2018 UCCE Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting
Monterey County Agricultural Center
1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA
Tuesday, February 13
7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
7:45 Registration (Free)
8:00 Update on the Ag Order for the Central Coast.
Chris Rose, Senior Environmental Scientist, Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Manager, Central Coast Water Board
8:30 Soil nitrogen dynamics in long-season vegetable crops
Richard Smith, Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor, Monterey County
9:00 Fall application of high C:N ratio amendments to immobilize soil nitrate
Joji Muramoto, Associate Researcher, Dept. of Environmental Studies, UCSC
9:30 On-farm trials evaluating the fertilizer value of nitrate in irrigation water
Michael Cahn, Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, Monterey County
10:00 Break
10:30 On-farm management practices for mitigating insecticides in irrigation run-off
Laura McCalla, Department of Environmental Toxicology, UCD, Granite Canyon Laboratory
11:00 Microbial food safety risks of reusing tail water for production of leafy greens
Anne-laure Moyne, Staff Research Associate, Food Science and Technology Dept., UCD
11:30 Update on seawater intrusion in the Salinas Valley Aquifer
Howard Franklin, Senior Hydrologist, Monterey County Water Resources Agency.
12:00 Conclusion and Pizza Lunch
3.5 CCA & 0.5 DPR continuing education credits have been requested