The Delta Crops Resource Management research and extension program serves San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties addressing agronomic crop production and soil and water resource management.
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Delta Rice Cost of Production Study
University of California Cooperative Extension and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics collaborate on cost of production studies for commodities grown in California. The purpose of the studies is to provide sample costs for...
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2023 UC Davis Alfalfa and Small Grains Field Day
The annual UC Davis Alfalfa and Small Grains Field Day will take place on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the Department of Plant Sciences Field Facility (2400 Hutchison Drive, Davis, CA 95616). Registration opens at 7:30am, and the wagons leave for the field...
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2022 Rice Variety Trial Results and Upcoming UCCE Rice Meetings
UC Cooperative Extension collaborates with the California Rice Experiment Station to evaluate commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines. The San Joaquin County Delta location was one of seven locations in the 2022 statewide trial. The Delta is a...
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2022 Rice Disease Observations
Thankfully, 2022 was not a bad year for rice diseases, but it is worth mentioning a couple of observations. Overall, there was very little blast this year. In the Sacramento Valley, UCCE did not diagnose any blast in the field but did receive a couple...
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Upcoming Meetings of Interest
(Post has been updated to add the Delta Pear Research Meeting, #4.) I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and safe new year. Here are a few upcoming meetings to bring to your attention. 1. UC Cooperative Extension will host the SJC and Delta...
Contact
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, Ph.D Farm Advisor
2101 E. Earhart Ave., Ste. 200 Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 953-6100 mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu
About Michelle
Michelle is the Delta Crops Resource Management Advisor serving San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties. Michelle grew up on a farm in San Joaquin County, and her educational background includes a B.S. in Crop Science and Management from U.C. Davis, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Horticulture from Cornell University. At Cornell, her research focused on soil management in apple orchards. Michelle has also done research in Spain, Chile, and New Zealand studying olives, wine grapes, and kiwifruit, respectively. In her role as Delta farm advisor, she conducts a research and extension program that addresses agronomic crop production and water and soil resource management. Specific interests include variety evaluations in grain corn, small grains, and rice; cover cropping and soil health; and soil salinity management in Delta cropping systems.