I am pleased to announce the following two meetings:

1. UC Cooperative Extension and UC Davis will host a Healthy Soils Program Workshop on compost. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 26th from 9:00am to 12:30pm (BBQ lunch provided). The meeting will take place at Rominger Brothers Farm (28800 Co Rd 29, Winters, CA). Presentations topics include how to acquire compost, different types of compost and how it can improve soil health, and nitrogen management in tomato systems receiving compost. At the end of the workshop, there will be a compost spreading demonstration. Attendance is free, but registration is required. Continuing education credits will be offered (0.5 of N management for ILRP program; 0.5 NM and 1.0 SW credits for CCAs). The agenda is available from the registration page.

2. UC Cooperative Extension will host an online workshop on Using N-rich Reference Zones to Guide N Management in Small Grains. The workshop will take place on Thursday, November 4th from 2:00-4:00pm. Presentation topics include how to implement N-rich reference zones, online N management tools, and case studies from local sites. Attendance is free, but registration is required for anyone requesting continuing education. Continuing education credits (2.0 of N management) will be offered for the ILRP program. The agenda is pasted below, and the meeting link is here.

Thanks for your interest in UC Cooperative Extension programming.

Agenda: Using N-rich Reference Zones to Guide N Management in Small Grains

2:00 - 2:15 Overview of concepts and tools related to utilizing N rich reference zones to guide N management in California small grains. (Mark Lundy, UC Davis/UCCE)

2:15 - 2:30 Introduction to The Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Tool for California Wheat and other web tools for optimizing N management in California small grain crops (Taylor Nelsen, UC Davis)

2:30 - 2:35 Questions and Discussion

2:35 - 4:00 Case Studies: Using N-rich reference zones to guide N fertilizer management in diverse California environments. Presentations will discuss specifics of implementing N rich reference zones and using UC decisions support tools to make in-season N fertilizer decisions. 

• Yolo County irrigated site N rich case study (Mark Lundy, UC Davis/UCCE)
• Yolo County rainfed site N rich case study (Konrad Mathesius, UCCE)
• Kings County N rich case study (Nick Clark, UCCE)
• Sacramento County Delta N rich case study (Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE)
• Siskiyou County N rich case study (Giuliano Galdi, UCCE)
• Colusa County N rich case study (Sarah Light, UCCE)
• Wrap-up discussion and survey