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Workgroup Information Conservation Agriculture
Summary	Develops knowledge and exchanges information on conservation tillage production systems, coordinates related research and extension programs, responds to needs for information on reduced tillage production alternatives, and plans and conducts statewide and regional conferences, workshops and training demonstrations as well as produces publications and internet materials that summarize research that the workgroup conducts.
Website:	http://groups.ucanr.org/ucct/
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Jeffrey Mitchell (Chair)
Phone	(559) 646-6565
E-Mail	jpmitchell@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Location:	Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center 9240 S. Riverbend Ave. Parlier, 93648

Membership List
Jackson, James
Stewart, Donald
	SRA Ag Issues Center	Crop study reports
AES Scientist
Ferris, Howard		Nematology CAES
	Professor   Nematologist-AES	Nematode biology and pest management, population biology, population assessment, ecology, integrated pest management
Horwath, William		Soils & Biogeochemistry Program
	AES Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry Soil Biogeochemist	Stable isotope studies, soil organic matter dynamics, soil fertility, sustainable agriculture, water quality, plant-microbe interactions, soil microbial biomass, denitrification, residue decomposition, root turnover.
Scow, Kate		Land, Air & Water Resources
	Distinguished Professor Soil Microbial Ecologist-AES	Microbiology of carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils; impact of management practices on soil biodiversity; biodegradation and bioremediation of contaminants in groundwater and soil.
Singer, Michael		Soils & Biogeochemistry Program
	Professor   and   Soil Resource Scientist-AES, emeritus	Soil genesis, classification, land use and resource development; soil erosion and conservation
Southard, Randal		Land, Air & Water Resources
	Professor  and Soil Genesis /Morphologist-AES	Pedology
Summers, Charles		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Entomologist, emeritus	Pest management of field and vegetable crops, biology, ecology and management of aphids, aphids as virus vectors
Upadhyaya, Shrinivasa		Biological & Agricultural Engineering
	Professor	Tillage and traction, soil dynamics, soil crusting and compactional; site-specific crop management, soil and yield sensors, GIS, precision planting of propagules; and mathematical modeling of biological problems.
van Kessel, Chris		Department of Plant Sciences
	Emeritus Professor, Department of Plant Sciences	Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture.
CE Advisor
Aguiar, Jose		Riverside County, Palm Desert Office
	Farm Advisor	Vegetable crops and small farms
Brittan, Kent		Sacramento County
	Emeritus Farm Advisor for Field Crops	Small grains, corn and biofuel crops
Cahn, Michael		Monterey County
	Farm Advisor, Irrigation and Water Resources	Irrigation & Water Resources
Frate, Carol		Tulare County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Alfalfa, dry beans, sugarbeets, corn, plant pathology
Hembree, Kurt		Fresno County
	Weed Management Farm Advisor	Weed management strategies in crop and non-crop settings
Marsh, Brian		Kern County
	County Director/Farm Advisor	Agronomy, cotton, small grains, corn and silage, weed control
Mickler, Jan		Stanislaus County
	Farm Advisor	Vegetable Crops
Miyao, Eugene		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Emeritus Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops	Processing tomato production.
Molinar, Richard		Small Farm Program
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Small farms, vegetable crops, organic farming, insect/weed management, specialty crops, sugar peas, strawberries, eggplant, squash, Asian vegetables such as basil, lemongrass, green beans, long beans, gailon, bittermelons, refugee farmers, Hmong, Lao, fluent in Spanish
Mueller, Shannon		Madera County
	Emeritus Agronomy Farm Advisor	Agronomy, alfalfa seed, hay production, seed certification, forage crops, pollination and honeybee management, oil seed crop production, and dry beans.
Munier, Douglas
	Retired Farm Advisor	Agronomy-cotton, corn, wheat, clover seed, safflower, sunflower, and dry beans
Munk, Daniel		Fresno County
	Farm Advisor	Irrigation, crop nutrient management and cotton production systems
Smith, Richard		Monterey County
	Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science	Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science
Vargas, Ronald		Madera County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Field crops, cotton production, weed control
CE Specialist
Goyal, Sham		Department of Plant Sciences
	AES   Specialist	Regulation of nitrogen uptake, metabolism, and usage efficiency, physiology of abiotic stress (e.g., salinity) and tolerance, site-specific tillage for reduced energy input, and research and analytical techniques and instrumentation.
