Pomology Notes

• Save The Dates
• Almond Management Considerations
• Playing Potassium Catch-Up?
• Small Steps Boost Net Grower Returns
• New Threat to California Almonds: Red Leaf Blotch
• Know your Business

• Pre- & Post Harvest Almond Orchard Considerations
• Timing Almond Harvest in 2024
• First Hull Split Spray: Timing and Practice
• Monterey Maladies and the Need for Careful Irrigation Management
• New Orchard Team Member!

• Almond Management Considerations
• Pest Management for Shothole and Scab
• Navel Orangeworm Updates
• Disease management decisions in low-income years(s)
• Nickels Field Day Agenda

• Save the Dates
• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Efficacy of a Hull Split Spray vs. Sanitation for NOW Control
• Wet winter concerns: Phytophthora and waterlogging
• Winter sanitation critical for reducing insect pest damage risk to almonds in 2023-2024
• Preventing Bacterial Blast Damage in 2024
• Almond Fungicide Efficacy

• Save the Dates
• Post-Harvest Almonds Orchard Considerations
• Be Careful with Almond Variety-Rootstock Selection
• Plant cover crops now to prepare for another wet winter
• Reality Check
• Planning for big Crop in tight times
• Bacterial blast/canker: What do we know?

• Pre- & Post-Harvest Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• NOW hullsplit spray considerations
• Don’t Neglect Your Boron
• Spring 2023 retrospective: Bacterial Blast
• New Orchard Advisor!

• Nickels Soil Lab Field Day
• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Strategies for orchard weed management in hard economic situations
• Navel Orangeworm Biofix in a Wet Spring
• Dial-in spray coverage for cost-effective spraying

• Upcoming Meetings
• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Vegetation for Infiltration
• Disease Management in Tight Budget Year
• Rootstock Selection to Increase Tree Health, Longevity, and Yield
• Almond Grower Meeting Agendas
• North Valley Nut Conference Agenda
• Almond Fungicide Efficacy

• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Management Practices for Improved Water Capture
• 2022 Almond Season IPM Reflections
• UC IPM Air Blast Sprayer On-line Calibration Course
• Time for a Hard Look
• Upcoming Orchard Meetings
• New IPM Advisor Introduction

• Almond Orchard Management Consideration
• When do you shake almonds?
• Protecting Sacramento Valley Waterways from PyrethroidExceedances
• Is it time for a closer look at alternative nutrient sources?

• Almond Management Considerations: Spring & Early Summer
• Irrigating Freeze Damaged Almonds in a Drought
• Fertilizing Almonds after a Frost
• Staff Research Associate Introduction
• Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day

• Almond Orchard Management Consideration
• Potted tree irrigation after planting: Getting the first year right
• Protecting Young Almond Trunks with Cartons
• Late Winter to Early Spring is the Most Effective Time for Gopher Management
• Weed management in young almond orchards
• 2022 Almond Fungicide Table

• Fall Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• UCCE Central Valley Pistachio News
• New Advisor Introduction
• Climate & Management Considerations for Future Almond Orchards
• Preparing for 2022
• Announcing the new UC Almond Cover Crop Best Management Practices

• Pre- & Post- Harvest Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Almond Hull Split Spray Considerations in a Tight Fiscal Year
• Ant Management
• Maintaining Quality with Pick up & Stockpiling Best Practices
• Volunteers needed for UC Davis study on plyphosate & herbicide selections

NICKELS SOIL LAB ANNUAL FIELD DAY

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Marine Ave, Arbuckle, CA
PCA CE credits requested; CCA CE credit requested

• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Almond May Spray Considerations in a Tight Fiscal Year
• Irrigating with low quality water? What to consider first.
• Lean Price Year Nutrient Management
• New Staff Research Associate
• Almond Herbicide Chart

• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Early Season Irrigation: Do We Know When to Start?
• Hive Strength and Bee Health/Safety
• Bloom season specific sprayer calibration saves money and time
• What new research into carbohydrates is teaching us about California orchards
• Almond Fungicide Efficacy

• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Orchard sanitation is key to a quality crop
• Almond leaf Scorch
• Irrigation/Water Advisor Retires

Sutter-Yuba-Colusa

UCCE Virtual Webinars

Join us in our first series of virtual webinars!

• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Hull split Hull Rot Management
• Maintaining Quality with Pick Up & Stockpiling Best Practices
• Naval Orangeworm Management Considerations
• Ant Management is Especially Important in a Heavy Crop Year

May 27, 2020

Help, please.

I’m looking for a few experienced PCAs or growers/managers to watch an on-line class for airblast sprayer calibration training and give it a quick review.  The class has to be up and running smoothly by Sept. 1 and to do so we need to get reviews by people who are potential users (PCA’s, growers, etc) by June 1 .

What’s involved?

• Take a short pre-test (10 questions, T/F and multiple choice)
• Watch the class. There are some quick calibration calculations involved, but this shouldn’t be difficult (go quickly). This should take about 2-2.5 hours. [There is good educational content in this class so while it takes valuable time, it’s not wasted time.]
• Taking a quick post-test
• Giving some feedback on the experience of taking the class.
• Total time, about 3 hours.

I know there isn’t much (any?) extra time now and I wish I could be making this request in the fall or early winter, but to get the final posted by Sept 1, the reviews are needed now.

For taking the time to do this review, we are offering free access several to a UC IPM on-line class with 1-2 CE units.  These classes usually cost around $50. If you are interested/willing, please send me an e-mail (or call my cell) and I’ll get you the link to the class, the review report form, and info for the free (to you) on-line class from IPM.

Thanks for considering this request, especially at this time of year.

• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Potassium deficiency
• Rootstock trial for boron tolerance - 2019 Update
• Observation on Butte County Rootstock Trials
• Hull split timing and sprayer practices for best control results
• Advisor Farewell
• Propiconazole (Tilt®, Bumper®, etc.) use canceled in the EU

Registration is now open! Airblast Sprayer Calibration Training, February 25, 2020. 

• Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• New EPA Paraquat Restrictions
• Young Orchard Weed Management
• Honey bee colonies, pollination, bee safety, and beekeeper responsibilities
• Navigating Irrigation Technology Overload
• 2020 Meetings
• Fungicide Efficacy

January 22, 2020 | 8:00 am

2.0 hours of PCA credits Approved (0.5 hr of Laws & Regs, 1.5 hours Other)

3.0 hours of CCA credits Approved (0.5 hr Nutrient Mgmt, 0.5 hr Soil & Water Mgmt, 2.0 hr IPM)

Sutter/Yuba Winter Almond Meeting

&

Colusa Winter Almond Meeting

Sacramento Valley Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop

Topics Include: Weed management and new regulations, navel orangeworms in almonds & walnuts research, spider mite predators in almonds & walnuts and a roundtable discussion.

Any questions contact Emily Symmes at ejsymmes@ucanr.edu or (530) 538-7201

2019 UC Almond Production Short Course

You can see the full agenda here. Register now, fees increase tomorrow!

Contacts for more Information:

• Kellie McFarland (530) 750-1259
• Shannon Martin (530) 750-1328

• Post-Harvest Clean up
• Zinc and Boron review
• Almond Variety Planting trends
• Potassium Management

Join Dani Lightle (UCCE Orchards Advisor; Glenn, Tehama, and Butte Counties) and Drew Wolter (UC Junior Specialist Intern and UC Davis Graduate Student) for a field meeting to observe how different trunk protection methods help mitigate herbicide damage to young almond trees. The meeting Presentation/talk will be at the Nickels Soil Lab in Arbuckle (pin provided below) on September 12th from 8:00-9:00am. Dani, Drew and/or Franz Niederholzer will be there for drop-in visits until noon if you can't make the morning formal talk.

Dropped Pin: Field Meeting Location. Please enter the field site via Harrington Ave.

