Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - June 2025

• UC Works with Blackeye Farmers to Improve Varieties for the California Industry
• 2024 Colusa County Garbanzo Bean Variety Trial
• A Nitrogen Fertilizer Calculator for Annual Crops
• More Than Just Chemistry: The Hidden Role of Weather in Herbicide Performance
• Cover-Cropping in California’s Water Scarce Environments

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - March 2025

• Hedgerows and Soil Health Assessments Field Day!
• Hedgerow Project Update
• Littleseed Canarygrass Becoming Difficult to Control in Small Grains
• Weed Control in Alfalfa: Thinking about moving away from paraquat for winter annual weeds 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - July 2024

• Project Summary: The Effect of Almond Shell Mulch Application on Established Alfalfa Fields
• Managing rootknot nematodes in crop rotations
• Milo (Gran Sorghum) Yield Performance in Three Locations in Central Valley
• Upcoming Events!
• Cover Crop Performance Summary 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - April 2024

• Grazing Summer Cover Crops: Species Selection is Key
• Compost Application to Alfalfa
• Herbicide Resistance and How to Prevent it
• Save the Date: May 9th - Small Grains Field Day at UC Davis

Sacramento Valley Field Crops Newsletter - October 2023 

• Organic Agriculture Workshop
• Cover Crop Performance in the Sacramento Valley During a Wet Year
• Cover Crops generate a Resource Rich Soil Environment for Soil Biota and Crop Roots

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - July 2023

• Climate-Smart Irrigation for Field Crops
• Update on alfalfa weevil insecticide resistance: What is the situation, and what can be done?
• Resources on the Economics of Cover Cropping in Annual Rotations
• Best Management Practices for use of Propane Cannons (zon guns) in Production Agriculture
• Grazing Cover Crops 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - December 2022

• Nitrogen Management Seminar
• Plant and Soil Conference
• The Effect of Almond Shell Mulch on  Productivity of Established Alfalfa Fields
• California Small Grain Variety Performance under Conditions of Drought and Nitrogen Stress
• Development of New Alfalfa Products in Combination with Almond Hulls for Emerging Domestic and International Markets 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - September 2022

• Nitrogen Uptake of Sunflowers Grown in the Sacramento Valley
• Herbicide applications between cutting In Alfalfa, a cautionary tale
• Soil Health in Alfalfa Receiving Full and Deficit Irrigation
• Is vetch a friend or foe to livestock?
• Cover Crops and Winter Weed Management: Considerations for Annual Rotations in Wet and Dry Years
• Agronomic Crops Survey Results available online

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - July 2022

• Nitrogen Uptake of Sunflowers Grown in the Sacramento Valley
• Herbicide applications between cutting In Alfalfa, a cautionary tale
• Soil Health in Alfalfa Receiving Full and Deficit Irrigation
• Is vetch a friend or foe to livestock?
• Cover Crops and Winter Weed Management: Considerations for Annual Rotations in Wet and Dry Years
• Agronomic Crops Survey Results available online 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - January 2022

• 2022 California Plant and Soil Conference
• Sacramento Valley Cover Crop Tour
• Soil Health and Cover Crops Field Day
• N-Rich Reference Zones in Wheat: Case Study, Colusa County 2020-21
• Winter Cover Crop Performance in a Drought Year

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - August 2021

• Pre-plant weed management followed by inseason control improved alfalfa stand and yield
• Alfalfa Cost of Production Studies
• New Resources Available for Managing Nitrogen in Small Grains Production
• Poor control of common chickweed with ALS-inhibitor herbicides reported in S. San Joaquin Valley
• Using Drones for Summer Worm Control in Alfalfa Hay
• Pests in Hemp
• Herbicide Damage in Hemp Publication 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - February 2021

• Cover Crop Variety Trial Locations in the Sacrametno Valley
• Virtual Field DaySave the Date!
• Cover Cropping in Dry Years in California: Observations from 20 Years in the Field with Tom Johnson from Kamprath Seed 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - September 2020

• Equipment to Manage Cover Crops in Annual Rotations
• Winter Cover Crop Performance in the Sacramento Valley
• Healthy Soils Demonstration Project Results: Winter Cover Crops in Annual Rotations 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - July 2020

• Managing sunflower head moth
• Announcements
• Agronomy Needs Assessment Survey
• Project Summaries and Available Resources
• When is nitrogen fertilization of alfalfa beneficial? Almost never!
• Fusarium root rot in lima beans
• Developing integrated southern blight management tools and risk forecasting for Northern Central Valley growers
• Bee Safe: BotaniGard Maxx Best Management Practices in Hemp

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - May 2020

• New Soil Health YouTube Channel
• Western Cover Crop Survey 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - December 2019

• Save the Date! Healthy Soils and Field Crop Meeting
• Organic Amendment Management
• Using Compost
• Cool beans!
• Alfalfa Hay
• Upcoming Meeting 

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - March 2019

• Good Luck to Mariano Galla!
• Meeting Announcements
• New restrictions for chlorpyrifos (e.g. Lorsban) use in alfalfa in California
• Spotlight on UC Cooperative Extension Resources
• With SWEEP and HSP Grant deadlines approaching, help is available
• Soil Sampling: A Review and Resources
• Weed control in dry bean production
• Vegetated filter strips for water quality protection on farms

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - Winter 2018

• Managing Weevils in Alfalfa Hay Production
• Strategies to Reduce Disease on Your Farm
• Accurate Diagnosis is Necessary for Disease Management
• Concepts in Soil Nitrate Management in Wheat and Other Winter Grasses
• Italian Ryegrass Management in Sacramento Valley Wheat
• Research Update: Preventing Rodent Damage to Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Cracking Clay Soils
• UC Resources

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - Fall 2018

• 48th California Alfalfa and Forage Symposium
• Soil Health and Cover Crop Field Day
• Newly revised UC ANR Cost and Return Study for Hybrid Sunflower Seed Production
• Newly revised UC IPM Guidelines for Dry Beans
• Cover Crop Management in Annual Farming Systems
• New oat hay varieties show disease resistance and frost avoidance
• Few tips for weed management in Garbanzo beans
• Species on concern: Herbicide Resistant Italian Ryegrass
• What to do with those tough-to- control perennial weeds in established alfalfa

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - Summer 2018

• Post emergent weed control management in beans
• UC Davis Dry Bean Field Day
• UC IPM Guidelines for Dry Beans and Abiotic Disorders
• Avoiding and Managing Soil Compaction
• Cover Crop and Soil Health Project Coming Soon!
• Spider Mites in Corn
• Disease issues in garbanzo production
• New Cost and Return Study for Garbanzo Beans

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - Fall 2017

• Upcoming Meetings
• Results: Statewide 2017 Small Grain Variety Trials
• Southern Blight Cliff Notes - 2017
• Destroying weed seed at harvest: seed destroying technology to be tested in the Sacramento Valley

Sacramento Valley Field Crop Newsletter - August 2017

• New Agronomy Advisor!
• New UCCE Resources
• Keep an eye out!