New Rice Weed Course September 16!

Aug 3, 2016

New Rice Weed Course September 16!

Aug 3, 2016

The 1st Annual Rice Weed Course will take place: 

Friday, September 16, 2016

from 8:30AM to 4:15PM (Registration begins at 8:00AM)

at the 

Hamilton Road Field (on West Hamilton Rd. between Hwy. 99 & Riceton Hwy.)

and Rice Experiment Station, Biggs, CA

Watergrass

The day will begin with an interactive tour of the Weed Science research plots at Hamilton Road. Participants will also spend time learning about weed identification for important rice weeds both at emergence and at heading. Presentations will cover emerging pests of rice, such as weedy red rice and winged-leaf primrose willow. Attendees will hear about new pesticide registrations and updates to current pesticides, as well as information regarding the new Butte herbicide. This course is also a great opportunity to interact directly with the UCCE and UC Davis Rice Weed Research Team! 

For a full agenda and registration go to: 

http://wric.ucdavis.edu/events/rice_weed_course_2016.html 

 

For questions, please contact Whitney Brim-DeForest at 530-822-7515, or by email at wbrimdeforest@ucanr.edu 

Credits for PCA, QAC, QAL, Private Applicator, and CA Certified Crop Adviser are pending. 

 

 


By Whitney Brim-DeForest
Author - County Director, Sutter and Yuba Counties and CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor