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
UCCE- Madera County
UC Davis
UCCE-Fresno County
UC Kearney Research and Extension Center
UCANR- California Institute for Water Resources,
UCCE-Stanislaus County