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 at 8am. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. Lunch is sponsored by the CA Crop Improvement Association, and continuing education credits will be available. Directions are as follows: 

The field day is located on Hutchison Drive, just west of Davis. Take the Hwy. 113 exit north from I-80, or Hwy. 113 south from Woodland. Exit west on Hutchison Drive. Take a right at the first roundabout, a left at the second roundabout, and the field headquarters is about ¼ mile down in a clump of trees and buildings on the left. 

The agenda is as follows:

8:10   Alfalfa Breeding Efforts at UC Davis - Charlie Brummer

8:20   Choosing Varieties for Pest Resistance - Dan Putnam

8:30   IPM and Importance of Management of Insect Resistance in Alfalfa - Ian Grettenberger

8:40   Test your Weed IQ - Identification of Weeds - Brad Hanson

8:55   Use of Compost to Improve Soils in Alfalfa - Michelle Leinfelder-Miles

9:05   Sorghum Projects for Forage and Biofuels - Jackie Atim

9:15   Improving Agronomic and Grain Quality Traits in Sorghum under Well-watered and Drought Conditions - Christine Diepenbrock

9:35   Flood or Drought? Alfalfa Strategies for Coping with California's Future - Dan Putnam

9:45   Teff as an Alternative Summer Forage Crop - Dan Putnam

9:50   Overhead Irrigation Technologies for Improved Efficiency - Isaya Kisekka

10:05  Updates from UC Davis Small Grains Breeding Program - Jorge Dubcovsky

10:20  Effects of Genotype and Environment on Productivity and Quality in California Malting Barley - Maany Ramanan

10:30  California Grain Foundation and Research on Food Use of Triticale - George Fohner

10:40  Small Grain Research Update from Tulelake - Rob Wilson

10:55  Evaluating Digestate and Hydrolysate as Alternative N Sources in Small Grains - Valentina Roel

11:05  Biosolids as a N Fertilizer Source in California Small Grains - Konrad Mathesius

11:15  Helping Farms in the Central Coast get N Scavenging Credits for Cereal Cover Crops - Eric Brennan

11:25  DIY In-field Plant Tissue Tests to Determine N Sufficiency in Wheat - Karla Estrada

11:30  Updates on Small Grain Research and Production in the Central Valley - Mark Lundy

11:45  Tour Small Grain Variety Trials

12:10  Lunch

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