- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
AUGUST 25, 2021
7:30AM-12PM
The annual Rice Field Day will be Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California. We cordially invite you and your associates to join us for this event. The purpose of the Rice Field Day is to give rice growers and others an opportunity to observe and discuss research in progress at RES. Rice Field Day is sponsored by the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation (CCRRF) and University of California (UC). We also seek and receive support from many agricultural businesses and are planning a rice equipment vendor display.
Following is a brief outline of the Rice Field Day program. We will update the program on our web page at www.crrf.org.
- 7:30 - 8:30 A.M. REGISTRATION
- Posters and Demonstrations
- 8:30 - 9:15 A.M. GENERAL SESSION
- CCRRF Annual Membership Meeting
- Rice Research Trust Report
- California Rice Industry Award
- 9:30 - NOON FIELD TOURS OF RICE RESEARCH
- Variety Improvement
- Disease Resistance
- Insects and Control
- Weeds and Control
- 12:00 - NOON LUNCH
The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a General Session that serves as the Annual CCRRF Membership Meeting. Posters and demonstrations will be in place during registration until after lunch. Field tours of research will emphasize progress in rice variety improvement, disease, insect, and weed control. The program will conclude at noon with a lunch that includes rice.
The RES is located at 955 Butte City Highway (Hwy. 162), approximately two and one half miles west of Highway 99 north of Biggs, California.
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
2021 Rice Growers Meeting 
When: February 11, 2021, 9:00am-12:00 PM
Where: Virtual via Zoom
Registration: $10
Register at: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=32722
Agenda:
- 9:00 AM Introduction
- 9:10 Rice Research Board Nominations ‐ Dana Dickey, Rice Research Board
- 9:20 Ag Commissioner Update ‐ Scott Bowden, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sutter
County - 9:40 Weed Management Update ‐ Kassim Al‐Khatib, UC Davis
- 9:55 Break
- 10:05 Disease Management Update ‐ Luis Espino, UCCE Butte
- 10:20 Arthropod Management Update ‐ Ian Grettenberger, UC Davis
- 10:35 Bird and Salmon Projects Update ‐ Paul Buttner, California Rice Commission
- 10:50 Break
- 11:00 Emerging Weeds Issues ‐ Whitney Brim‐Deforest, UCCE Sutter‐Yuba and Michelle
Leinfelder‐Miles, UCCE San Joaquin - 11:15 Fertility Update ‐ Bruce Linquist, UC Davis
- 11:30 Roxy Rice ‐ Kent McKenzie, California Rice Experiment Station
- 11:45 2020 Summary and Variety Update ‐ Bruce Linquist, UC Davis
- 12:00 PM Adjourn
Continuing education units applied for from CA Department of Pesticide Regulations (DPR) and Certified Crop Advisers (CCA).
Contact Luis Espino for more information.
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
This field day is open to the public. Please share broadly to those who may be interested in attending.
UCANR California Rice Virtual Field Day
When: August 26, 2020, 1:00-3:00 PM
Where: Online Zoom Webinar
Host: Whitney Brim DeForest, UC ANR County Director, Sutter-Yuba Counties and CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor
Registration: $20.00
Objectives/goals: The UC Cooperative Extension and California Rice Research Station will update attendees in the areas of variety development, disease and arthropod management, weed control, weedy rice, and fertility.
The full agenda can be viewed here.
Who should attend: California rice growers, Pest Control Advisers, and others interested in California rice production systems.
Continuing education units: Applied for 1 CEU from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and applied for 1 CEU from Certified Crop Adviser (CCA)
Featured speakers:
- Russell Rasmussen, Associate Director, California Rice Experiment Station, California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation
- Bruce Linquist, CE Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
- Kassim Al-Khatib, CE Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
- Whitney Brim-DeForest, CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor & County Director, Sutter-Yuba Counties
- Luis Espino, CE Rice Farming Systems Advisor & County Director, Butte County
- Ian Grettenberger, CE Assistant Specialist, Dept. of Entomology, UC Davis
- Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, CE Farm Advisor, San Joaquin County
Contacts for more information:
- Logistics and registration: Rachel Palmer, ANR Program Support Unit, (530) 750-1361
- Course content:Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC ANR County Director, Sutter-Yuba Counties and CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor
This field day is open to the public. Please share broadly to those who may be interested in attending.
THIS EVENT WILL BE RECORDED FOR EDUCATIONAL OR PROMOTIONAL USE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. CONTACT THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
The 1st Annual Rice Weed Course will take place:
Friday, September 16, 2016
from 8:30AM to 4:15PM (Registration begins at 8:00AM)
at the
Hamilton Road Field (on West Hamilton Rd. between Hwy. 99 & Riceton Hwy.)
and Rice Experiment Station, Biggs, CA
The day will begin with an interactive tour of the Weed Science research plots at Hamilton Road. Participants will also spend time learning about weed identification for important rice weeds both at emergence and at heading. Presentations will cover emerging pests of rice, such as weedy red rice and winged-leaf primrose willow. Attendees will hear about new pesticide registrations and updates to current pesticides, as well as information regarding the new Butte herbicide. This course is also a great opportunity to interact directly with the UCCE and UC Davis Rice Weed Research Team!
For a full agenda and registration go to:
http://wric.ucdavis.edu/events/rice_weed_course_2016.html
For questions, please contact Whitney Brim-DeForest at 530-822-7515, or by email at wbrimdeforest@ucanr.edu
Credits for PCA, QAC, QAL, Private Applicator, and CA Certified Crop Adviser are pending.
