2014 Annual Rice Grower Meetings
Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension
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WHERE & WHEN
Richvale: Monday, Jan. 27, 8:00 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale
Glenn: Monday, Jan. 27, 1:00 pm, Glenn Pheasant Hall, 1522 Highway 45, south of Glenn
Colusa: Friday, Jan. 31, 8:00 am, CIP Conference Room, 100 Sunrise Blvd., Colusa
Yuba City: Friday, Jan. 31, 1:00 pm, Veterans Hall, 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle, Yuba City
TIME: Doors open at 8:00 am and meetings start at 8:30 am at Richvale and Colusa.
Doors open at 1:00 pm and meetings start at 1:30 pm at Glenn and Yuba City.
Program
8:00 a.m. (1:00 p.m.) Doors open, sign-in, coffee
8:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m.) Call meeting to order
8:35 a.m. (1:35 p.m.) Rice Research Board Nominations – Dana Dickey, Rice Research Board
8:40 a.m. (1:40 p.m.) Rice Specialist Introduction – Bruce Linquist, UCCE
9:10 a.m. (2:10 p.m.) Perspective on the Potential Drought and its Impacts
Richvale meeting: Ted Trimble, Western Canal Water District
Glenn meeting: Thad Bettner, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District
Colusa meeting: Lewis Bair, Reclamation District 108
Yuba City meeting: Curt Aikens, Yuba County Water Agency
9:40 a.m. (2:40 p.m.) Regulatory Update – County Ag Commissioner
10:00 a.m. (3:00 p.m.) Weed Competition, Control, Timing and Herbicides – Albert Fischer, UC Davis
10:30 a.m. (3:30 p.m.) — BREAK —
10:45 a.m. (3:45 p.m.) Potassium Fertility – Bruce Linquist, UCCE
11:15 a.m. (4:15 p.m.) Waste Discharge Requirements – What does it mean to the grower? – Roberta Firoved, California Rice Commission
11:45 a.m. (4:45 p.m.) Fall Weather Patterns and Grain Quality – Cass Mutters, UCCE
12:00 a.m. (5:00 p.m.) — ADJOURN —
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