- Author: Taiyu Guan
Date: June 18, 2024
Location: Rice Experiment Station
955 Butte City Hwy. Biggs, CA
No Registration Required!
Free (refreshments provided)
Meeting Agenda:
9:00 Registration
9:30 Types of No-Till Planting, Agronomy and Challenges
(Bruce Linquist, UC Davis Rice Specialist)
9:50 No-Till Rice from a Southern Perspective
(Dustin Harrell, Director-Rice Experiment Station)
10:10 Gibberellic Acid Treatments in No-Till Rice
(Mia Godbey, UC Davis PhD. Candidate)
10:15 No-Till Management and Water Savings
(Nawal Taaime, UC Davis Graduate Program)
10:20 No-Till Pest and Disease Management Strategies
(Luis Espino, UCCE Rice Advisor)
10:35 No-Till Weed Management Strategies
(Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE Rice Advisor)
10:50 Grower case study
11:10 Questions and Discussion/ Field Tour
11:30 Adjourn
*CURES Credits: Pending*
***Applied for CCA Credits***
2024 June No-Till Field Day Agenda
- Author: Luis Espino
The Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership (Audubon California, The Nature Conservancy, and Point Blue Conservation Science), in collaboration with the California Rice Commission and the Delta Conservancy, and funding from the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, is now accepting online bids for the BirdReturns-Late Summer Farmlands Habitat Program. This program offers farmers and landowners in the Sacramento Valley an opportunity to receive financial compensation for providing a few weeks ofponded or shallow flooded habitat for migratory birds. Please see website for details on eligible crop types: BirdReturns
Applications are being accepted from now through June 17 at noon. To apply, complete a one-page bid form with your bid price per acre and a map for each proposed field.
For more information, please visit the BirdReturns website or join us for lunch and giveaways at one of the following in-person workshops!
Sacramento Valley:
Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau
475 Palora Ave STE A. Yuba City, CA 95991
5/23 or 6/13 at noon
North Delta:
Staten Island House
23319 N. Staten Island Rd. Thornton, CA 95686
5/21 or 6/11 at noon
South Delta:
San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation
3290 Ad Art Rd. Stockton, CA 95215
5/22 or 6/12 at noon
We are looking for rice growers who would like to collaborate with UCCE on a drip-tape irrigated rice and tomato rotation project. The project, if funded, would start in 2025 and run for 3 years (until 2028). We are applying for funding through the Western Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education grant program.
If you are interested, please reach out to Whitney Brim-DeForest at wbrimdeforest@ucanr.edu or call at (530)822-7515.
Thank you!
- Author: Bruce A Linquist
As I write this in early April, the weather is shifting back and forth between being warm and cold and there is the occasional rainfall. Many of you have started or are thinking about starting ground work in preparation for planting. With all this going on, I ask you to imagine what it would be like for your farming operations if you could plant a rice field in mid-April. Later this week, we are planning to plant our first research plots on a summer stale-seedbed (fallowed last year and worked in the summer into a seedbed) using a no-till planter. The ground is firm enough to support equipment, we have taken care of our winter weeds and the seed will be planted into moisture. On top of that, we have rain in the forecast for the weekend. Once planted, these rainfall events are helpful.
If the soil is dry, how early one can plant really depends on temperature. Daily average temperature (average of daily minimum and maximum) should be 60oF. Historically, this average falls between April 10 and 15 in the Sacramento Valley. The other consideration if you are planting early is the availability of water. The seeds need to have water to germinate. You cannot always rely on rainfall. Sometimes it may be hard to plant to moisture. In these cases, you need irrigation water. If you have an irrigation pump, you are free to decide when to plant and irrigate your field. If you have to rely on district water, you will be more restricted in your planning.