- Author: Mark Lundy
The 50th Colusa Farm Show will be held at the Colusa Fairgrounds from Feb. 3rd-5th. For a schedule of events, maps and other information go to:
http://www.colusafarmshow.com/
There will be a Crop Pollination Workshop held at the Colusa Farm Show on Feb. 3rd. The workshop is being presented by UCCE, Colusa County RCD, and the Xerces Society. An agenda for the workshop is available here:
- Author: Mark Lundy
There will be a UCCE-hosted processing tomato production meeting this Thursday, 1/8 at the Woodland Community Center (2001 East Street, Woodland 95776) from 8AM - Noon. The agenda is attached below. Hope to see you there!
- Author: Mark Lundy
Well, it' been raining!
Unfortunately, it has not been very well distributed across time. With so much rain coming all at once, many of our medium-to-heavy textured soils in the Sacramento Valley are saturated. Having seen a handful of wheat crops with partially submerged seedlings over the last few days, symptoms associated with waterlogging were on the mind. Here are some nice photos of the adverse effects of submergence on plant growth:
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/mycrop/waterlogging
Rain is the only way out of the drought, so let's not wish it away for too long, just long enough to keep some oxygen in the root zone!
- Author: Mark Lundy
With the summer season wrapping up, people are starting to look ahead to the wheat season. I talked to a grower recently about the timing of N demand for irrigated wheat grown in the Sacramento Valley. Based on the N rate and timing studies we began last year (and will continue this year), I put together a few figures that may be of interest in planning for the upcoming season.
The first is a depiction of the cumulative and daily demand for N by a high-yielding (7500 lb/acre) wheat crop with 11.5% protein.
This was based on measurements taken from last year's multiple N-rate, multiple N-timing study, where we grew Patwin (a hard white wheat) and Cal Rojo (a hard red wheat). It's important to note that the...
- Author: Mark Lundy
There will be a workshop outside of Arbuckle on the benefits of hedgerows for farms in the Sacramento Valley next Wednesday, 10/8 from 8:30-10:45.
Follow the links for more details on the AGENDA and a MAP to the location.
Hope to see you there!