- Author: Luis Espino
The University of California Cooperative Extension annual rice meetings will be held this week. As usual, we will have four locations. However, note the change of venue for the Glenn and Colusa meetings this year. This year these meetings will be at the Glenn County Office of Education in Willows, and the Colusa Casino Conference Center in Colusa. The Richvale and Yuba City meetings will be held at their usual locations.
WHERE & WHEN
Richvale: Thursday, Jan. 26, 8:30 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale
Glenn: Thursday, Jan. 26, 1:30 pm, Glenn County Office of Education, 311 South Villa Avenue, Willows
Colusa: Friday, Jan. 27, 8:30 am, Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy 45, Colusa
Yuba City: Friday, Jan. 27, 1:30 pm, Veterans Hall, 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle, Yuba City
TIME: Doors open at 8:00 am and meetings start at 8:30 am at Richvale and Colusa. Doors open at 1:00 pm and meetings start at 1:30 pm at Glenn and Yuba City.
Program
8:00 a.m. (1:00 p.m.) Doors open, sign-in, coffee
8:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m.) Call meeting to order - Rice Research Board Nominations – Dana Dickey, Rice Research Board
8:35 a.m. (1:35 p.m.) Rice Pesticide and Regulatory Update – County Ag Commissioner
8:50 a.m. (1:50 p.m.) Weedy Rice in California – Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE
9:20 a.m. (2:20 p.m.) New Rice Seed Policy for RES Varieties – Kent McKenzie, RES
9:40 a.m. (2:40 p.m.) Arthropod Management Update – Luis Espino, UCCE
10:00 a.m. (3:00 p.m.) Fertility Update – Bruce Linquist, UCCE
10:30 a.m. (3:30 p.m.) Weed Management Update – Kassim Al-Khatib, UCCE
11:00 a.m. (4:00 p.m.) — ADJOURN —