In a Nutshell

November 5-7, 2024
Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, CA

Designed for orchard decision makers, the Advances in Pistachio Production Short Course includes presentations from UCCE Farm Advisors and Specialists, covering pistachio production topics, such as pistachio cultivars, field preparation, planting, pruning, economics, IPM, and harvesting.

DPR and CCA credits will be offered. More details to come.

View the agenda here

(Agenda items are subject to change)

WORKSHOP ON ADAPTING FRUIT AND NUT PRODUCTION PRACTICES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TO CHANGING AND VARIABLE CLIMATE

Date: Thursday, March 7^th, 2024; 8:30 am - 2:00 pm

Location: International Agri-Center (Social Room)

4500 South Laspina Street - Tulare, CA 93274

With: UC Davis, UC Merced, UCCE Tulare County, Land IQ, UC ANR

Free Registration includes participation, coffee breaks, lunch meal,

and access to workshop presentations

Online Registration Link: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=42347

• Salinity Management in Pistachio Workshop and

  Recent Pistachio Salinity Trial Results

• Statewide Pistachio Day 2024

• 52^nd Tri County Walnut Day

• Treatment Options for Management of Walnut Scale and Frosted Scale

• Treatment Options for Management of Walnut Scale and Frosted Scale

• ‘UC Wolfskill’, a new Walnut Variety

• New Fruit and Almond Advisor, Raymond Mireles, Joins UC ANR

Crop Manage Workshop and In-field Training

April 19, 2023

8:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Crop Manage Workshop
12:30 - 1:15 PM - Lunch
2:25 - 3:00 PM - Hands-on pressure chamber training in trees and vines

Location: 
UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA

In this issue:

• How Late is Too Late for NOW Winter Sanitation?
• U.S. EPA proposed changes to rodenticide labels for agricultural use: opportunity for public comment
• Madera County Almond Day - March 23, 2023
• Madera/Merced Pistachio Day - April 13, 2023
• In Memoriam: UCCE Farm Advisor G. Steven Sibbett

51st Tri County Walnut Day
February 2, 2023 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tulare County Agricultural Building
4437 S. Laspina St., Tulare, CA

You may register here  or pay the $10 fee at the door.

Thank you

Statewide Pistachio Day 2023:
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 8 am-4:10 pm
Visalia Convention Center, 303 E Acequia Ave, Visalia, CA 93291

51^st Tri County Walnut Day: 
A return to in-person walnut extension!

February 2, 2023, 8:00 am-12:00 pm
UCCE Tulare County Agricultural Building, 4437 S. Laspina St. Tulare, CA 

Registration fee of $10 may be paid at the door

Orchard and Vineyard Field Day

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Location: UCANR - Kearney Agricultural Research and Estension Center and USDA-ARS  

9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 

8 AM Registration

Webinar:   Practical Canker Management in Almond and Prune

Thursday September 29, 2022 at 9:00 AM

Register in advance at: https://ucanr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pQVKFD4VRq6I7rEKHnFkXw  

Webinar:   Practical Canker Management in Almond and Prune

 Thursday September 29, 2022, 9:00 AM

Register in advance at: https://ucanr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pQVKFD4VRq6I7rEKHnFkXw  

ADVANCES IN PISTACHIO WATER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Date: July 7, 2022

Location: International Agri-Center, 4500 South Laspina Street - Tulare, CA 93274

With: UC Cooperative Extension, UC Davis, California Pistachio Research Board, CDFA

Registration: $60
(Includes participation fee, coffee breaks, lunch, & access to workshop presentations) 

CEU Credits available 

On-line Registration Link starting June 14, 2022:
https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=37579

UCCE Virtual Statewide Walnut Series 2022

In this issue:

• Winter Chilling of Pistachio: Consequences of Low Chill and Implementation of Online Chill Calculators
• Gills Mealybug Control
• 2021 Field Day: Nematode Management in Walnut and Almond
• 2022 Statewide Pistachio is going Virtual

Registration is now open! 

Register HERE today for the UCCE Virtual Statewide Walnut Series on February 16-17, 2021, 9 am - 12 pm

As of February 27, 2020, the California Department of Food and Agriculture is now accepting grant applications.

Cover Crop Field Day
March 19^th, 2020
9:00 – 11:00 AM

Shafter Research & Extension Center
Intersection of Mettler Avenue & Madera Avenue
Shafter, CA 93263

Registration Information for:

51st Tri County Walnut Day - February 6, 2020

2020 Statewide Pistachio Day - January 22, 2020

Interested in water and energy efficiency upgrades on your farm?

Come to a nearby SWEEP Workshop:

November 7, 2019
9 am - 11 am

Cooperative Extension
Tulare County
4437 S. Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274

2019 UC Almond Production Short Course

Tuesday, November - Thursday, November 7, 2019

Field Tour Friday, November 8

Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, CA

Registration Fee Increases October 22!

