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California Plant and Soil Conference, February 6 and 7
Happy New Year everyone! Looks like the year has come out storming with a lot to do and events to attend.
The big UCCE Annual Strawberry Production Research meeting is to take place February 12 at the County Fairgrounds in Santa Cruz County, I'll be posting the agenda for that quite soon.
In the meantime, there is also another high quality meeting to consider attending. This is the CA Plant and Soil Conference taking place this coming February 6 and 7, the press release I have here:
PRESS RELEASE: CA Plant and Soil Conference takes place on February 6-7, 2025
The 2025 California Plant and Soil Conference will be held on February 6-7 at the Wyndham Visalia. The conference is organized by the California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy (CA ASA). Registration is now open through the conference website (https://na.eventscloud.com/plantandsoilconference).
The annual conference provides an opportunity for students, professionals, and other attendees to increase their knowledge of current topics of agronomic importance in California. Many Certified Crop Advisers and Pest Control Advisers attend the conference to earn continuing education units that are important to their professional standing.
This year's conference will convene sessions covering the following topics:
· The State of California Agriculture in 2025 and Beyond
· IPM & pollinators
· Nutrient Management
· Soil Health & Disease Suppressing Soil
· Emerging Voices Panel: Behind the Science Look at Agronomy
· Integrating Water and Nutrient Management
· Using Data on the Farm
· Groundwater Scarcity and Water Quality
· Regenerative Agriculture
· Evolution of Pest Management in California
In addition to presentations on these topics, there will be an award ceremony to honor individuals who served the profession through their careers, a student poster competition, non-competitive professional posters, a student mentoring breakfast, and the CA ASA business meeting. Sponsorship opportunities are available to support student participation; please see the conference website for more information https://na.eventscloud.com/website/58588/sponsors
Flowering Quince: A Sure Sign of Spring
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A honey bee foraging on flowering quince, a member of the rose family. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A flowering quince bud makes a great pocket for a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bottoms up! A honey bee determined to bring back food for her colony on this flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Your Rat Management Questions Answered!
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UCCE offers water measurement training Jan. 30 in Davis
California water-rights holders are required by state law to measure and report the water they divert from surface streams. For people who wish to take the water measurements themselves, the University of California Cooperative Extension is offering in-person training to receive certification on Jan. 30 in Davis.
At the workshop, participants can expect to
- clarify reporting requirements for ranches.
- understand what meters are appropriate for different situations.
- learn how to determine measurement equipment accuracy.
- develop an understanding of measurement weirs.
- learn how to calculate and report volume from flow data.
The training is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 in the Valley Room at the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Building at 2801 Second Street, Davis, CA 95616.
“We are limiting the number participants for the water measurement training to 30 people per session,” said Larry Forero, UC Cooperative Extension livestock and natural resources advisor emeritus. “If you need this training, please register soon.”
Pre-registration is required and the fee is $35. To register, visit https://ucanr.edu/watermeasure. If you have questions, email Forero at lcforero@ucanr.edu or Sara Jaimes at sbjaimes@ucanr.edu or call (530) 224-4900.
Background:
Senate Bill 88 requires that all water right holders who have previously diverted, or intend to divert, more than 10 acre-feet per year (riparian and pre-1914 claims); or who are authorized to divert more than 10 acre-feet per year under a permit, license or registration; to measure and report the water they divert. Regulatory requirements for measurement and reporting are available on the State Water Resources Control Board Reporting and Measurement Regulation webpage. The legislation requires that installation and certification of measurement methods for diversion (or storage) greater than or equal to 100-acre feet annually be approved by an engineer/contractor/professional.
California Cattlemen's Association worked with Assemblyman Bigelow to allow a self-certification option. Assembly Bill 589, which became law in 2018, allows any water diverter who completes this UC Cooperative Extension course on measurement devices and methods (including passage of a proficiency test) to be considered a qualified individual when installing and maintaining devices or implementing methods of measurement.
Feb. 8 is UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: A Super Science Day
Have you ever wished that you and your family and friends could visit the UC Davis campus and chat...
Visitors examine the insect specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At the 12th annual Biodiversity Museum Day, Miles Pickard, 4 and his mother Marissa Pickard checked out the Center for Plant Diversity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, draws scores of visitors during UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lisa Pacumio with great-horned owl at the California Raptor Center on Old Davis Road. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A nematode display at the Katherine Esau Science Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