Hartz, Timothy		Department of Plant Sciences
	CE Vegetable Crops Specialist	Improved management regimes for commercial vegetable production, cultural practices for warm-season vegetable crops
Hutmacher, Robert		Department of Plant Sciences
	Cooperative Extension Specialist / AES Agronomist (retired)	cotton production issues, irrigation mgmt, drip irrigation, sorghum, industrial hemp, water stress, nutrient mgmt
Jackson, Louise		Land, Air & Water Resources
	Emerita Professor   CE Specialist   Plant Physiologist	Plant and soil nitrogen dynamics; organic and conventional vegetable production; grassland restoration ecology; agrobiodiversity
Kaffka, Stephen		Department of Plant Sciences
	CE Specialist.	Production and resource use efficiency of sugar, oilseed crops and other agronomic crops; Cropping systems and agroecology; biomass, bioenegy, bioproducts and related public policy issues; irrigation, salinity and drainage
Klonsky, Karen		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Emerita	Farm Management and Production, Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Agriculture
Lanini, W		Weed Science Program
	CE Weed Ecologist	Ecology, weed crop competition, weed biology and low-input agriculture
Mcgiffen Jr., Milton		Botany & Plant Sciences
	CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist	Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide
Mitchell, Jeffrey		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	CE Cropping Systems Specialist	Vegetable cropping systems, irrigation management, soil quality, organic soil amendments, extension models, postharvest physiology
Temple, Steven		Department of Plant Sciences
	WOS   CE Specialist III & Lecturer	Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, legume cover crops, sustainable farming systems; fluent in Spanish.
Other ANR
Andrade-Sanchez, Pedro		Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of California, Davis
	Student
Baker, Julie		Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
Broome, Janet		Plant Pathology - CAES
	Project Scientist	Plant Pathology, Sustainable Agriculture, Integrated Pest Management, Viticulture
Bryant, Dennis		Department of Agronomy and Range Science
	Associate Director
Bugg, Robert		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Information Analyst	Develop, gather and disseminate information on cover cropping, pest management and restoration ecology
Chaney, David		Agricultural Sustainability Institute
	"Education Coordinator, Farm Advisor"	Sustainable agriculture information development and distribution; educational programs and materials; administer competitive grants program for educational events; state leader for Western Region USDA SARE Professional Development Program
DeMoura, Richard		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Staff Research Associate	Cost Production Studies
Kearney, Tom		UCCE Yolo County
	Farm Advisor	Cereal and oilseed crops
Kirby, Donald		Intermountain Research & Extension Center
	Center Superintendent
Madden, Nicholaus		Dean's Office CA&ES (UCD)
Ngouajio, Mathieu		UC Riverside Department of Botany
	Post Doctoral Researcher
Schlosser, Mary (Kitty)		Department of Plant Sciences
	Retired	Seed certification
Solorio, Jaime		UC WSREC
	Ag Technician
Van Horn, Mark		Agricultural Sustainability Institute
	Director, Student Farm
Non-UC
Abubu, Fred		Helena Chemical Co.
	Farmer
Aleman, Manuel		Lost Creek Canyon Ranch
	Farmer
Alvare, Trini		Ames Management
Andrews, Nick
Andrews, Susan		USDA
	Ecologist
Arias, Heather		Air Resources Board
Armendariz, Juan		Foster and Gardner
Aschmann, Stephanie		USDA-NRCS
	Agroecologist
Avila, Jon		Farming D
Baird, James
Baley, Kevin		Baley Farms
Bastida, Henry		Cocopah, Inc.
Becerra, Francisco
Berry, Will		Unverferth Mfg.
Bishop, Alan		Monsanto Chemicals
Blankenship, Rick		Woolf Enterprises
Bojorguez, Gerardo		Torres-Martinez EPA
Boyd, Mark
Braden, Chad		John Deere Equipment Co.
