2020 CAPCA ONLINE CONFERENCE PROGRAM OUTLINE Join us for these educational and informative presentations! General Session
Nematodes and Management of Trunk Diseases:
• Prescribing New Technology for Nematodes – Jeff Baxter, Bayer Crop Science & Chuck Bates, Netafim • Management of Trunk Diseases in Permanent Crops – Issa Quandah, FMC
Industrial Hemp and Cannabis Update:
• Industrial Hemp: What You Should Know as a PCA – Rick Gurrola, Shasta County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office • Cannabis Regulatory Update – Juan Hidalgo, Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner
Weed Control:
• Discussing the Transition of Pest Management – Bryan Thompson, Pest Options • Alternatives to Glyphosate: Efficacy and Trade-offs in the Landscape – Karey Windbiel-Rojas, UCANR
BeeWhere, Bees and Endangered Species:
• BeeWhere Update – Ruben Arroyo, Riverside Agricultural Commissioner • Update on Native Pollinators – Josette Lewis, Almond Board of California • National Pesticide Registration, Local Pesticide Use and Endangered Species: A Complex Set of Challenges – Bernalyn McGaughey, FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force
State and Local Regulatory Update:
• CACASA Update – Joshua Huntsinger, Placer County Agricultural Commissioner • DPR Update – Val Dolcini, Director Department of Pesticide Regulation
PCA 101:
• When in Doubt, Scout – John Palumbo, University of Arizona • Pesticide Drift Liability Issues for PCAs: Mitigation and Best Practices – David M Leath, Petrie Leath Larrivee & O’Rourke, LLP
Breakout Sessions
Biostimulants – Patrick Brown, UC Davis Salinities Issues in Avocado and Citrus – Peggy Mauk, UC Riverside Urban Invasive Species – • Invasive Shot-hole Borer Detection and Management – Ed Williams, Ventura County Agricultural Commissoner • Southern California Urban Invasives – Igor Lacan, UCANR
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CDFA FREP Nitrogen Management Update • CDFA Healthy Soils Program – Geetika Joshi, CDFA • Nitrogen Cycle in Orchards and Efficient Nitrogen Management – Saiful Muhammad, QualiTech • Soil Fertility Management for Organic Cool Season Vegetable Production – Richard Smith, UCANR • Integrating Research to Address Environmental Quality Using Almond as a Case Study – Sat Darshan S. Khalsa, UC Davis
Label Updates The following companies will be providing label updates: AgBiome Agrian Inc. Amvac BASF Bayer Crop Science BioSafe Sysytems Brandt Certis Corteva FMC Gowan USA Helena Agri-Enterprises LLC Kemin Crop Technologies Miller Chemical and Fertilizer, LLC Nichino America Inc Ocean Organics Corp. Pacific Biocontrol Corp QualiTech Redox Rotam North America Summit Agro Suterra Syngenta Crop Protection Terramera Trécé Inc. Vestaron Westbridge Agricultural Products