UC Cooperative Extension annually sponsors four rice grower meetings in the Sacramento Valley. This year, the meetings will be held on Tuesday, January 19th and Wednesday, January 20th. The schedule and locations are as follows:
Richvale: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 8:30 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale
Glenn: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1:30 pm, Glenn Pheasant Hall, 1522 Highway 45, south of Glenn
Colusa: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 8:30 am, CIP Conference Room, 100 Sunrise Blvd., Colusa
Yuba City: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1:30 pm, Veterans Hall, 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle, Yuba City
Doors open at 8:00 am and meetings start at 8:30 am at Richvale and Colusa. Doors open at 1:00 pm and meetings start at 1:30 pm at Glenn and Yuba City.
Program
8:00 a.m. (1:00 p.m.) Doors open, sign-in, coffee
8:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m.) Call meeting to order - Rice Research Board Nominations – Dana Dickey, Rice Research Board
8:35 a.m. (1:35 p.m.) Rice Pesticide and Regulatory Update – County Ag Commissioner
8:50 a.m. (1:50 p.m.) Irrigated Lands Program: Farm Evaluations and Nitrogen Management Plan – Roberta Firoved, California Rice Commission
9:05 a.m. (2:05 p.m.) Year in Review – Cass Mutters, UCCE
9:35 a.m. (2:35 p.m.) Nutrient Management in California Rice Systems – Bruce Linquist, UCCE
10:15 a.m. (3:15 p.m.) — BREAK —
10:30 a.m. (3:30 p.m.) Impacts of Irrigation Price Hikes & Cutbacks on Water Management and Wildlife – Nathan Van Schmidt, UC Berkeley
10:45 a.m. (3:45 p.m.) Red Rice Update – Timothy Blank, California Crop Improvement Association
11:00 a.m. (4:00 p.m.) 2015 Armyworm Outbreak – Luis Espino, UCCE
11:30 a.m. (4:30 p.m.) Weed Management Update – Kassim Al-Khatib, UCCE
12:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m.) — ADJOURN —
At the Richvale meeting, there will be a slight change, as follows:
10:45 a.m. New methods, models and surveys to evaluate the value of rice lands to waterfowl – John Eadie, UC Davis (Richvale only)
11:00 a.m. Red Rice Update – Timothy Blank, California Crop Improvement Association
11:15 a.m. 2015 Armyworm Outbreak – Luis Espino, UCCE
Please contact your local farm advisor with questions.