Tree Fruit Grower Workshops

Foothill Grower's Tree Fruit Meeting, February 9, 2016

• Welcome. Update on weather statistics & disease management, Lynn Wunderlich, UCCE Farm Advisor, Central Sierra
• How to count winter chill, Katherine Pope, UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor, Sacramento-Solano-Yolo Counties
• Understanding how fruit trees work, Ted DeJong, Professor of Plant Science, UC Davis
• Ag. Commissioner Laws and Regs Update, Charlene Carveth, El Dorado County Agriculture Commissioner
• The Wild Farm Alliance-promoting viable agriculture that restores and protects wild nature, Jo Ann Baumgartner, Wild Farm Alliance Director.
• Apple Culture: Tricks of our Trade, Jeff Colombini, Lodi Farming Inc., 2013 “Good Fruit” Grower of the Year, Jeff manages ~500 acres of apples.

Foothill Grower's Tree Fruit Meeting, February 18, 2014

• Update on precipitation and chilling hours, by Lynn Wunderlich, U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Central Sierra
• The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Coming soon to an orchard near you?, by Chuck Ingels, U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Sacramento County
• Advances in Fireblight Control, by Rachel Elkins, Ken Johnson, Todd Temple, Steve Lindow, Chuck Ingels, and Broc Zoller, ANR, Oregon State University
• Codling Moth Control Strategies: a Valley Perspective, by Mike Devencenzi, Devencenzi Ag Pest Management and Research
• Irrigating orchards during times of drought, by Ken Shackel, U.C. Irrigation Specialist
• The Food Safety Modernization Act: What you should know, by Trevor Suslow, U.C. Food Safety Specialist

Foothill Grower's Tree Fruit Meeting, February 15, 2012

• Foothill orchard update: Scab, blast and blight, by Lynn Wunderlich, U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Central Sierra 
• What's new in organic orchard floor and nutrient management, by Chuck Ingels, U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Sacramento County
• Season update on the control of spotted wing drosophila in cherry, codling moth in pear and woolly apple aphid in apple, by Bob Vansteenwyk, Entomology Specialist, U.C. Berkeley
• Irrigating orchards during times of drought, by Scott Johnson, Pomology Specialist, Kearney Agriculture Center
• El Dorado Agriculture Commissioner's Update, by Charlene Carveth, El Dorado County Agriculture Commissioner and LeeAnne Mila, El Dorado County Agriculture Department Biologist

 Foothill Grower's Tree Fruit Meeting, March 2, 2010

• Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, a New Pest of Stone Fruits in California by Jane Caprile, U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Contra Costa County
• Dwarfing Rootstocks for Stone Fruits by Ted DeJong, Pomologist, UC Davis
• Use of Kocide 3000 and a Tower Sprayer in a Fire Blight Management Program and Finding Cost Effective Weed and Nutrient Management Practices in Organic Pear and Apple Orchards by Chuck Ingels, U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Sacramento County
• Toxicity and Longevity of New Reduced Risk Insecticides by Bob Van Steenwyk, Entomologist, U.C. Berkeley
• Altacor vs. Delegate: Which should go first in pear pest management by Bob Van Steenwyk, Entomologist, U.C. Berkeley
• What We've Learned about Zinc Nutrition in Fruit Trees, and Mechanical Thinning Studies by Scott Johnson, Pomologist, Kearney Agriculture Center