Madera/Merced Pistachio Day

April 13, 2023

Merced County Cooperative Extension Building

2145 Wardrobe Avenue, Merced, California 95341

Light refreshments will be provided

Questions? Email pegordon@ucanr.edu or text 559-825-7632

DPR, CCA, and INMTP units requested

Agenda:

7:30-8:00 Registration

8:00 – 9:00 Laws and regs update | Merced County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office

9:00 – 9:30 Nitrogen management | Phoebe Gordon, UCCE Madera/Merced Counties

9:30 – 10:00 Irrigation management | Mae Culumber, UCCE Fresno Couty

10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 10:45 Research update on dormancy research in pistachio | Gurreet Brar, CSU Fresno

10:45 – 11:15 Plant bug management | Kent Daane, UC Berkeley

11:15 – 11:45 Cover crops: what can we learn from research in other crops? | Amelie Gaudin, UC Davis