- Author: Brad Hanson
I thought I share a rundown of last week's 57th Annual Weed Day hosted by the UC Davis Weed Science Program and the UC Weed Research and Information Center.
This year the program was organized and (mostly) hosted by CE Weed Specialist Joe DiTomaso. We had a great turnout (about 140 total) and an awesome day with temps in the low 90's - not bad for July 11th in the Central Valley! I will try to follow suit temperature-wise next year when my turn to organize Weed Day rolls around...
As we have done in the past few years, this year's Weed Day started off with a half day field tour of research plots near the UC Davis...
- Author: Brad Hanson
A reminder to all who registered already that the 57th Annual UC Davis Weed Day is this Thursday (July 11th). I've attached the agenda for the morning field tour and the afternoon presentation schedule at the end of this post.
If you haven't already registered, you're too late - we've filled up the buses, lunch, and the conference room capacity (we max out at about 150 for this event). However, be sure to put the 58th conference on your calender for NEXT YEAR - July 17, 2014.
We appreciate and acknowledge the sponsors for this event:...
- Author: ANR Report
Mark Lundy has joined UCCE as the agronomy advisor in Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, effective June 28. He will focus on forage crops, wheat, safflower, processing tomatoes, dry beans, corn, and hybrid seed crops. His research and extension will address nutrient management efficiency, integrated pest management, irrigation management, sustainable farming practices, water quality and conservation, integrating technology into production practices and facilitating resolution of agricultural/ urban interface issues.
Lundy earned a B.A. in English from the University of Arizona and M.S. in international agricultural development and Ph.D. in agronomy from UC Davis.
For his dissertation, he collaborated with UC Davis and...
- Author: Brad Hanson
Another link to a University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Field Day.
Weed Science Farm Advisor John Roncoroni (Napa and surrounding counties) will be show and discuss the results of a wine grape herbicide trial at Hess Vineyards near American Canyon CA on July 17th.
Should be an interesting opportunity to talk about new herbicides, changing weed problems, and resistance management in wine grape production systems and other perennial crops.
Hope to see you there.
Brad
From John:
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- Author: Brad Hanson
See attached flyer for a University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Field Day at the West Side Research and Extension Center near Five Points, CA.
Six UC Farm Advisors and Specialists will discuss current research on virus, fungal, and insect pests of vegetable crops as well as conservation tillage and cropping system issues during the 8-11am program.
From a weed science perspective, two speakers, Kurt Hembree (Fresno Co) and Scott Stoddard (Merced/Madera Co) will discuss weed control research in drip-irrigated tomato.
Take care,
Brad