This year we will cover a wide range of topics related to water and nutrient management, including food safety, pesticide toxicity, organic nitrogen management, drip germination, weather-based irrigation scheduling, as well as ground water management in the Salinas Valley. Please come and participate and enjoy a free lunch! As always, registration is free.
Monterey County Agricultural Center
1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA
Tuesday, February 18
7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
7:45 Registration (free)
8:00 Best management practices for mitigating pesticides in run-off
Bryn Phillips, Toxicologist, UCD Granite Canyon Laboratory
8:30 Does evapotranspiration (ET) work?
Michael Cahn, Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
9:00 Effect of drip germination on topical N fertilizer applications
Richard Smith and Michael Cahn, UC Cooperative Extension
9:30 Using weather-based irrigation scheduling for optimizing cauliflower production
Lee Johnson, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center-CSUMB
10:00 Break
10:30 A minus R: Implications and challenges for Central Coast farming.
Michael Cahn, Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
11:00 Treatment of reservoir and tail water for protecting food safety
Channah Rock, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
11:30 Organic fertilization of vegetables
Richard Smith, Vegetable and Weed Science Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
12:00 Update on Salinas Valley ground water management
Gary Petersen, General Manager, Salinas Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency
12:30 Pizza Lunch
CCA & DPR continuing education credits have been requested
For more information, contact Lennis Arriaga @ 831-759-7353, email: larriaga@ucanr.edu
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