Save the date! (Color postcard attached.)
Sustainable Farming Systems
2006 Field Day
Thursday, June 22, 2006
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
UC Davis Russell Ranch
7 miles west of UC Davis campus on Russell Blvd., 1/2 mile west of
County Road 95
Keynote speaker Rick Roush, director, UC Integrated Pest Management
Program, interim director UC Sustainable Ag Research & Education Program
Site tour 9:45 a.m.
Equipment show: 1:30 p.m.
Field topics:
* Water management & conservation in cover-based cropping & organic
farming systems
* Conservation tillage in tomato & corn production: agronomic & pest
considerations
* Weed management in conservation tillage & organic farming systems
* Pest Management in organic & conservation farming systems
* Carbon sequestration in conservation tillage, drip irrigation &
cover cropping
* Soil food web & plant nutrition
Fee: $10 general/growers & students free (includes local, seasonal
lunch). PCA/CCA Continuing Education offered. Register by June 16 on the
Web: http://safs.ucdavis.edu/ or contact Z. Kabir at (530) 754-6497,
kabir@ucdavis.edu (directions on Web). UCD's Russell Ranch is home to
long-term ag studies and is a living lab for students & the new UCD
Agricultural Sustainability Institute.
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