Quad County Walnut Day
48th Quad-County Walnut Institute
Monday, March 5, 2018
Robert J. Cabral Agricultural Center, San Joaquin County Extension Office
Evelyn Costa Room, 2101 E Earhart Ave. Stockton, CA 95206
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7:30 Registration Opens
8:10 Botryosphaeria Management Update and Introduction of the New Stanislaus Farm Advisor
Kari Arnold, UCCE Farm Advisor, Stanislaus County
8:30 Determining First Irrigation Timing and Soil Moisture Monitoring Technologies
David Doll, UCCE Farm Advisor, Merced County
9:00 Update on Training Walnuts During Canopy Development Phase
Bruce Lampinen, UC ANR Pomology Extension Specialist, UC Davis
9:30 Today, Tomorrow and Years to Come
California Walnut Commission: Jennifer Williams, Pam Graviet, and Carl Eidsath
10:00 Break
10:30 2017 Phytophthora and Waterlogging Damage and 2018 Management Considerations
Janine Hasey, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter-Yuba Counties
11:00 Trade Implications for California Walnut Farmers
Dan Sumner, Ag. Resource Economics, UC Davis/Ag. Issue Center, UC ANR
11:30 Managing Scale, Codling Moth, Navel Orangeworm, and Other Insects
Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor, Merced-San Joaquin-Stanislaus Counties
12:00 Adjourn
1.0 hours of DPR Continuing Education credit pending
3.5 hours of CCA Continuing Education credits pending