welcome to join in the discussion.

no host breakfast

Nickels Field Day

Nickel's Soil Lab Estate 38.965391, -122.077322

Morning, May 10th. We'll meet at the Green Bay Road location in Arbuckle. Full agenda will be posted when available. Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Green Bay Rd., Arbuckle, CA 1.0 hour PCA CE credits requested 2.5 hours CCA CE credit … Continue reading

Free

IPM Breakfast – Butte

Red Rooster Cafe 9418 Midway B, Durham, CA, United States

June 13, 2017. Join Emily Symmes (Sacramento Valley IPM Advisor) for the Monthly IPM Breakfast Meeting. The meetings will rotate throughout the Sacramento Valley & cover timely pest management topics. All growers, PCAs, and CCAs are welcome to join in the discussion.

no host breakfast

Almond Variety Trial Field Day

Chico State University Farm Pavilion 311 Nicholas C Shouten Ln, Chico, CA

The northern location of the Regional Almond Variety Trial is hosted by Chico State University at the University Farm. Come by the farm at 9 a.m. to hear about the newest varieties, see some of the preliminary data, and judge which trees you want in your next orchard.

Free

IPM Breakfast – Colusa

Granzella's Restaurant 451 6th Street, Williams, CA, United States

July 11, 2017. Join Emily Symmes (Sacramento Valley IPM Advisor) for the Monthly IPM Breakfast Meeting. The meetings will rotate throughout the Sacramento Valley & cover timely pest management topics. All growers, PCAs, and CCAs are welcome to join in the discussion.

no host breakfast

Advances in Prune Production

Ord Bend Community Hall 3241 CA-45, Glenn, CA, United States

The latest research and how it impacts your management practices. The meeting will include researcher presentations (30-45 minutes each) followed by Question and Answer sessions (30-45 minutes) to help growers and PCAs plan to apply research results ahead of the pruning season.

$25 – $35

Advances in Pistachio Production Short Course

Visalia Convention Center 303 E Acequia Ave., Visalia, CA, United States

November 14-16, 2017 in Visalia, CA. This course is designed for orchard decision makers, and covers the basic science, not as experimental data, but as accepted science that supports current and developing production practices including regional differences.

$900

Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Meeting

Chico Veteran's Memorial Hall 554 Rio Lindo Ave, Chico, CA, United States

Friday, November 17th, 2017, 8:00am – 12:00pm Chico Veteran's Memorial Hall, please see map below. 3 hours DPR CE units “other” Approved, 3 Hours CCA “IPM” pending. Agenda: 8:00 – 8:30am                     Registration & Welcome 8:30 – 9:00am                      2017 Insect & … Continue reading

Free

23rd Annual Sacramento Valley Cling Peach Day

Sutter-Yuba UCCE Office 142A Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA, United States

January 4th, 2018. Save the date; agenda will be posted when available.

Free

Butte-Glenn-Tehama Walnut and Almond Day

Silver Dollar Fairgrounds 2357 Fair St, Chico, CA, United States

January 31st, 2018 - Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico, CA. Keep reading for full agenda.

Tehama County Walnut Meeting

Red Bluff Elks Lodge 355 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff, CA, United States

February 2nd, 2018, Elk's Lodge, Red Bluff.

$15

Yolo-Solano-Sacramento Almond Meeting

Yolo County Agricultural Department 70 Cottonwood Street, Woodland, CA, United States

February 6th, 2018, 8:00-noon. Save the date! More information and the agenda will be posted closer to the event.

Free