In this issue:

• Maximizing walnut quality to improve value in a low-price year
• Regulated Deficit Irrigation in Almonds to Manage Hull Rot
• On-Farm Recharge on Pecans for Groundwater Sustainability
• Survey on Grower Interest in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and On Farm Recharge (OFR)
• Kings/Tulare Counties Nut Harvest Safety Training Day Registration Information
• Save the Date! 2019 Almond Short Course

In this issue:

• Crown gall on walnuts: Assessing origin of infection, disease management and prevention
  
  
• 2019 Statewide Pistachio Day agenda and registration link
  
  
• 50th Tri County Walnut Day agenda and registration information

Meeting - September 25, 8:00 am to 1:30 pm:
Optimizing Mating Disruption Against Navel Orangeworm in Almond

Corrected Article on Boron Deficiency in Almonds & Pistachios

Meeting - November 5-7, Walnut Short Course

• Distribution of chlorosis in almond orchards may help assess potential irrigation-related issues
• The dynamic state of spurs in almond
• Postharvest N applications for almonds
• Western Pecan Production Short Course Information
• Walnut Short Course Information

Dissecting Almond Hull Rot

Understanding seasonal vegetative growth on almond

Boron Deficiency in Almonds and Pistachios

Walnut Short Course Registration Information

Kings/Tulare Counties - Nut Harvest Safety Training Class

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Registration from 7:00 - 8:00 am

Program: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

KINGS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
801 10TH AVE.
HANFORD, CA 93230

Hosted by: Kings County Farm Bureau and Tulare County Farm Bureau

Central Valley Almond Day

June 20, 2018

7:00 am - 2:00 pm

Fresno Fairgrounds Commerce Building
1121 S. Chance Ave. Fresno, CA 93702

FREE EVENT! Pre-register at: wcngg.com

“SSJV UCCE/DWR Weekly Water Use Report:  nuts, citrus, grapes, stonefruit.”

• 2018 Statewide Pistachio Day 
• 49th Tri-County Walnut Day

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In this Issue:

Announcing Central Valley Almond Day! Friday, June 9th, Fresno Fairgrounds Commerce Building.

Tulare/Kings Counties Nut Harvest Safety Training Class

Tips for Better Orchard Irrigation Scheduling

Considering New Orchard Replacement Options: Whole Orchard Recycling and Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation

Pistachio nut phenology studies in California address crop development as a function of heat unit accumulation

2017 University of California's Pistachio Day
48th Tri-County Walnut Day
Are You Choosing the Right Spray for the Right Weeds?
Does your Orchard have Ganoderma Root and Butt Rot?

Using Navel Orangeworm Pheromone Traps:  

Tips, Strategies, and Future Applications for Making Informed Management Decisions

2016 Advances in Almond Production Short Course, November 8-10, Modesto, California
Symptoms of Foliar Chlorosis on Tulare County Walnuts Indicative of Over-irrigation
Field Treatment of Crown Gall on Walnut
Nut Harvest Safety Training Class

June 28th, Ants: Biology, Monitoring and Management

June 21st, Ants: Biology, Monitoring and Management

Leaffooted Bug:Monitoring, Management,

and its Association with Fungal Diseases

The 2016 Pistachio Bloom: Chilling hour accumulation, anticipated bloom time, and pollination

Planning for your summer tree nut weed control

Almond Orchard Grinding Demonstration

Meeting Notices:

 IPM for Almonds - Tuesday, January 26th

Tri-County Walnut Day - Thursday, February 4th

Almond IPM Meeting
What is the future of chlorpyrifos and other IPM tools?
Open dialogue about emerging issues, current regulations and new technologies…

N Budgeting Following the 4 R’s
Pistachio Day Agenda
Tri-County Walnut day registration form

Can Mechanically-Applied Pollen Either Supplement Bees, or Ensure an Almond Crop in the Event of Bee Inefficacy or Unavailability?

Biology and Ecology of Rhodococcus fascians D188, and Implications for Understanding and Managing Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome

Meeting Notice for Almond Replant Field Day

Meeting notice for Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome Research Update. 

Is There a Risk of Replanting Pistachio in Soils From Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome-Affected Orchards?

Initial Observations From Orchards Affected With Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome:  Implications for Management

Is There a Risk of Transmitting Rhodococcus Between Plants or Orchards on Infested Pruning Equipment?

Registration form for the Nut Harvest Safety Training Class.

Meeting Notices

Meeting by Jennifer Randall

Pistachio Day Announcement

Tri-County Walnut Day Announcement 

Pesticide Worker Safety Training Registration

Walnut Trees in the Nursery Trade: Understanding Terminology, How they are Propagated, Availability and Clonal Rootstock Pest Interactions

Thousand cankers disease outbreak in Italy places the disease on European Plant
Protection Organization Alert List.

Thousand cankers disease continues to advance into the native range of Juglans nigra in the eastern United States and is associated with a new insect

Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome Randall Laboratory, New Mexico State University

Advances in Pistachio Production course November 18-20, 2014

Improving your irrigation management with the use of a pressure chamber

Statewide Pistachio Day and Tri-County Walnut day meeting notices.

Woodpiles are reservoir for walnut twig beetle

Lethal paradox canker continues to emerge in southern
San Joaquin Valley orchards

Microbial soil inoculant tested on walnut crown gall

Gill's Mealybug in Pistachios

2013 Navel Orangeworm Management Meeting for Almonds and Pistachios

44th Tri-County Walnut Day

2013 Statewide Pistachio Day

Research Advances on the Application of Pheromone Mating Disruption for Management of Navel Orangeworm on Walnut
Thousand Cankers Disease Now in Three East Coast States
2012 Advances in PIstachio Production Short Course
Save the Date notices

2012 Annual Pistachio Day

WEED DAY 2011 COMES TO UC DAVIS JULY 14, 2011

Navel Orangeworm and Pest Management Update