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2020 Rice Grower Meetings

WHERE & WHEN

Richvale:          Monday, Jan. 13, 8:30am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale

Willows:           Monday, Jan. 13, 1:30pm, Glenn County Office of Education, 311 South Villa Avenue, Willows

Colusa:             Tuesday, Jan. 14, 8:30 am, Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy 45, Colusa

Yuba City:         Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1:30 pm, Veterans Hall, 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle, Yuba City

Woodland:       Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1:30 pm, Norton Hall, 70 Cottonwood St, Woodland

 

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

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

 

PROGRAM

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

8:30 am (1:30 pm) Call meeting to order - Rice Research Board Nominations – Dana Dickey, Rice Research Board

8:35 am (1:35 pm) California Rice Commission Referendum – Tim Johnson, California Rice Commission

8:50 am (1:50 pm) Drinking Water Well Requirement – Roberta Firoved, California Rice Commission

9:00 am  (2:00 pm) Rice Pesticide and Regulatory Update – County Ag Commissioner 

9:15 am (2:15 pm) Variety Update – Kent McKenzie, Rice Experiment Station

9:30 am (2:30 pm) Weedy Rice – Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE

9:45 am (2:45 pm) Disease Management – Luis Espino, UCCE

10:00 am (3:00 pm) Arthropod Management – Ian Grettenberger, UCCE

10:15 am (3:15 pm) Year in Review and Yield Contest – Bruce Linquist, UCCE

10:30 am (3:30 pm) Fertility – Bruce Linquist, UCCE

10:45 am (3:45 pm) Weed Management – Kassim AlKhatib, UCCE

11:15 am (4:15 pm) Evaluation

11:30 am (4:30 pm) — ADJOURN —

 

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