Join us on March 30th, 2023, from 8:00am - 1:00pm for the California Statewide Olive Seminar. Please find the agenda below:
1.5 hours of Other DPR CE Hours Pending Approval. 4 hours CCA units Approved.
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
07:45 am Log-on begins
07:55 am Welcome and Introduction
Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
08:00 am Black Scale Control: Has it changed much?
Kent Daane, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, UC Berkeley
08:30 am Olive Fruit Fly
Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
09:00 am Canopy Management in Oil and Table Olives
Louise Ferguson, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Pomologist
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am Olive Nutrition
Richard Rosecrance, Professor, California State University, Chico
10:45 am Update on Diseases of Olive Trees
Mohamed Nouri, Orchards Systems Advisor San Joaquin County, UC Cooperative Extension
11:15 am Understanding and Mitigating Alternate Bearing in Olive
Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor Tulare, UC Cooperative Extension
11:45 am Optimized Irrigation Management in Olive
Giulia Marino, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Plant Sciences
12:15 pm California Olives Past Present and Future: Olive Center Updates and Programming
Javier A Fernandez Salvador, Director of UC Davis Olive Center
12:45 pm Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC)
Chris Zanobini, Executive Director, Olive Oil Commission of California
01:00 pm Adjourn