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Advances in Organic Weed Management Workshop

March 4, 2025, 8 am – 12:30 pm

@ Woodland Community College

Building 800 Community Room

2300 E. Gibson Road, Woodland

 

4 hours DPR CE credits requested

3.5 hours CCA CE credits approved

 

Free event

Lunch included

Please, RSVP here

 

8:15 AM Introduction

     Margaret Lloyd, UCCE Small Farms Advisor, Yolo, Solano Sacramento Counties.

8:25 AM Weed control 101: Why? When? How?

     Brad Hanson, UCCE Weed Science Extension Specialist

8:50 AM Fundamental management of weed seed banks

     Steve Fennimore, UCCE Weed Science Extension Specialist

9:30 AM In-row weed management in warm season vegetables with smart or simple cultivators

     C. Scott Stoddard, UCCE Vegetable Crops Advisor, Merced County

9:50 AM. Break

10:10 AM. Electrical weed control in California organic almond orchards

     Tong Zhen, Ph.D. Candidate, UC Davis Plant Sciences

10:35 AM. Native hedgerows as a weed management tool

     Justin Valliere, UCCE Specialist in Invasive Weed & Restoration Ecology

10:55 AM. Grower panel and Q & A

Weed management on a diversified farm: Stale seed beds, power harrow and more.

     Paul Underhill, Terra Firma Farm

Using steam, occultation and other tools for weed management on small farms.  

     Hope Sippola, Fiery Ginger Farm

The precision tine harrow: a game changer for large and small-scale vegetable farms

     Jan Velilla, UC Davis Student Farm Manager  (formerly Full Belly Farm)

11:40 AM. Equipment Demonstrations: Electric weeder, hand-scale tine harrow, farm-ng Amiga with weeding implements, Terrateck double wheel finger weeder and more

12:15 pm LUNCH

Organic Weed Management poster 2025(1)