RESCHEDULED: 2022 Annual Rice Grower Meetings

RESCHEDULED

2022 Annual Rice Grower Meetings

Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension

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NEW: Virtual Option

WHERE & WHEN

Richvale: Monday, March 14, 8:30am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale

Willows: Monday, March 14, 1:00pm, Glenn County Office of Education, 311 South Villa Avenue, Willows

Colusa: Tuesday, March 15, 8:30 am, Community Center, Colusa County Fairgrounds, 10^th Street (Hwy 20), Colusa

Yuba City: Tuesday, March 15, 1:00 pm, UCCE Office, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City

Woodland: Wednesday, March 16, 8:30 am, Norton Hall, 70 Cottonwood St, Woodland

VIRTUAL OPTION: Thursday, March 17, 8:30 am, register here for virtual meeting

TIME:   Doors open at 8:30 am and meetings start at 9:00 am at Richvale, Colusa, and Woodland.

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

            Virtual meeting (Zoom) check-in at 8:30

Program

8:30 am (1:00 pm) -- Doors open, sign-in, coffee  

9:00 am (1:30 pm) -- Call meeting to order - Agricultural Commissioner Updates

9:15 am (1:45 pm) -- Rice Research Board Introductions and Nominations – Dana Dickey, Rice Research Board

9:25 am (1:55 pm) -- Introduction of New Rice Experiment Station Director and Roxy Overview – Dustin                             Harrell, RES director, and Kent McKenzie, Albaugh Consultant

9:35 am (2:05 pm) -- Roxy Rice Production System Research Update – Kassim Al-Khatib, UC Davis

9:50 am (2:20 pm) -- Weedy Rice Research Update – Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE

10:05 am (2:35 pm) -- Invertebrate Research Update – Ian Grettenberger, UC Davis

10:20 am (2:50 pm) -- Disease Management Research Update – Luis Espino, UCCE

10:35 am (3:05 pm) -- Fertility Research Update – Bruce Linquist, UC Davis

10:50 am (3:20 pm) -- New Herbicides in Weed Management Research Update – Kassim Al-Khatib, UC Davis

11:05 am (3:35 pm) -- Variety Update and Yield Contest – Bruce Linquist, UC Davis

11:20 am (3:50 pm)         — ADJOURN —

****Applied for DPR and CCA CE credits****