Tuesday, February 3
8:00-9:30 Light Breakfast Meet & Greet
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General Session: Water Quality Regulation 9:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
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Chair: Nick Clark CEU: 1.5 CCA (1 Soil & Water Mgt., 0.5 Nutritrient Mgt.); 1 CDFA-INMTP |
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9:30 – 9:45 |
Nick Clark, UC ANR Introductory remarks |
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9:45 – 11:30 |
Panel Discussion: CA Agriculture Success in Meeting Groundwater Quality Regulatory Objectives
Panelists: J.P. Cativiela, Central Valley Dairy Representative Monitoring Program Patrick Pulupa, Central Valley Regional Water Board Sarah Lopez, Central Coast Water Preservation Inc. Suzette Santiago, Central Coast Water Quality Preservation Inc. Parry Klassen, Coalition for Urban Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES) |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Mark Cady, CDFA, Honoree presentation |
12:00 – 1:25 P.M. LUNCH
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions: 1:25 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
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Session 1 – Nutrient Management Chairs: Nick Clark, Mark Bolda CEU: 1 CCA (Nutrient Mgt.) |
Session 2 – Integrated Pest Management Chairs: Mark Bolda, Mae Culumber CEU: 1 DPR (Other), 0.5 DPR (Laws & regulations); 1 CCA (IPM) |
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1:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
1:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
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1:30 |
Sarah Light, UC ANR Potassium fertilizer source and timing effect on uptake of chloride and nitrogen in potato |
1:30 |
Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside, How to adopt anaerobic soil disinfestation to commercial conditions
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2:00 |
Eryn Wingate, Rancho Ventura Conservation Trust, Executive Director; Western Region Certified Crop Adviser Supporting Crop Nutrition with Amino Acids
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2:00 |
Houston Wilson, UC Riverside Development of a Regional Integrated Pest Management Program for Navel Orangeworm
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2:30 |
Jim Gregory, Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. Soil Amendments |
2:30 |
Melissa Cregan, Fresno County Department of Agriculture Impacts of Abandoned Orchards on Pest and Disease Pressure: State Regulations and Abatement Procedures |
3:00 – 3:25 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions: 3:25 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
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Session 3 – Potential of Alternative Crops for Reduced Water Use Chairs: Margaret Smither-Kopperl, Lauren Hale CEU: 1.5 CCA (Crop Mgt.) |
Session 4 – Precision Agriculture Chairs: Sangeeta Bansal, Giuliano Galdi CEU: 1.5 CCA (Crop Mgt.); 1.5 CDFA-INMTP |
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3:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
3:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
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3:30 |
Ron Runnebaum, UC Davis California Agave: Foundational Agronomy and Metabolites Characterization for a Drought-tolerant Specialty Crop |
3:30 |
Amir Verdi, UC, Riverside Using AI and Remote Sensing to Advance Precision Agriculture in Southern California
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4:00 |
Grisel Ponciano, USDA-ARS, Albany Potential for the Revival of the Drought Tolerant Rubber-producing Guayule crop in California |
4:00 |
Ahmed Kayad, UC Intermountain Research & Extension Center Alfalfa yield mapping using satellite, drone, and ground sensors
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4:30 |
Giulia Marino, UC Davis Olives as a Low Water-use and Drought Tolerant Crop for California. |
4:30 |
Luca Brillante, CSU Fresno, Bronco Wine Company Chair in Viticulture A New View of the Vineyard: Transforming Light into Insight through Hyperspectral Imaging
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5:00 P.M. POSTER SESSION AND EVENING SOCIAL (beverages and appetizers served)
Wednesday, February 4
6:45 A.M. STUDENT MENTOR BREAKFAST (registration is required)
7:00 A.M. General Breakfast
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions: 8:25 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. |
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Session 5 – Technology for Irrigation Management Chairs: Elia Scudiero, Mark Bolda, Michael Cahn CEU: 1.5 CCA (Soil & Water Mgt.); 1 CDFA-INMTP |