Any questions, contact Drew Wolter: (805) 617-8217 or Dani Lightle: (530) 865-1107

Join Dani Lightle (UCCE Orchards Advisor; Glenn, Tehama, and Butte Counties) and Drew Wolter (UC Junior Specialist Intern and UC Davis Graduate Student) for a field meeting to observe how different trunk protection methods help mitigate herbicide damage to young almond trees. The meetings presentation/talk will be at the Nickels Soil Lab in Arbuckle (pin provided bellow) on September 12th from 8:00-9:00am. Dani, Drew and/or Franz Niederholzer will be there for drop-in visits until noon if you can’t make the morning’s formal talk.

UCD Field Inspection of Advanced Prune Selections

Plus Yolo-Solano Research Tour

Tentative Agenda:

• Cover Crop Seed Selection
• Summer-Fall Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings

• Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day
• Pre- and Post- Herbicide Performance on Threespike Goosegrass in Three Nut Orchards
• The Many Possible Causes of "Gummy Nuts" in Almonds
• Almond Management Considerations: Spring & Early Summer
• Hull Split Timing and Sprayer Practices for Best Pest Control Results
• Hull Rot Management
• 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings

• Almond: Fungicide Efficacy

• Winter & Bloom Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Early Season Irrigation: Do We know When to Start?
• Tracking Winter Irrigation Needs
• The Rot from Within: Wood Decay in Almond
• Growing the Valley Podcast: Almond Episodes posted!
• Protecting Honey Bees at Bloom
• Almond Bloom Diseases
• Grower Perspectives on Soil Management in Almonds
• IPM Breakfast Meetings

Sutter-Yuba Winter Almond Meeting

This meeting is intended as a short meeting to deliver timely information and gauge interest in future winter almond meetings in the Yuba City area. Topics include Introduction/Nutrient management for almonds, Almond variety and rootstock information and Almond disease management. 

0.5 hours of PCA CE (0.5 hr IPM) requested

1.0 hours of CCA CE (0.5 hr Nutrient Man., 0.5 hr IPM) requested

DECEMBER 10, 2018 - PRUNE PRODUCTION CHALLENGES AND RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN CALIFORNIA SURVEY

Event Cancellation:

The UCCE 3^rd Annual Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop scheduled for November 16, 2018 at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall in Chico has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.

Emily

Market Facilitation Program Workshops

November 7 | November 8 | November 9

You are invited to attend a Market Facilitation Program workshop hosted by the Almond Alliance and Almond Board of California to learn how to apply for this funding. 

• 2018/2019 UCCE Fall & Winter Almond Meetings
• Post-harvest Nutrition Review
• Post-Harvest Orchard Management Considerations
• Cover Crops in Almonds: Research Update
• Cover Crop Survey
• SoilWeb Workaround
• Keep an Eye out for Potential Brown Marmorated Sting Bug Damage
• Annual Post-Harvest Almond and Walnut IPM Workshop
• IPM Breakfast Meetings

• Monterey and the Leafing Failure
• School is out, and the grades are coming in: July Leaf Analysis
• Irrigation management for Hull Rot Control
• June Hull Rot Reminder
• Pre- & Post- Harvest Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Growing the Valley Podcast
• IPM Breakfast Meetings

Sutter-Yuba area prune crop update, 2018

Late Harvest this year?

Thinning Prunes

Prune Field Meeting

Friday, May 4, 9am - 10am

R&J Driers, 2200 Encinal Rd (west of LoMo Crossing)

NICKELS SOIL LAB ANNUAL FIELD DAY

Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 8:30 am — 12:15pm

Marine Ave, Arbuckle, CA

Do you want another tool for vole management?

Tuesday, March 13th from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm

Participate in talks and rotating sessions on best water and nutrient management practices.

Please note, Dr. Jarvis-Shean's talk title is "Nitrogen management BMP's in walnut" NOT "Nitrogen management plans."  