Branham, Larry		USDA-NRCS
Brase, Ron
Brostrom, Peter		Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis
	Post Graduate Researcher	Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems
Burke, Tim		Laflin Burke LLC
Butler, Steve		Santa Cruz County
Campbell, Mark
Carian, Blaine
Carpenter, Jim
Carrall, Kimberly		Oasis Date Gardens
Carter, Lyle		USDA ARS Shafter Cotton Field Station
	Agricultural Engineer	Shafter, CA
Charlton, Brian
Cheechev, Walt		USDA-NRCS
	District Conservationist
Chin, Dan
Clay, Pat		University of Arizona
		Plant Sciences
Cohen, Dan
Cordova, Darrell
(info only) Crowell, Gib		Bio, Inc.
Cummings, Clint
Currey, John		USDA-NRCS
Davies, John
Delchaiw, Larry
Dennis, Steve
Dickson, Lane		Soil and Water Science
	Senior
Ditman, Craig
Dolan, Jeff		California Tomato Commission
	Farmer
Dowdd, Edwin
Dudley, Chuck		Joe Heidrick Farms
Dufaur, Rex		NCAT
Dumble, Tom		Quail Mtn. Herbs
DuSault, Allen		Sustainable Conservation
	Program Developer
Dyer, Dave		USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center
	Director, Lockford, CA	Cover crop germplasm evaluation
Edwards, Wayne		Monsanto Chemicals
Espinosa, Tish		USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center
	Field Conservationist, Lockford, CA	Cover crop germplasm evaluation, dust mitigation technologies
Fisher, Ralph		USDA-NRCS
	State Agronomist
Fleming, Ross
Ford, Don		Horizon Ag. Products
Fortner, Steve		Sun Pacific Farms
	Farm Manager
Foster, Ed
	Foster & Gardner
Freesing, Erik
	Freesing Farms
Friberg, Jack
Fry, Robert
Gadoy, Chad		Ag. Commissioner;s Office
Gasser, Bill
Gillespie, Cydean		USDA-NRCS
Giovannoni, Ed
Gnos, Craig		Batavia Farms
Goorahoo, Dave		California State University Fresno
	Soil Scientist
Gottlieb, David		RCD Santa Monica Mtns.
	President
Griffin, Anthony		Golden State Herbs
Guemmer, Phil		Johnson Farm Machinery
Guerena, Martin		NCAT
Hahn, Cliff		Hahn Tractor
Hamilton, Neil
Hanson, Emily		Monterey County RCD
	test title
Harben, Ron		Conservation District
Harding, Ron		Western Farm Service
Hechtman, Ned
Heidrick, Joe		Heidrick Enterprises
Heidrick, Tim		Heidrick Enterprises
Herrero, Enrique		Department of Vegetable Crops and Weed Science, University of California, Davis
	Post Graduate Researcher
Hertle, John		East Stanislaus RCD
Hodges, Dale
Hogan, Phil
	District Conservationist
Holcomb, Diane
	NRCS State Resource Conservationist	Supervisor-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Husman, Steve		University of Arizona, Plant Sciences
Huyck, Leisa		SAFS UCD
	Researcher
Irion, Clyde		Actagro
	Agronomist
Ishizuka, David
Jasper, Valerie		Vasto Valley
Jeffredo, Jeff
Jeffredo, Ron
Jerkins, Diana		Cal Poly Pomona, Plant & Soil Science
	Professor
Johnson, Walter		The Lyman Group, Inc.
	Vice President
Jones, Ron		UCCE Lake
	Program Representative	Outreach
Jorgensen, Gary		Pacific Agronomics
Keck, Albert
	Farmer
Kellogg, Bill
	Farmer
Kerns, Martin
	Farmer
Kizirian, Don
	Farmer
Koller, Dave		Central Valley Water District
Krauter, Charles		Calif. State Univ., Fresno
	Professor
Kutzner, Barbara		Monsanto Company
	Technical Program Representative
Laflin, Ben
	Farmer
Leap, Jim		Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis
	Manager, Center for Agroecology	Organic farming systems
Leavitt, Fred		Sun Pacific Farming
	Vegetable Division
LeBeouf, John		California Tomato Commission
		Marketing order
Lehar, Kevin		Woolf Farming
Lemunyon, Jerry		USDA-NRCS
	Conservation Agronomist
Lewis, Daryl		Pioneer Equipment Co.
