Monterey County Crop Notes

Erin Dicaprio, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis has summarized information and resources for assessing crop food safety after a flooding event.  There are links to the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement Flood fact sheet and also a presentation made by Trevor Suslow, emeritus UC Cooperative Extension Specialist

2022 Central Coast Tree Crop Workshop 

This workshop will cover production information for the following tree crops:
apples, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, prunes, and walnuts
2 Hours of DPR CE Credits and 3.5 Hours of CCA Credits Have Been Requested

Thursday November 17, 2022
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM VIA ZOOM
This workshop will be held online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be
emailed to participants upon registration. Please register to join
us for this workshop:
https://ucanr.edu/treecropsworkshop

See Attached for more details.

2022 Pest Management Meeting
Sponsors: UCCE, Monterey; CSUMB; USDA-ARS, Salinas; Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner
Thursday, November 3
Agricultural Center Meeting Room (1432 Abbott, Salinas)
7:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

See attached for more details 

Upcoming online meeting on July 30th 2020 from 8:30am to 12pm.

Register for this ZOOM event at:

https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=30593

You will receive the ZOOM link for the meeting by email after the registration.

The UCCE Monterey County office will be accepting samples during the shelter in place order issued by the County of Monterey. For the safety of our employees and our clients we will implement the following procedure to drop off samples at our office in order to comply with social distancing guidelines that are currently in place.

Samples can be dropped off on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Do not drop off perishable specimens on other times, since they won’t be refrigerated.

Fill out the sample form that is provided at the front counter, outside the roll-down curtain. The Blue form for Entomology, Orange form for Vegetable Crops and Weeds, Yellow form for Viticulture and Green for Pythium Suspect.

Tape the filled out form to the outside of your sample. Please make sure that both your contact phone number and email are clearly indicated.

The sample should be placed in a plastic bag or container that you bring; none will be provided.

Place sample in the black box labeled “SAMPLES” outside the roll-down curtain.

Dear all,

Richard Smith, Daniel Hasegawa and I are putting together a ZOOM Webinar on Wednesday, April 22^nd from 10am to 12pm to discuss the current status and research on INSV and Thrips in the Salinas Valley.

Go to the link below to register, fill up a survey and receive the ZOOM information

http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=29983

Agenda:

10:00 am – 10:30 am      Thrips biology, monitoring status and management

10:30 am – 11:00 am      Assessing the impact of weeds on INSV incidence

11:00 am – 11:30 am      Biology and control of weeds as alternative hosts for INSV

11:30 am – 12:00 pm      Conclusions and answering questions

1.5 hours of CE hours have been requested to DPR.

Please, help me distribute this information among your colleagues and within your institution/company.

Looking forward to talking to you on the 22^nd!

Alejandro Del-Pozo

IPM – Entomology Advisor

University of California – Cooperative Extension

UC Statewide IPM Program

Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz Counties

Office: 831-759-7359

Email: adelpozo@ucanr.edu

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019

8:00am - 12:00pm

LUNCH PROVIDED

Location: UC Cooperative Extension Auditorium

1430 Freedom Blvd. Suite E

Watsonville, CA 95076

Bringing CropManage to the Field   

• Learn how to use CropManage to support irrigation and nutrient management decisions and record-keeping
• Learn the new version of CropManage – also available in Spanish

2019 Salinas Valley Weed School Contents: 

Tuesday, October 22nd we will be having our 2019 Salinas Valley Weed School at the Agricultural Center Conference Room, 1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901. Click on link for agenda. Continuing Education Credits have been approved. 

UC Cooperative Extension will host a field day at the USDA-ARS Spence
research farm to show a field trial evaluating water use in drip irrigated
cauliflower. This is an opportunity to see first-hand the effect of water
management on cauliflower production under drip.

Topics:

• Importance and new role of automated technologies in weed control
• Automated lettuce thinners and automated weeders developed by a number of companies will be demonstrated on planted lettuce
• Both driven and autonomous machines will be on display and demonstrated
• The machines use a variety of different mechanisms to remove unwanted plants
• These technologies can be used in both conventional and organic production systems
• There will be ample opportunity to watch demonstrations of each machine and to discuss with company representatives

Attached is the flyer for the 2019 Ag Tech Summit that will be held on March 26-27, 2019. Please see flyer for more information.

https://svagtechsummit.com/

The purpose of the Ag Innovations Conference series is to introduce new technologies to the grower community by speakers from universities, research organizations, and the agriculture input industry. Please see attached agenda for more information.

This seminar will provide an overview of pest biology and management, including aphids, thrips, and lepidoptera, for both leafy greens and cole crops. This seminar will also address the potential regulatory situation of pyrethroids and neonicotinoids. This year, we are inviting speakers from outside California, to present their research on managing these pests in their systems. The major goal of this seminar is to review information on the biology of leafy green and cole crop pests, as well as, gather information on how other researchers and growers are managing and controlling these pests.

2018 Salinas Valley Weed School Contents: 

Tuesday, October 30th we will be having our 2018 Salinas Valley Weed School at the Agricultural Center Conference Room, 1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901. Click on link for agenda. Continuing Education Credits have been approved. 

The 2018 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at the Agricultural Center Conference Room (1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901). Registration begins at 7:45am and meeting will end at noon.

The 2018 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at the Agricultural Center Conference Room (1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901). Registration begins at 7:45am and meeting will end at noon.

The 2017 Entomology Seminar will be held on December 5th, 2017 at the Agricultural Conference Room Center, 1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901. Registration will begin at 7:30 am.

The 2017 Salinas Valley Weed School will be held on October 31, 2017 at the Agricultural Conference Room Center, 1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901. Please see flyer for additional information.

The 2016 Salinas Valley Weed School will be held Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 at the Agricultural Conference Room Center (1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901) The agenda is attached. We hope to see you there.

Save December 1, 2015 for the 2015 Entomology Seminar.

Save December 11, 2015 for Bagrada Bug Meeting

Both events are free and will be hosted at the Agricultural Center Conference Room. See attached for agendas and addition details.

Save the dates for the upcoming 2015 Plant Disease Seminar, 2015 Salinas Valley Weed School and 2015 Entomology Seminar.

All will be hosted at the Agricultural Center Conference Room. See attached for agendas and addition details.

See Attachment for Additional Information

Meeting announcements for the 2013 Plant Disease Seminar and the 2013 Entomology Seminar.

Please see attached flyer for more information