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for the Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valleys from late Sunday night (Feb 18) through Wednesday (Feb 21) morning.  Forecast lows range from 26^o to 32^oF.  The lower range of those forecasts should pose a significant risk to sensitive almond varieties, especially if past full bloom (see critical temperature table in this newsletter) and not frost protected. While most growers and PCAs are aware of practices needed to protect the crop, the following is a quick review.

• 2018 Winter Almond Meeting - February 7th
• Bloom Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• When is peach twig borer a concern?
• Naval Orangeworm Considerations 2018
• Honey Bees and Bloom Sprays
• How is Band Canker Infecting Young Trees?
• Missing the Target: Why you Should Irrigate Potted Trees Directly onto Potting Media
• 2018 IPM Breakfast Meetings

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17th, 2018
Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds, Franklin Hall

3.05 CE Hours Pending: 1.3 Laws & Regs; 1.75 Other  & 4 Hours CCA

TO REGISTER FOR THIS FREE EVENT: Call Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550

• 2017/2018 UCCE Fall & Winter Almond Meetings
• Bacterial Spot: A Dangerous Disease
• Gophers Kill Trees!
• Update on Yellow Monterey Almond Trees
• Almond Orchard Management Checklist: Post-Harvest and Dormancy
• New Pesticide Labels Available to Help Control Pruning Wound Infections

UC IPM Almond & Walnut Harvest Evaluation:  Identifying Sources of Damage

• New Farm Advisor
• Relationship between Varieties and Bacterial Blast during Bloom - 2017
• Navel Orangeworm Update
• Yellowing trees on Krymsk 86 after a wet spring
• Approaches to Spider Mite Management in Almonds
• Pre- & Post-Harvest Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Almond Variety Trial Field Day
• Upcoming IPM Breakfast Meetings

Prune Grower Field Meeting Agenda

Friday, April 28, 2017, 9:00am

2200 Encinal Road, Live Oak

Save the Date! 

Prune Grower Field Meeting

Friday, April 28, 2017, Morning

• Nickels Field Day -- May 10th
• Waterlogged orchards?
• Bloom review
• Potassium, zinc, iron & manganese deficiencies
• April showers bring yellowing Krymsk?
• Almond management considerations: spring & early summer
• Correction: when to apply the first irrigation?
• Upcoming breakfast meetings

UCCE Orchard Calibration Field Day

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

8am - 1pm

Nickels Soil Lab

Arbuckle, CA

2017 Flooded Orchards - What to do and Resources

1. What to do now
2. Reporting damage/loss
3. Determining Damage
4. Potential Disaster Relief Resources

Join Area IPM Advisor Emily Symmes and Orchard Systems Farm Advisors Janine Hasey and Franz Niederholzer to discuss current pest management and production issues. 

**No-host breakfast, DPR and CCA hours requested (1.5 other)**

• Focus on honeybees. colony strength, and beekeeper responsibilities
• Protecting honeybees during bloom
• When to apply the first irrigation?
• 2017 UCCE almond meetings
• Additional announcements
• Winter & Bloom Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Almond Fungicide Efficacy

• 2016 Almond Production Short Course
• Pocket gopher management
• Fall Zinc and Boron Review
• Potted tree irrigation after planting: Getting the first year right
• Leaf rust of almond
• Post-harvest Considerations
• Sacramento Valley Orchard Source

• Upcoming Meetings
• New Website Resource for Sac Valley Tree Crop Production
• Preharvest/Harvest Almond Orchard Practices to Consider
• Did you notice yellow, flagging branches this spring? Beware of anthracnose!
• Herbicide Symptom Gallery
• Managing Soil Variability for Increased Almond Production

Upcoming Meetings:

1. Friday, July 8, 2016 - 8:30 am to Noon ~ Dust Control/Sustainability Field Day @ Nickels Soil Lab | RSVP to Rebecca Bailey at rbailey@almondboard.com
2. November 8-10, 2016 ~ Almond Production Short Course @ Modesto, CA | More information - http://ucanr.edu/almondshortcourse

