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Upcoming Field Days Featuring California Small Grain Cropping Systems

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2024 UCD Small Grains Field Day
People walking and observing crops in a large field on a sunny day.

Save the dates!

There are two upcoming opportunities to attend field days and learn about current work related to small grain crops in California:

Thursday, April 10, 10AM – 12PM, Fresno State Center for Irrigation Technology

Fresno State will be hosting a Field Day this coming Thursday, 4/10 in cooperation with the Public Policy Institute of California and the University of California.

Presentations will include a range of topics related to water and soil management, variety selection and weed control, and irrigation. 

Free lunch and parking are provided. 

Please REGISTER HERE

Sign-in begins at 9:30 AM. Address: 5370 North Chestnut Ave, Fresno, CA 93710 (On the southeast corner of Chestnut and Barstow)

For more information, please contact: Dr. Ranjit Riar, Dept. of Plant Science, California State University, Fresno. 559-278-2147, rriar@mail.fresnostate.edu

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Thursday, May 8th, UC Davis Small Grains and Alfalfa Field Day

7:30 AM - 1:30 PM at UC Davis and 

2:00PM – 4:00PM in Woodland at the California Wheat Commission

Brief Agenda (more details to come):

1) Morning: Field visit on breeding and agronomy (8:00 am - 12:00 pm)

2) Free lunch, supported by CCIA (12:15 pm -1:30 pm)

3) Afternoon: California Wheat Commission Quality Lab Open House (2:00 pm - 4:00 pm)

Note: CCA credits will not be offered at this year’s event.

Please REGISTER HERE.

Sign-in begins at 7:30 AM. Address: 2400 Hutchison Dr., Davis, CA 95616 (UC Davis Foundation Seed Building)

Afternoon Open House begins at 2:00 PM. Address: 1240 Commerce Ave # A, Woodland, CA 95776

For more information, please contact: Dr. Xiaofei Zhang, Dept. of Plant Science, University of California, Davis, xfczhang@ucdavis.edu


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