2012 Annual Rice Grower Winter Meetings

Dec 15, 2011

2012 Annual Rice Grower Meetings

Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension

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WHERE & WHEN

Williams: Monday, Jan. 23, 8:30 am, Granzella’s Banquet Hall, 457 - 7th Street, Williams

Richvale: Monday, Jan. 23, 1:30 pm, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale

Yuba City: Monday, Jan. 30, 8:30 am, Veterans Hall, 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle, Yuba City

Glenn: Monday, Jan. 30, 1:30 pm, Glenn Pheasant Hall, 1522 Highway 45, south of Glenn

 

TIME: Doors open at 8:00 am and meetings start at 8:30 am at Williams and Yuba City.

Doors open at 1:00 pm and meetings start at 1:30 pm at Richvale and Glenn.

 

Program

8:00 am (1:00 pm) Doors open, sign-in, coffee

8:30 am (1:30 pm) Call meeting to order

8:35 am (1:35 pm) Rice Research Board Nominations – Dana Dickey, Rice Research Board

8:40 am (1:40 pm) Rice Pesticide and Regulatory Update – County Agricultural Commissioner

9:00 am (2:00 pm) Winged Primrose-willow and Water Primroses in Rice and Canals –Brenda Grewell, USDA-ARS

9:20 am (2:20 pm) Survey of Pest Management Practices of Stored Rough Rice – Luis Espino, UCCE

9:30 am (2:30 pm) Rice Grading Standards and Procedures – Chuck Britton, USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service

10:00 am (3:00 pm) Results from Recent Soil Fertility Studies – Bruce Linquist, UCD

 

10:25 am (3:25 pm)                                                — BREAK —

 

10:40 am (3:40 pm) Arthropod Pests Update – Larry Godfrey, UCD

11:00 am (4:00 pm) California Rice Production Outlook – Chris Greer, UCCE

11:20 am (4:20 pm) Concepts in Weed Management for Rice Cropping Systems – Albert Fischer, UCD

 

12:00 pm (5:00 pm)                                                — ADJOURN —


By Luis Espino
Author - Rice Farming Systems Advisor