	General Manager
Lomeli, Arturo		Ag Commissioner's Office
Longfellow, Bill		Excelsior-Kings RCD
	Director
Lum, Paul		Peaceful Glen Farms
	Farmer
Luna, John		Oregon State University
	Sustainable Ag. Coordinator
Luong, Phil
	Farmer
Lyles, Troy		Air-Way Farms, Inc.
	Farmer
Machado, Mike		P&M Farms
	Farmer
Macy, Nick
	Farmer
McAuliffe, Ryan
	Farmer
McCloskey, Bill		University of Arizona
	Professor
Moore, Tom		USDA NRCS
Moyer, Jeff		The Rodale Institute
Muller, Tom		Joe Muller and Sons
	Farmer
Negroni, Sally		USDA NRCS
Newton, Dick		Jones Farms
	Farmer	Stratford, CA
Nishikawa, Ted		GF
Nutcher, Mike		Hidden Valley Dairy, Modesto, CA
	Farmer
Ostrom, Mark		Helena Chemical
Ottman, Mike		University of Arizona
	Extension Agronomist
Pajarillo, Jovita		USDA - EPA, San Francisco
Park, Scott		Park Farming
	Farmer	mixed farming
Perry, James
	Farmer
Quist, Pat		Eastern Kern RCD
	Directo
Rackerby, Dale
	Farmer
Ramos, Alfred		USDA-NRCS
Richardson, Gene
	Farmer
Rickert, Randy		Unilever Corporation
Robbins, Paul		USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Resource Conservation District, Yolo County
Rochin, Hector		Real Pro Farm
	Farmer
Rodrigues, John		J.G. Boswell Co.
	Manager - Harvest/Equipment
Rodriguez, Monica
Rominger, Bruce		Rominger Brothers Farms
	Farmer	Winters, CA
Rominger, Richard
Rosenzweig, Marcie		Full Circle
	consultant	marketing
Roy, Rob		USDA-NRCS
	Soil Conservationist
Ruozi, Al		Interstate Equip. & Mfg.
Ryan, Matthew		The Rodale Institute
Saulman, James		Cumood
Schallberger, Joe
	Farmer
Schmidt, Scott		Farming D
	Farmer
Schneider, Jim		USDA NRCS
Malkin, Richard
	Professor Emeritus	Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes
Shrestha, Anil		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	IPM Weed Ecologist	Development and implementation of IPM strategies and tactics for vegetation management. Primary crops corn, cotton, tree fruit, grape, tomato.
Singh, Gurpal
	Farmer
Smith, David		USDA-NRCS
	State Soil Scientist
Smith, Jim
	Farmer
Smith, Roger
	Farmer
Souza, Jeff		Vestra Resources, Inc.
Sporcic, Mike		USDA, NRCS
	State Agronomist
Staunton, Marshall
Strait, Daniel		US Fish & Wildlife Service
Struckmeyer, Chip		Colusa County RCD
Sullivan, Rachel		Colusa County RCD
	Watershed Manager
Summers, Matt		CDFA
Szechtman, Alejandro
	Farmer
Taylor, John		Plant & Micro Bio. UCB
	Professor
Thomas, Fred
		Cover Crops
User, Unverified
User, Unverified
User, Unverified
Valencia, Jesus		UCCE Stanislaus County
	CE Advisor	Production
Van Anne, Lou		Bigham Bros./Krause Corp.
Walther, Donald		USDA, NRCS
	Cropland Specialist
Watkins, Joe
	Farmer
Wegener, Randy
	Farmer
Wilcox, Alan		Wilcox Agriproducts
Wolfshohl, Karl		Progressive Farmer
	Editor
Woodley, Rick
	Farmer
Wrysinski, Jeanette		Yolo RCD
Wu, Henry		Monsanto Company
	Technical Program Representative
Young, D. J.		University of Arizona
Zelinski, Lowell		Precision Ag Consulting
		Precision ag, cotton
Zemenchik, Robert		Case/Int'l Harvester
	Agronomy Research Manager
Other UC
Shennan, Carol		UC Santa Cruz, CASFS
	Professor and Director
Wrobles, Jon		UCCE Fresno County
	SRA
Membership Totals
Number of Members		231
ANR Members		50
Non-ANR		181
Info Only		1