Irrigation Technology workshop/field for Nut and Fruit Crops

Almond Board Field Meeting

Nickels Soil Lab, Green Bay Ave, Arbuckle

Tuesday, May 10

The Almond Board of California is hosting a field meeting at the Nickels Soil Lab on Tuesday, May 10 from 8:30 – noon. A free lunch will be available following the program. Interested growers and PCAs are encouraged to attend. Featured speakers will include Kurt Hembree, UCCE Farm Advisor in Fresno County specializing in weed control in tree crops as well as Almond Board representatives. A detailed agenda is included with this newsletter post.

To help with a lunch count, please RSVP to Rebecca Bailey at rbailey@almondboard.com or 209-343-3245.

Hope to see you there.  

• Nickels Field Day
• Pocket gopher management: don't wait too long!
• An alternative preemergence herbicide strategy for summer grasses in orchards
• Weekly soil moisture loss reports to assist with water management
• In-season almond pest and disease considerations
• Organic almond production field meeting planned
• Herbicide Registration Chart

UCCE Sacramento Valley Almond News

• Krymsk 86 in Cool, Wet Conditions
• Wet or Dry, Get Ready
• El Nino Rains and pruning don't mix!
• Upcoming Almond Meetings
• Frost Protection
• Pre-Bloom Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Have any of your trees blown down?
• Annual Almond Production Meeting, Woodland
• Colusa-Sutter-Yuba Winter Almond Meeting
• Fungicide efficacy tables

• Saving Money & Time While Reducing Spray Drift
• Strip Spraying Application
• Grower Checklist for Safety & Safety Communication
• Employee Safety from the AG Department Perspective
• Heat Illness nd Personal Protective Equipment

To register for this free event: Call Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550

• Why are some individual trees turning yellow and not growing?
• 2015 In-season naval orangeworm update
• Almond canopy cankers
• Non-infectious bud failure management
• Weak areas in orchards...dead roots?
• Pre-harvest almond orchard management considerations

• Early Harvest Heads Up
• Preharvest irrigation water shut off
• Two shakes this harvest? Proceed with caution.
• Fruit Brown Rot Management at Harvest

Don't Forget!

2015 Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

8:30am - 12:15pm

Lunch by Reservation Available!

• Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day
• Naval Orangeworm in 2015
• Almond Scab
• Band Canker
• N Budgeting Following the 4 R's
• In-Season Almond Orchard Management Considerations

Almond Board of California Educational Sustainability Workshop Series

Series 1:  Water & Nitrogen Management

Expert speakers include UC Farm Advisors and Almond Board-funded researchers.

Start and stop frost protection sprinklers based on Wet bulb temperatures.

South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting

Stagehands Theater, Colusa County Fairgrounds, Colusa, CA

February 5, 2015, 8am - 12noon

• Winter & bloom almond orchard management considerations
• Winter sanitation for navel orangeworm control
• Honey bee safety during bloom
• Rootstock trial for boron tolerance has Nickels with early lead
• Bacterial spot of almond in California
• Upcoming meetings - Mark your Calendar!
• Almond fungicide efficacy, treatment timing & suggested management programs

Upcoming Almond Meetings:

Colusa-Sutter-Yuba Orchard Spraying Field Meetings

(Same program -- different dates/locations)

November 12, 2014, 8:00am - 12:30pm

(south Sutter County -- Wilson Road x Highway 99)

November 14, 2014, 8:00am - 12:30pm

(Nickels Soil Lab, Arbuckle)

• Orchard Spraying Field Meetings
• Fall-Winter Almond Orchard Management Considerations
• Winter Sanitation - Hull Rot & Navel Orangeworm
• Irrigation System Maintenance
• Building an Effective Orchard Weed Management Program
• Herbicide Registration Chart

• New IPM Advisor
• New Farm Advisor
• Advisor Retirement
• Leaf analysis and salinity monitoring
• Research reveals the core components of optimum almond production
• Navel orangeworm management
• Nitrogen Management in Orchard Crops meeting

