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.

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.

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 →

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.

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 →

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 →

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

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

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

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