June 22 UCD sustainable ag field day

From: Lyra Halprin (lhalprin@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Thu May 25 2006 - 12:57:02 PDT

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                        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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