UC Rice Blog

Note: these meetings are being held by Corteva, Valent, and Gowan...

White Water Fire (Bergia capensis) From Butte County Agricultural Commissioner's office: A weed sample collected in Butte County on September 19, 2023, was submitted to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) botany lab for identification.

This year we saw severe blast in some areas of the Valley. I did not see any leaf blast during tillering and only noticed blast during heading. After talking with some growers and PCAs, it seems that this was common in several areas.

Richvale: Tuesday, January 9, 8:00 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale Willows: Tuesday, January 9, 1:00 pm, Glenn County Office of Education, 311 South Villa Avenue, Willows Colusa: Wednesday, January 10, 8:00 am, CIP Conference Room, 100 Sunrise Blvd.

I wrote in a previous Newsletter article about some new research we are doing testing no-till drill seeded rice production. Why are we doing this? It is one way to save considerable amounts of irrigation water. We estimate that up to 0.5 ac ft/ac of water could be saved.