Meeting Announcement:  *Date Correction*

Nitrogen Management in Orchard Crops - Thursday, July 24th 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080

• Prune orchard activities to consider in June/July
• Scouting for Spider Mites in Prunes
• New IPM Advisor Introduction
• New Farm Advisor Introduction
• Deficit Irrigation for French Prune
• Chill model comparison
• Advisor Retirement - Joe Connell
• Nitrogen Management in Orchard Crop Meeting planned for July 24th

Please take a look at the attached letter and flyer for more information on how to participate in our May 8th, Be a Scientist for a Day!

• Prune orchard activities to consider in April / May
• New Farm Advisor Introduction
• Irrigating French Prune During a Drought
• Efficient Nitrogen Management in Prune Production
• Low Chill Winter?
• How hot was it at bloom, 2014?
• Prune Aphids in Spring & Summer
• Spring Field Meeting Planned for Friday, May 2

• New Farm Advisor
• Insect Activity, Spring 2014
• Wanted:  Cooperator in large almond spraying study
• Foliar nutrient sprays: a quick but short term correction for nutrient deficiencies
• Nitrogen use efficiency in almonds
• Irrigation management
• Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day

**E-MAIL EXTRA**

• Prune growing in CA in 21st Century: Turning the corner meeting
• Practices to consider in prune orchards in March
• Prune Fungicide Efficacy

• Pollination and honey bee safety
• Orchard Sanitation: a key winter practice in almond production
• Observations on Butte County rootstock trials
• Almond fungicide efficacy, treatment timing & suggested programs

Tuesday, January 28th

8:30 am - Registration

9:00 am - Program begins

10:30 am - Outdoor Demonstration Rotations begins

12:30 pm - Lunch

South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting

(Revised Agenda) ~ February 4 ~ Colusa County Fairgrounds

South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting

February 4, 2014 ~ Colusa

Renewing Old Prune Orchards Field Meeting

September 13, 2013, 9:00am

Reason Farms, Yuba City

• Naval orangeworm management - 2013
• Almond hull rot - cultural and chemical management
• Alternaria leaf spot and leaf rust of almond
• Water management for almond:  In-season, harvest and post-harvest
• Pre-harvest almond orchard nutrition
• Room for rent sought for UC Intern
• Local Weather Data Available

• Practices to consider in prune orchards in July/August
• Earlier harvest in 2013
• 2013: A Tough Year for Cankers

Reminder!

Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Green Bay Avenue, Arbuckle, CA

8:30am - 12:15pm

• Almond Varieties
• Crown Rot and Pruning Wound Cankers
• New Video: Managing almond pest using the Year-round IPM Program
• Tying Young Trees
• Navel Orangeworm Pressure?

• Practices to consider in prune orchards in April/May
• Sutter-Yuba Spring Field Meeting
• Orchard Irrigation
• Prune Tissue Sampling for Leaf Analysis
• Efficient Nitrogen Management in Prune Production
• How hot was it at bloom, 2013?

• Butte-Glenn Almond Institute & Walnut Day
• Groundwater Nitrogen Dilemma
• Bee Careful with Pesticides
• Almond orchards with wild insects have higher fruit set
• Nickels Field Day
• Springtime disease control
• Almond Fungicide Efficacy
• South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting

• South Sacramento Valley Prune Day - Feb 27th
• Practices to consider in prune orchards in March
• Nitrogen Management for French Prune
• Heat at bloom update
• Brown Rot Blosson / Twig Blight and Preventing Fungicide Resistance
• New 2012 Prune Cost Study for the Sacramento Valley

2013 Tehama Prune Day

Friday, February 8, 2013

• South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting
• SpraySafe Meeting

Introduction to Almond Production course - Don't forget to register!

