The University of California Cooperative Extension and theColusa County Resource Conservation District are co-hosting a Virtual Field Day on March 24th from 10:00am-12:00pm. The event will focus on winter cover cropping in annual systems in the Sacramento Valley and topics will include a field tour of two current project sites, project findings from previous projects with both winter and summer cover crops, and information on cover crop variety selection and management. Registration is free but required for the Zoom link: http://ucanr.edu/sacvalleycovercrop
We hope you can join us! Contact Sarah Light selight@ucanr.edu for questions.
Virtual Field Day:
Winter Cover Cropping in the Sacramento Valley
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 - 10:00am-12:00pm
Cures CEU Credits—2 hours
Irrigated Lands Program Nitrogen Management Credits - 2 hours
10:00 - Registration Time
10:00 - 10:20 - Welcome and Overview
Liz Harper, Sierra Reading, Colusa County Resource Conservation District
Sarah E Light, UCCE Sutter, Yuba and Colusa Counties
10:20 - 10:50 - Introduction to Cover Crop Demonstration Sites and Research Projects
Sarah Light and Liz Harper
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Davis Ranches Site: Evaluation of Soil Moisture Dynamics
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River Road Site: Evaluation of Cover Crops to Mitigate Soil Compaction
10:50 - 11:05 - Evaluation of two cover crop rates on annual rotations in the Sacramento Valley
Sarah E Light, UCCE Agronomy Advisor for Sutter, Yuba and Colusa Counties
Amber Vinchesi-Vahl, UCCE Vegetable Crops Advisor for Sutter, Yuba and Colusa Counties
(2 min for Questions)
11:05 - 11:20 - A Case Study of Warm-season Legume Cover Cropping in the Delta
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, Delta Farm Advisor, UCCE San Joaquin County
Brenna Aegerter, Vegetable Crops Advisor, UCCE San Joaquin County
(2 min for Questions)
11:20 - 11:35 - Greenhouse Gas Monitoring of a Cover Crop Field
Veronica Suarez, UC Davis Graduate Student
11:35 - 11:50 - Cover cropping, when and what to use and what to do with it
Tom Johnson, Agronomist for Kamprath Seed
(2 min for Questions)
11:50 - 12:00 - Closing Questions and Thank Yous
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