Mark Your Calendars:

UC DAVIS ALFALFA, FORAGE, BIOFUELS AND SMALL GRAINS FIELD DAY

Live and in-person! Observe research trials! Hay Wagons!

When? 17th May, 2022, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sign in 7:30, Wagons depart 8:00, Lunch 12:15.

Where? 2400 Hutchison Dr., Davis, CA

Tours of Small Grains Breeding plots to follow in the afternoon. Barbeque Lunch provided courtesy of California Crop Improvement Association. CE Credits Offered (2 INMP-CURES, CCA pending). No cost, but requesting registration

Click here to register
See the Program Agenda

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WORLD ALFALFA CONGRESS

To be held November 14-17, 2022 in San Diego, CA

Registrations, exhibit opportunities, submission of papers now open. See:

https://worldalfalfacongress.ucdavis.edu

This will be a gathering of alfalfa producers, advisors, industry members and scientists from around the US and world. Please join for this important event. This meeting supplants the Western and California Symposium, which is typically held each year.

CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
https://worldalfalfacongress.ucdavis.edu

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The 2021 Western Alfalfa and Forage Symposium

was held November 16 - 18, 2021

at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV

Click here for proceedings and videos of the presentations

 

ALFALFA/FORAGE PEST MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

December, 2020

PCA and CCA Credits Offered

This workshop covered many aspects of pest management of importance including weeds, insects, and diseases.

Organized by: University of California Cooperative Extension, UC Davis, UC Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources.

Alfalfa/Forage Virtual Field Day

September, 2020

This 'virtual field day' was held September 22, 2020. Many subjects were covered including alfalfa varieties, irrigation, sorghum production and feeding, use of sugar beets and safflower for forage, and research update on hemp. If you missed it, take a look at the videos and PowerPoints below.

Presentations

• Alfalfa Yield/Quality with Reduced Lignin Lines – Dan Putnam, UCD (video)
• Forage Sorghum Types and Uses – Jeff Dahlberg, UC Kearney (video)
• Alfalfa Insect Pest IPM Update: Aphids, Weevils, Worms – Ian Grettenberger, UCD (video)
• Field Research on Industrial Hemp – Bob Hutmacher, Dan Putnam, UCD (video)
• PE Selection in the Time of Covid- Lisa Blecker, UC ANR (pdf)
• Crop Manage Irrigation Scheduling for Alfalfa – Michael Cahn, UC ANR (pdf)
• Sorghum as a Forage for Dairies—Jennifer Heguy, UC ANR (pdf)
• Sugar beets and Safflower as Alternative Forages—Steve Kaffka, UC Davis (ppt coming soon)
• Sorghum Deficit Irrigation Response—Bob Hutmacher, UCD (pdf)
• Choosing Alfalfa Varieties for High Yields and Pest Resistance—Dan Putnam, UCD (pdf)
• Surface Irrigation Strategies for Groundwater Recharge—Khaled Bali, UC Kearney (pdf)

November 19-21, 2019 @ Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada

Including Irrigation Workshop, Economics, Pest Management, Forage Quality, Genetics

Click Here for the Program Symposium