• Upcoming meetings
• Practices to consider in prune orchards this fall
• Prune Orchard Nutrition
• Fall Spray for Prune Aphid Management
• Prune out Cytospora cankers to reduce disease
• Cost saving spray practices for fall prune aphid spray
• Two different spots on prune leaves

• Upcoming Meetings:  Introduction to Almond Production in the South Sacramento Valley
• Pocket Gopher and Ground Squirrel Management for Autumn
• 40th Annual Almond Conference Moved to Sacramento
• Hull Rot
• Leaf Blight
• 2012 Navel Orangeworm - Part 2
• Planning Your Weed Management Program (includes herbicides charts)

• Suggest Prune Orchard Activities in August
• Sizing Prunes at Harvest
• Managing Prunes Through Harvest
• Distinguishing Between Branch Dieback Disorders

• Alternaria Leaf Spot and Leaf Rust of Almond
• New Almond Cost Study for the Sacramento Valley
• 2012 Naval Orangeworm
• Why Are Some Individual Trees Turning Yellow, Are Weak, or Are Not Growing?
• Coping With Rain at Harvest
• Advisor Retirement and New Position Proposals

Spray Safe Meeting

Wednesday, June 20th, 9am

Colusa County Fairgrounds

CE Credits Available!

• Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Almonds
• Almond Pruning Wound Cankers
• Treatment Timing
• Fungicide Efficacy
• Suggested Disease Management Programs
• 35th Annual Nickels Field Day

• Prune Orchard Activities to Consider in March
• Heat at Bloom Update
• It's Your Money
• Saving Glyphosate
• Prune Fungicide Efficacy - Treatment Timing

South Sacramento Valley Prune Day (March 1, 2012) Announcement and Agenda

Meeting Announcement and Agenda

South Sacramento Valley Winter Almond Meeting
Arbuckle Golf Course - this Thursday, February 2, 2012, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Please stay for the free lunch after the meeting hosted by the Almond Board of California.

PCA and CCA CE hours requested

Attached are the meeting announcement, location map, agenda and registration forms for the Butte and Glenn Counties Walnut Day/Almond Institute.  It is being held on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.  The meeting will be held at the Masonic Family Center in Chico, California.  To receive lunch at the Walnut Day/Almond Institute, pre-registration must be returned to the UCCE Butte County office by Friday, January 27, 2012. (see attached).

2.5 hours of PCA credit has been requested.

For additional information, and registration questions please contact the UCCE Butte County office at:  (530) 538-7201.

• Upcoming Meetings and Workshops
• Pruning and training young almond trees
• Guidelines for planting almonds
• Winter irrigation
• Focus on bees, colony strength and health
• Orchard sanitation: a key winter practice in almond production

• Orchard Activities to Consider for December
• Observations on Krymsk 86 Rootstock
• A Short Review of Three Micronutrients:  Zinc, Manganese, and Iron
• Review of Naval Orangeworm Control Research in Almond
• Gopher Control
• Alternaria Leaf Spot and Leaf Rust of Almond

• Upcoming Meetings
• Practices to Consider in Prune Orchards this Fall
• New Prune Rootstock Research is Underway
• Considerations when Removing Prune Orchards
• Prune Orchard Fertility Review: Focus on the "Key 3"
• Prune Research Reports Now Available on the Internet
• Short, Timely Prune Updates Available on Twitter

• Rotation Crops and Intercrops that do not Increase Nematode Pests
• New Changes in Aluminum Phosphide Labels
• Herbicide Resistant Weed Survey
• Using Leaf Tissue Analysis for Almond Nutrition
• Understanding and Applying Information from a Soil Test:  Salinity
• Help Needed for Grad Student in Carbon use / Storage use in Almond Production

- Suggested Prune Orchard Activities in August
- Prune Maturity Data on Twitter
- Managing Fruit Brown Rot and Prune Rust
- Blue Prune Drop and Leaf Scorch
- Bloom Time Temperatures Compared to Fruit Set in 2011
- Update on Spotted Winged Drosophila in Prunes in Prunes
- When will harvest start in 2011?