2018 Winter Agricultural Growers Meeting

The 2018 Winter Agricultural Growers Meeting was held on March 1st at the Elk's Lodge in Susanville.  Various university and industry speakers gave information pertinent to agricultural production in the local area:

Resource Efficient Irrigation of Field Crops: Principles and Practical Implementations  - Daniele Zaccaria, Ph.D., UC Cooperative Extension Agricultural Water Management Specialist

Integrated Pest Management of Armyworms  - Tom Getts - Weed and Cropping Systems Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Lassen County

Integrating Amendments and Cover Crops into Organic Crop Rotations  - Rob Wilson, Center Director/Farm Advisor, UC ANR Intermountain Research and Extension Center, Tulelake, California

Alfalfa Genetics, Pest Management and the Introduction of Reduced Lignin Alfalfa - What Are the Possibilities? - Daniel H. Putnam, Ph.D., UC Cooperative Extension Agronomist and Forage Specialist

Hay Exports and Trends  - Daniel H. Putnam, Ph.D., UC Cooperative Extension Agronomist and Forage Specialist

Agronomy 101  - Michael Larkin, Agronomist, Northwest Division, Helena Chemical Company