The San Joaquin County and Delta Rice Growers Meeting will be Monday, March 3, 2014 from 1:00-4:00pm at the Cabral Agricultural Center (2101 E. Earhart Ave., Stockton, CA 95206). See the agenda below, and please contact Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, Delta farm advisor, with questions.
Agenda:
1:00pm Doors open, sign-in, light refreshments, and welcome
1:05pm Rice Specialist Introduction, Bruce Linquist, UCCE
1:35pm Rice Industry Update, Roberta Firoved, California Rice Commission
1:50pm Variety Selection and Milling Quality, Cass Mutters, UCCE, Butte
2:20pm Rice in the Delta – The Potential to Mitigate Subsidence and Enhance Sustainability, Phil Bachand, TetraTech
2:50pm BREAK
3:00pm Potassium Fertility, Bruce Linquist, UCCE
3:30pm Weed Competition, Control, Timing and Herbicides, Albert Fischer, UC Davis
4:00pm Wrap-up and evaluations
Applied for DPR and CCA continuing education credits.