Nitrogen Irrigation Management Workshop

Date: February 21, 2024 (8:15-12:00 PM)

Location: UC Cooperative Extension- Kern County

1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93307

Optional Tour- Hotspot Technology Training Center

Hanford, California. February 22, 2024 (10 AM- 12:00 PM)

Registration link (the workshop is free but must register to attend)

Nitrogen Irrigation Management Workshop (ucanr.edu)

Agenda

February 21, 2024     UCCE office Bakersfield

7:45 - 8:15 AM           Registration

8:15 - 8:20 AM           Introduction, Mohammad Yaghmour

8:20 - 8:30 AM           Overview of UCANR/UCD/CDFA/FREP Nitrogen and Irrigation Initiative, Mark Cady

8:30 - 8:55 AM           Irrigation Water Management Program in Kern County, Tobias Ebong Oker  

8:55 - 9:20 AM           Application of Chemical Materials into Microirrigaton Systems, Zheng Wang

9:20 - 9:45 AM           Example of Chemigation - Vegetable and Orchard Crops, Zheng Wang and Mae Culumber

9:45 -10:10 AM          Automatic Control Systems for Irrigation and Chemication, James Nichols

10:10 – 10:30 AM      Break

10:30 - 11:00 AM       Nitrogen management for non-bearing pistachios, Phoebe Gordon

11:00 - 11:30 AM       Updated information on Water Use and Water Productivity of Pistachio grown on Non-saline and Salt-Affected Soils, Daniele Zaccaria

11:30 – 11:55 AM      Cover Crops in Orchard Systems, Mohammad Yaghmour 

11:55 AM- 12:15 PM Q & A

Optional Tour- Hotspot Technology Training Center

Hanford, California. February 22, 2024 (10 AM- 12:00 PM)

1502 Idaho Ave, Hanford, CA 93230

Agenda

February 22, 2024

10:00 - 10:15 AM          Overview of HotSpot Ag training Center, James Nichols

10:15 – 11:00 AM         Demonstration of Using Automation in irrigation and Fertigation, HotSpot Ag team

11:00 – 12:00 PM          Q & A

List of speakers/presenters and email contacts:

1.      Mohammad Yaghmour, UCCE-Kern County, mayaghmour@ucanr.edu

2.      Mark Cady, CDFA/FREP, Mark.Cady@cdfa.ca.gov

3.      Tobias Ebong Oker, UCCE-Kern County, teoker@ucanr.edu

4.      Zheng Wang, UCCE- Stanislaus County, zzwwang@ucdavis.edu

5.      Catherine Mae Culumber – UCCE Fresno County, cmculumber@ucanr.edu

6.      James Nichols, Hotspot AG, james@hotspotag.com

7.      Phoebe Gordon, UCCE- Madera County, pegordon@ucanr.edu

8.      Daniele Zaccaria, UC Davis, 

9.      Khaled Bali, UC Kearney Agricultural Center: kmbali@ucanr.edu

Websites of speakers

CDFA/FREP

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep/index.html

HotSpot Ag

https://hotspotag.com/

UCCE- Madera County

https://cemadera.ucanr.edu/

UC Davis

https://www.ucdavis.edu/

UCCE-Fresno County

https://cefresno.ucanr.edu/

UC Kearney Research and Extension Center

https://kare.ucanr.edu/

UCANR- California Institute for Water Resources,

https://ciwr.ucanr.edu/

UCCE-Stanislaus County

https://cestanislaus.ucanr.edu/