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Sutter-Yuba-Colusa Walnut Day
February 28 @ 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Free
Registration (please register by 12:55 p.m. Allow time to park) Welcome & Moderator
Janine Hasey, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Sutter/Yuba/Colusa Counties
Program Pest Management
2019 Pesticide regulation updates
Sean Nelson, Ag Biologist, Sutter County Agricultural Dept.
Mitigating codling moth and navel orangeworm damage in walnuts and Pacific Flatheaded borer alert
Emily Symmes, UCCE Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor, Sacramento Valley
Walnut blight – Host resistance, copper sensitivity shifts, antibiotics, and what’s on the horizon
Jim Adaskaveg, Plant Pathologist, UC Riverside
Refreshments Courtesy of Diamond Foods
Marketing
Working For the Future
California Walnut Board (CWB) and California Walnut Commission (CWC)
Panel Participants
Michelle Connelly – Executive Director (CWB) and CEO (CWC) Pam Graviet – Senior Marketing Director, International
Carl Eidsath – Technical Director
Jennifer Olmstead – Marketing Domestic, Domestic PR
Bill Carriere – Chairman of the CWC, Grower, Handler Q & A session
Quality and Cost Cutting Strategies
Irrigating walnuts with quality and cost savings in mind
Bruce Lampinen, UCCE Walnut Specialist, UC Davis
Labor saving strategies and 2018 field observations
Janine Hasey
Adjourn
Sponsored by: University of California Cooperative Extension, Sutter/Yuba/Colusa Counties
Co-Sponsored by: Sutter County Agricultural Department
1.5 (.5 regs) PCA credit approved 2.5 CCA credit (pending)
Parking at Veterans Hall: Parking is limited at Veteran’s Hall. There is spillover parking on Memorial Circle and street parking on Poole. Please do not park in patient parking at Health Dept.
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