- Author: Mercy Olmstead
- Author: Michael Cahn
Join us for the 2025 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Workshop and Cover Crop Field Day!
DAY/DATE: | Wednesday, February 19, 2025 |
TIME: |
7:55 am to 3:00 pm |
LOCATION: |
Agriculture Conference Room, 1432 Abbott St Salinas CA 93901 |
Free Workshop + Pizza
We are excited to invite you to our UCCE Annual Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting, designed to help growers like you optimize your crop production and sustainability practices for the upcoming season.
Whether you're a seasoned grower or new to irrigation and nutrient management, this meeting offers valuable insights and practical solutions for all. You'll also have the chance to network with fellow growers and industry experts.
Agenda:
7:30 AM |
Sign-in and Refreshments |
7:55 AM |
Introduction/Welcome |
8:00 AM |
Using Sudangrass as a Low Biomass Winter Cover Crop for Controlling Runoff and Erosion in Vegetable Systems |
8:25 AM |
Validating OpenET Satellite Measurements of Water Use of Broccoli and Lettuce |
8:50 AM |
Monterey County Water Resource Agency's Groundwater Monitoring Program: Data Collection and Reporting |
9:15 AM |
SGMA Perspectives on Water Use Efficiency |
9:40 AM |
Water and Nitrogen Management Field Trials in Broccoli |
10:05 AM |
BREAK |
10:20 AM |
Cover Crop Strategies for Complying with Ag Order 4.0 A-R targets |
10:45 AM |
Ag Order Progress and Requirements for the Upcoming Year |
11:10 AM |
UCANR Nitrogen and Irrigation Initiative: Helping Growers By Providing Technical Assistance |
11:25 AM |
Grower Panel: Practical Experiences in Using Cover Crops in Vegetable Systems |
12:10 PM |
Lunch - Enjoy some free pizza and salad! |
1:30 PM |
Cover Crop Field Day (Travel to USDA-ARS Spence Farm) |
3:00 PM | ADJOURN |
CCA continuing education credits have been requested.
For more information, contact Michael Cahn @ 831-759-7377, email: mdcahn@ucdavis.edu
/span>- Author: Michael D Cahn
CropManage Hands-on Workshop
Bringing Irrigation and Nutrient Management Decision-Support to the Field
Date: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Location: Animal Services Center
Address: 12425 Monterey Road, San Martin, CA 95046
- Learn how to use CropManage to support irrigation and nutrient management decisions and record-keeping for your crops
- Learn about the latest updates to CropManage
- Learn how CropManage can assist with reporting requirements for Ag Order 4.0
CropManageis a free online decision-support tool for water and nutrient management of vegetables, berry, agronomic, and tree crops. Based on in-depth research and field studies conducted by the University of California Cooperative Extension, CropManage provides real-time recommendations for efficient and timely irrigation and fertilization applications while maintaining or improving overall yield.
At this free workshop, we will provide hands-on training so that you can learn to use the newest version of CropManage. Crops currently supported include many vegetables (carrots, cabbage, celery, broccoli, lettuce, tomato, spinach, etc.), berry crops (raspberry and strawberry), tree crops (almond, walnut, pistachio, prunes, and pear), and agronomic crops (alfalfa and corn). CropManage is also available in Spanish.
Who should participate? Growers, farm managers, other farm staff, crop advisors, consultants, and technical service providers are welcome. The workshop is for both new and current CropManage users. Spanish translation will be available. Lunch will be provided.
What to bring? This is a participatory workshop. Please bring a tablet or laptop computer so that you can follow along and participate in the exercises. Each participant will need a user account for CropManage. Please set up a free user account at https://cropmanage.ucanr.edu/ before the workshop. Please arrive early to set up your laptop or tablet computer on the wifi and get logged on to CropManage.
Registration is free: Please register here
by March 28th, 2023. Seats are limited to the first 40 registrants.
Agenda
9:30 – 10:00 am |
Registration and computer set-up |
10:00 – 10:30 am |
Introduction |
10:30 – 12:00 pm |
Getting started with CropManage |
12:00 to 12:30 pm |
Lunch break |
12:30 – 1:15 pm |
Using CropManage for decision support and record-keeping |
1:15 – 2:00 pm |
Group exercise |
2:00 – 2:30 pm |
Discussion / Q&A / wrap up |
CropManage Hands on Workshop Santa Clara County 2023 English
2023 CropManage Hands on Workshop Santa Clara County Spanish
- Author: Michael Cahn
- Author: Richard Smith
Tuesday, February 23;
7:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Habrá traducción al Español
Registration Cost: $10
Registration Link: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=32769
7:55 Introduction
8:00 Woodchip bioreactors for removal of nitrate and pesticides from tile drainage.
