Healthy Soils and Field Crop Meeting

Ag Building Meeting Room, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 ~ 8:45am - Noon

8:45 am     Coffee and Registration

8:55 am     Welcome

                  Sarah Light, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter, Yuba, Colusa Counties

Healthy Soils

9:00 am     CDFA Healthy Soils Program Overview, 2020 Funding, and UC Technical Assistance

                  Emily Lovell and Dana Brady, UCCE Climate Smart Agriculture Program Specialists

                  Update on UCCE Healthy Soils Projects in the Region

                  Sarah Light, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter, Yuba, Colusa Counties

                  Nitrogen Availability from Soil Organic Matter and Organic Amendments

                  Daniel Geisseler, UCCE Nutrient Management Specialist 

                  Soil Health Benefits of Alfalfa in Crop Rotations

                  Nicole Tautges, Chief Scientist, Russell Ranch Sustainable Ag Facility 

10:20 am   Break

Pest Management 

10:30 am   Agronomic strategies to improve pest management in field crops

                  Rachael Long, UCCE Farm Advisor, Yolo, Sacramento, Solano Counties

Laws and Regs

11:00 am   Regulatory Update: Top 10 Violations

                  Scott Bowden, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sutter County

Hemp

 11:30 am   Sutter County Hemp Update

                  Nicolas Oliver, Assistant Agricultural Commissioner, Sutter County 

                  UC Hemp Research Update

                  Sarah Light, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter, Yuba, Colusa Counties

12:00 am   Evaluation and Adjourn

Meeting Sponsored by: University of California Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties

Co-Sponsored by: Sutter County Agricultural Department

PCA and Private Applicator Credit—1.25 hours pending

CCA Credit—3 hours pending

Irrigated Lands Program Nitrogen Management Credit—1 hour pending

Our programs are open to all potential participants.  

If you require special accommodations, please contact Sutter-Yuba UCCE at 530-822-7115