SJC and Delta Field Crops

The annual UC Davis Alfalfa and Small Grains Field Day will take place on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the Department of Plant Sciences Field Facility (2400 Hutchison Drive, Davis, CA 95616). Registration opens at 7:30am, and the wagons leave for the field at 8am.

UC Cooperative Extension collaborates with the California Rice Experiment Station to evaluate commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines. The San Joaquin County Delta location was one of seven locations in the 2022 statewide trial.

Thankfully, 2022 was not a bad year for rice diseases, but it is worth mentioning a couple of observations. Overall, there was very little blast this year. In the Sacramento Valley, UCCE did not diagnose any blast in the field but did receive a couple reports of it after harvest.

(Post has been updated to add the Delta Pear Research Meeting, #4.) I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and safe new year. Here are a few upcoming meetings to bring to your attention. 1.

UC Cooperative Extension will host the SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2023 from 8:00am to 11:30am. The meeting location is the Cabral Agricultural Center in Stockton (2101 E. Earhart Ave., Stockton, CA 95206).