Pam Krone-Davis, California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
8:30 Nitrogen mineralization from organic fertilizers and composts
Daniel Geisseler, UC Davis
9:00 Improving the efficiency of drip germination of lettuce and weed control.
Michael Cahn and Richard Smith, UC Cooperative Extension
9:30 Using weather-based irrigation scheduling for optimizing red cabbage production.
Lee Johnson, NASA Ames Research Center-CSUMB
10:00 Break
10:15 Update on Ag Order 4.0.
Matt Keeling, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
10:45 Development of N removal coefficients for vegetables on the central coast
Richard Smith, UC Cooperative Extension
11:15 New approaches for using Polyacrylamide (PAM) for mitigating sediment and pesticides in irrigation runoff.
Michael Cahn, UC Cooperative extension
11:45 Using high-carbon compost for reducing nitrate leaching during the winter.
Richard Smith, UC Cooperative Extension
12:00 Adjourn
CCA & DPR continuing education credits have been requested
- Author: Michael D Cahn
- Author: Richard Smith
Monterey County Agricultural Center
1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA
Tuesday, February 26
7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
7:45 Registration (free)
8:00 Production of organic baby spinach using buried drip irrigation
Ali Montazar, Irrigation Advisor UCCE, Imperial and Riverside Counties
8:30 Mitigating pesticides and sediments in tail water using polyacrylamide (PAM): a new approach
Michael Cahn, Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, Monterey County
9:00 Full season nitrogen management of vegetables
Richard Smith, Vegetable Crops and Weed Science Adivsor, Monterey County
9:30 Optimizing water management in celery using ET weather-based scheduling
Michael Cahn, Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, Monterey County
10:00 Break
10:30 Region 5 water quality coalitions – demonstrating achievements in water quality
Parry Klassen, Executive Director, Coalition for Urban Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES)
11:00 Evaluation of salinity effects on strawberry production
Andre Biscaro, Irrigation Water Resources Advisor, Ventura County
11:30 Water and nitrogen management of Asian vegetables/SWEEP and Healthy soils programs
Aparna Gazula, Small Farms Advisor, Santa Clara County
12:00 Grower Panel: Nitrogen Management in Practice
Saul Lopez, D'Arrigo Brothers; Mark Mason, Huntington Farms; and Sal Montes, Christiansen Giannini
12:30 Pizza Lunch
CCA & DPR continuing education credits have been requested
- Author: Michael D Cahn
CropManage Hands-on Workshop:
Bringing Irrigation and Nutrient Management Decision Support to the Field
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
8:00am – 12 pm
Location: Monterey County Agriculture Conference Room
1432 Abbott St. Salinas, CA 93901
- Learn how to use CropManage to support irrigation and nutrient management decisions and record-keeping
- Learn the new version of CropManage (3.0) – also available in Spanish
CropManage is a free online decision support tool for water and nutrient management of coastal crops. Based on in-depth research and field studies conducted by the University of California, CropManage provides real-time recommendations for efficient irrigation and fertilization applications— while maintaining or improving overall yield.
At this free workshop, we will provide hands-on training so that you can learn to use the newest version of CropManage (3.0) which has been updated to be more compatible for in-field use by farm staff. CropManage is now available in Spanish.
Crops currently supported by CropManage include strawberry, raspberry, head, romaine, and leaf lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, bell peppers, spinach, baby lettuce, cilantro, and mizuna.
Who should participate? Vegetable and berry growers, ranch managers, other farm staff, and technical service providers are welcome. The workshop is for both new and current CropManage users.
What to bring? This is a participatory workshop. Please bring a tablet or laptop computer so that you can follow along and participate in the exercises. Each participant will need a user account for CropManage. Please set up a free user account at v3.cropmanage.ucanr.edu before the workshop.
RSVP by Friday, April 20, 2018 to Lennis Arriaga at larriaga@ucanr.edu or 831 759-7353.
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and computer set-up
8:30 – 10:15 Getting started with CropManage 3.0
10:15 BREAK
10:30 – 11:15 Strategies for using CropManage for decision support and record-keeping
11:15 - 11:45 Advanced features and interfacing sensors with CropManage
11:45 -12:00 Discussion of new features or changes needed
2.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU) available for Certified Crop Advisers (CCA)