Session 6 – Tools for Soil Health and Regenerative Agriculture Chairs: Jeff Mitchell, Charlotte Decock CEU: 1.5 CCA (Crop Mgt.) |
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8:25 |
Introductory remarks |
8:25 |
Introductory remarks |
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8:30 |
Isaya Kisekka, UC Davis, Advances in Soil Moisture, ET, and Plant Sensing for Efficient Water Management
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8:30 |
Sonja Brodt, Margaret Lloyd,UC ANR Collaborative Approaches to Developing Soil Health Tools |
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9:00 |
Brent Sams, E. & J. Gallo Winery, Advancing precision solutions for vineyard management
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9:00 |
Margaret Lloyd, Sarah Light, UC ANR Practical Tools for On-Farm Soil Health Decision-Making
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9:30 |
Konstantinos Karydis, UC Riverside Robot-assisted proximal sensing and physical sampling in support of precision irrigation management
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9:30 |
Charlotte Decock, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Emilie Winfield, North Coast Soil Hub Development and Implementation of Soil Health Assessment Tools for Winegrape Growers
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10:00 – 10:25 A.M. COFFEE BREAK
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions: 10:25 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. |
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Session 7 – Circular Economies: Chairs: Lauren Hale, Wendy Rash CEU: 0.5 CCA (Nutrient Mgt), 0.5 CCA (Soil & Water Mgt), 0.5 CCA (Crop Mgt); 1 CDFA-INMTP |
Session 8 – Frontiers in Genetic Engineering Chairs: Mae Culumber, Zhen Wang CEU: 0.5 DPR (Other); 0.5 CCA (IPM) |
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10:25 |
Introductory remarks |
10:25 |
Introductory remarks |
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10:30 |
Sarah Castle, Sustainable Conservation Circular nutrient management in CA's San Joaquin Valley: Demonstrating value-add opportunities for dairy manure
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10:30 |
Sarah Davidson Evanega, Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) Arctic® Apples and Beyond: Biopioneering the Future of Fruit
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11:00 |
Ashraf El-Kereamy UC Riverside Using Biochar to Improve Soil Water Retention in Table Grape Vineyards |
11:00 |
Daniel Leskovar, Texas A&M University, AgriLife Center at Uvalde Enhancing Stress Tolerance for Seedlings and Grafted Vegetable Transplants |
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11:30 |
Guangwei Huang, Almond Board of California Value-added and upcycled use of almond by-products (hulls, shells and tree removals)
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11:30 |
Danelle Seymour, UC Riverside, Combating Huanlongbin disease: Genetic strategies to develop resilient citrus cultivars
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12:00 – 1:25 P.M. CA-ASA BUSINESS MEETING AND AWARDS LUNCHEON
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions: 1:25 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
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Session 9 – Adoption of Ag Technology and Robotics on the Central Coast Chairs: Michael Cahn, Elia Scudiero |
Session 10 – Groundwater Quality and Quantity for Agriculture Chairs: Giuliano Galdi,Wendy Rash CEU: 1.5 CCA (Soil & Water Mgt); 0.5 CDFA-INMTP |
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1:25 |
Introductory remarks |
1:25 |
Introductory remarks |
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1:30 |
Paramveer Singh, UC ANR From Silicon Valley to Salad Bowl: Innovations Transforming Central Coast Vegetable Production |
1:30 |
Isaya Kisekka, UC Davis Atmospheric river influence on nitrate transport to groundwater |
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2:00 |
Eliot Dorenbaum, Wilbur Ellis Best Management Practices for Drone Applications in California
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2:00 |
Edgar Tellez Foster, Chino Basin Watermaster Unlocking the benefits of salinity management through hydraulic control: The Chino Basin case |
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2:30 |
Mark Mason, Huntington Farms Integrating Ag Technology into a Vegetable Farming Operation: Challenges and Successes |
2:30 |
Laura Foglia, UC Davis Managed aquifer recharge: Moving from pilot projects to the next framework |
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Conference Adjourns: 3:00 pm |