Please come to the 2015 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting that will be held at the UC Cooperative Extension Office in the Agricultural Center Conference Room at 1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA. This is a free seminar, and will have a lot of good information pertaining to water and nutrient management on the Central Coast. We have a morning session at the conference center, followed with a Pizza lunch and a field demonstration at the USDA ARS Spence research farm on mitigating Chlorpyrifos from run-off.
When: Thursday, February 19
Time: 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
7:45 Registration and Refreshments
8:00 N dynamics following anaerobic soil disinfestation
* Joji Muramoto, Project Scientist, UC Santa Cruz
8:30 N dynamics in high density vegetable production
* Richard Smith, Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey County
9:00 Assessing soil and water salinity and determining leaching requirements
* Michael Cahn, Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey County
9:30 CDFA nitrogen management tool and mineralization of soil organic matter
* Daniel Giesseler, Soil Specialist, UC Davis, Dept of Land, Air and Water Resources
10:00 Break
10:30 Mineralization of crop residues and impact on N availability
* Tim Hartz, Vegetable Specialist, UC Davis, Dept of Plant Sciences
11:00 Drought effects on groundwater management
* Thomas Harter, Groundwater Specialist, UC Davis, Dept of Land, Air and Water Resources
11:45 Fertilizer value of nitrogen in irrigation water for vegetable production
* Michael Cahn, Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey County
12:15 Pizza Lunch
Field Day: USDA Spence Research Station, 1572 Old Stage Road
1:15 Demonstration of practices for mitigating Chlorpyrifos in tail water
* Brian Anderson and Bryn Phillips, UCD Environmental Toxicology
* Michael Cahn, UCCE Monterey County
2:15 Conclusion
* CDPR Continuing Education and Certified Crop Advisor Credits have been requested
* For more information call Richard Smith 759-7357 or Michael Cahn 759-7377