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Practical Whole Farm Solutions for Pest Management Practitioners and Growers Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 8-5 pm  Asilomar Conference Grounds $99 (lunch included) A unique opportunity to learn a whole systems approach to pest management, this preconference addresses both soil health and habitat diversity on the farm. The target audience is PCAs, CCAs and growers of California agriculture. It covers techniques on how to reduce the use of pesticides and come into compliance with California's pesticide reduction strategy. Learn more about the sessions included in this pre-conference event below. DPR and CCA continuing education credits will be applied for. Features: Soil Health and EcoSystem Management Minimize Soil Pest Problems Dr. Margaret Lloyd, Small Farms Advisor, UCANR Gerald Davis, Retired Agronomist and PCA for Grimmway Farms Pest Management Practices Used in the Field Kim Horton, Agronomy Manager, Taylor Farms Dr. Dylan Beal, Entomology Farm Advisor, UCCE Strengths and Weaknesses of Fungicide and Insecticide Biocontrol Products for Organic Growers Dr. Matt Grieshop, Director, Grimm Family Organic Center at Cal Poly Gina Bella Colfer, Sustainability PCA/CCA, Wilbur-Ellis Weed Management Roundtable: The Role of Technology in Dealing with Weeds Moderator: Richard Smith, Emeritus Farm Advisor, UCCE Dr. Darryl Wong, Executive Director, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food System at UCSC Curtis Garner, Cofounder, Verdant RoboticsNathan Dorn, Agricultural Business Development Lead, Farm-ng Organic Thresholds and Scouting Dr. David Headrick, Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Jessica Vaughan, Vaughan Grower Consulting

I have a grower with landscape olives near their 3 blocks of olives. They would like to thin the flowers/fruit off the landscape olives to lower their treatments for olive fruit fly in the other blocks (organically grown). Will bloom sprays of gibberallic acid work? Foliar sprays of solubor? Lime sulfur? Any other ideas? Thanks

Jo Ann Baumgartner asked Ron and I if and how the WFA might partner with them on a series of regional field days largely funded by DPR.