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This site is a compilation of outreach events related to agricultural management practices in the Central Valley. To add an outreach event to this site, please contact agoutreach@plantierra.com.July 2022
Course: Advances in Pistachio Water Management Workshop
Date: Jul 7, 2022 Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM Location: Tulare, CA 93274 Sponsor: California Pistachio Research Board, UCCE, UC Davis, CDFA Contact: Daniele Zaccaria 530-752-6695 dzaccaria@ucdavis.edu CEUs: CCA-02-Soil & Water Management 6
Find out more »Utilizing Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Crop Management
2022 SUSTAINABLE AGRONOMY CONFERENCE VIRTUAL-EVENT SERIES FREE TO ALL! *Conference registration includes access to all session recordings through October 9* 4 Two-Hour Sessions > One Per Week > Starting July 19 = 8 CEUs The Sustainable Agronomy Conference will provide Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), Agri-Sales Professionals, and growers with the opportunity to more fully understand and implement sustainable agronomy in the field. Learn the drivers, economics, agronomics, environmental benefits, and implementation techniques of sustainable crop production. Economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable agronomy will be considered. Unlike other sustainability or…
Find out more »InfoAg Conference and Trade Show
Since 1995, InfoAg has been the leading event in precision agriculture, attracting 1300+ attendees from 20 countries every year and offering a unique opportunity to engage the top practitioners searching for technology-driven solutions. Today's InfoAg now highlights a broader reach of tools, technologies, products, and practices that crop advisors can use to advance modern agriculture. The event features a tradeshow alongside education sessions that address the challenges of the retail agronomist through precision ag, environmental stewardship and sustainability, and product…
Find out more »Enhancing Sustainability through On-farm Research and Metrics
2022 SUSTAINABLE AGRONOMY CONFERENCE VIRTUAL-EVENT SERIES FREE TO ALL! *Conference registration includes access to all session recordings through October 9* 4 Two-Hour Sessions > One Per Week > Starting July 19 = 8 CEUs The Sustainable Agronomy Conference will provide Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), Agri-Sales Professionals, and growers with the opportunity to more fully understand and implement sustainable agronomy in the field. Learn the drivers, economics, agronomics, environmental benefits, and implementation techniques of sustainable crop production. Economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable agronomy will be considered. Unlike other sustainability or…
Find out more »Basic Soil, Plant, & Water Relationships
Course covers: Soil texture and structure, water holding capacity, retention, intake rates, evaporation, transpiration, soil classification, measurement of soil moisture and tension. The Designer/Manager School is a comprehensive educational program offering a variety of classes designed for both agricultural and landscape irrigation professionals, taught by the very people who developed them - Charles M. Burt (Ph.D., P.E., CID); Stuart Styles (D.Engr., P.E., CID); and Dan Howes (Ph.D., P.E.). The classes are held at the ITRC facilities at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. Our objective…
Find out more »Irrigation Scheduling, Salinity, & Drainage
ETo and crop coefficients, practical irrigation scheduling, how efficiency and uniformity influence scheduling, drainage concepts and layouts, salinity, leaching requirements, reclamation. Cal Poly - ITRC - Classes - Designer/Manager School of Irrigation The Designer/Manager School is a comprehensive educational program offering a variety of classes designed for both agricultural and landscape irrigation professionals, taught by the very people who developed them - Charles M. Burt (Ph.D., P.E., CID); Stuart Styles (D.Engr., P.E., CID); Franklin Gaudi (Ed.D., CID, CAIS), and Dan Howes (Ph.D., P.E.). The classes are…
Find out more »August 2022
Basic Pipeline Hydraulics I
Course covers: Pipe material & sizes, energy equation, friction, elevation changes, and basic spreadsheet operations. The Designer/Manager School is a comprehensive educational program offering a variety of classes designed for both agricultural and landscape irrigation professionals, taught by the very people who developed them - Charles M. Burt (Ph.D., P.E., CID); Stuart Styles (D.Engr., P.E., CID); and Dan Howes (Ph.D., P.E.). The classes are held at the ITRC facilities at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. Our objective is to offer you an excellent opportunity…
Find out more »Basic Pipeline Hydraulics II
Course covers: Mainline computations, tapered pipe, branches, hydraulic grade lines, problems using spreadsheets, minor losses. The Designer/Manager School is a comprehensive educational program offering a variety of classes designed for both agricultural and landscape irrigation professionals, taught by the very people who developed them - Charles M. Burt (Ph.D., P.E., CID); Stuart Styles (D.Engr., P.E., CID); and Dan Howes (Ph.D., P.E.). The classes are held at the ITRC facilities at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. Our objective is to offer you an excellent opportunity…
Find out more »Building Soil Health with 4R Nutrient Management
2022 SUSTAINABLE AGRONOMY CONFERENCE VIRTUAL-EVENT SERIES FREE TO ALL! *Conference registration includes access to all session recordings through October 9* 4 Two-Hour Sessions > One Per Week > Starting July 19 = 8 CEUs The Sustainable Agronomy Conference will provide Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), Agri-Sales Professionals, and growers with the opportunity to more fully understand and implement sustainable agronomy in the field. Learn the drivers, economics, agronomics, environmental benefits, and implementation techniques of sustainable crop production. Economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable agronomy will be considered. Unlike other sustainability or…
Find out more »Pumps I (Summer)
Cal Poly Irrigation Training and Research Center's Designer/Manager School of Irrigation Course covers: Types of rotating pumps, pump terms, pump curves, pumps in series and parallel, system curves, TDH computations for vertical and booster pumps, efficiency, WHP, BHP, input HP, pump selection from catalogs, trimming impellers, answers to common pump questions. Register Here: Designer/Manager School of Irrigation 2022 Registration, San Luis Obispo | Eventbrite
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