2023 RICE GROWER MEETINGS 

Woodland:       Monday, January 23, 9:00 am, Norton Hall, 70 Cottonwood St, Woodland

Richvale:          Tuesday, January 24, 9:00 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale

Willows:           Tuesday, January 24, 2:00pm, Glenn County Office of Education, 311 South Villa Avenue, Willows

Colusa:             Wednesday, January 25, 9:00 am, CIP Conference Room, 100 Sunrise Blvd., Colusa

Yuba City:         Wednesday, January 25, 2:00 pm, UCCE Office, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City

TIME:   Doors open at 8:30 am and meetings start at 9:00 am at Woodland, Richvale, and Colusa.

            Doors open at 1:30 pm and meeting starts at 2:00 pm at Glenn and Yuba City.

Program

8:30 am            (1:30 pm)          Doors open, sign-in, coffee  

9:00 am            (2:00 pm)          Call meeting to order

9:00 am            (2:00 pm)         Rice Research Board Nominations – Lacey Stogsdill, Rice Research Board

9:10 am            (2:10 pm)         County Agricultural Commissioner Updates

9:30 am            (2:30 pm)         Rice Economic Situation Overview, Dan Sumner, UC Davis

9:45 am            (2:45 pm)         Year in Review, Bruce Linquist, UC Davis 

10:00 am          (3:00 pm)         Rice Experiment Station Update, Dusting Harrell, Rice Experiment Station Director

10:15 am          (3:15 pm)         Roxy Rice Update, Kent McKenzie, Albaugh Consultant

10:30 am          (3:30 pm)         BREAK

10:45 am          (3:45 pm)         Fertility Management Update – Bruce Linquist, UC Davis

11:00 am          (4:00 pm)         Cover Crops Project – Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE

11:15 am          (4:15 pm)          Invertebrate Management Update – Ian Grettenberger, UC Davis

11:30 am          (4:30 pm)         Disease Management Update – Luis Espino, UCCE

11:45 am          (4:45 pm)         Weed Management Update – Kassim Al-Khatib, UC Davis

12:00 m            (5:00 pm)         ADJOURN

****Applied for DPR and CCA CE credits****