Wed, Sep 14, 2016 @ 7:30am - 12:10pm
- When?
September 14, 2016 - Where?
Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center; 9240 South Riverbend Avenue; Parlier, CA 93648
View the agenda below, or click here:
| 7:30 AM | Registration | |
| 8:00 | TRAM LEAVES FOR FIELD TOUR | |
| Alfalfa Varieties for Pest and Disease Management | Dan Putnam, CE Specialist and Agronomist, UC Davis | |
| Forage and Grain Sorghum Evaluations | Jeffery Dahlberg, Director at Kearney Agriculture Research & Extension Center | |
| Irrigation Management Research | Robert Hutmacher, CE Specialist and Director at West Side Research & Extension Center | |
| 9:15 | TRAM RETURNS | |
| 9:20 | New Alfalfa Herbicide Registrations (Slides) | Kurt Hembree, Weed Management Farm Advisor, UCCE Fresno |
| 9:40 | Alfalfa Weevil Management (Slides) | Larry Godfrey, CE Specialist in Entomology, UC Davis |
| 10:00 | Managing Aphids, Worms, and Leafhoppers in Alfalfa (Slides) | Vonny Barlow, Entomology, IPM, and Crop Production Farm Advisor, UCCE Riverside |
| 10:20 | Using the IPM Decision Support Tool (Slides) | Peter Goodell, IPM Cooperative Extension Advisor, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center |
| 10:40 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Irrigation Systems and Salinity Management in Alfalfa (Slides) | Khaled Bali, CE Irrigation Water Management Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center |
| 11:20 | Challenges of Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation in Alfalfa (Slides) | Daniel Putnam, UC Davis |
| 11:40 | BMP’s for Dairy Manure Fertilization of Forage Crops (Slides) | Nicholas Clark, Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor, Kings |
| 12:00 PM | New Alfalfa Check-Off Program: Updates and Industry Input | Facilitated by Dan Putnam, UC Davis |
| 12:10 | Lunch |