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Welcome to the Central Valley Chapter
Recent & Upcoming
News Central Valley Chapter 16th Annual Bug Shooters Sporting Clays Trap Shoot
News Central Valley Chapter Meetings in 2023
January
Chapter meeting – January 6, 2023. My Garden Café, Ripon, CA. 7am
CE Meeting – Friday, January 13, 2023 at MJC Pavilion. Chairman Destiny Campi
February
Chapter meeting – February 10, 2023. Granny’s Pantry, Atwater, CA. 7am
March
Chapter meeting – March 10, 2023. My Garden Café, Ripon, CA. 7am
Bug Shooters – March 31, 2023. Chairman Casey Erickson.
April
Chapter meeting – April 14, 2023. Granny’s Pantry, Atwater, CA. 7am
May
Drive thru lunch – Cinco De Mayo tacos at Wilbur Ellis, Manteca, CA.
Chapter meeting – May 12, 2023. My Garden Café, Ripon, CA. 7am
June
Chapter meeting – June 9, 2023. Granny’s Pantry, Atwater, CA. 7am
July
Chapter meeting – July 14, 2023. My Garden Café, Ripon, CA. 7am
August
47th Annual Bug Stompers Golf Tournament – August 4, 2023
Chapter Meeting – August 11, 2023. Granny’s Pantry, Atwater, CA. 7am
September
Chapter Meeting – September 8, 2023. My Garden Café, Ripon, CA. 7am
Central Valley CAPCA Label Update – Friday, September 15, 2023 at MJC Ag Pavilion – pending. Chairman Jennifer De Jong.
October
Chapter Meeting – October 13, 2023. Granny’s Pantry, Atwater, CA. 7am
Chapter Bowling at CAPCA Conference – October 16, 2023
Accepting Scholarship applications October 1 – October 15
November
Chapter Meeting – November 10, 2023. My Garden Café, Ripon, CA. 7am
Vote/judge scholarships at Monthly meeting.
December
Chapter Meeting – December 8, 2023. Dust Bowl, Turlock, CA. 11:30am
Christmas party – lunch. Present scholarship winners.
News Central Valley Chapter CE Meeting 1/13/2023
DATE: January 13, 2023
CLICK HERE to register
CHECK-IN: 7:00 AM
MEETING: 7:30 AM – 3:15 PM
MEMBER PRICE: $70.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $90.00
AGENDA:
| 7:00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 7:30 | A Technical Dive into Pierce’s Disease Dr. Josie Hugie, JJH Solutions LLC |
| 8:30 | Pest Summary and Update for Vegetable Production in the 2022 Season Dr. Zheng Wang, UCANR-Modesto |
| 9:30 | Break |
| 9:45 | Pistachio- Mitigation and Treatment of Alternaria, Botryosphaeria & Botrytis Phoebe Gordon, UCANR-Merced |
| 10:15 | Adult Version of Plant Doctor- Regulation Updates and Field Challenges for 2022 Rick Foell, Wilbur Ellis |
| 10:45 | Management of Soil Borne Diseases of Tomatoes Dr. Brenna Aegerter, UCANR-San Joaquin |
| 11:45 | Lunch |
| 12:15 | Vineyard Soil Pest Management Karl Lund, UCANR- Merced |
| 1:15 | Salinity Management Practices to Reduce Pest Pressure Jerome Pier, Senior Agronomist Qualitech |
| 2:15 | Replant Impacts and Disease Management Cameron Zuber, UCANR-Merced |
| 3:15 | Seminar Adjourns |
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Meeting Information
Second Friday of every month
7:00am
This year our monthly meetings will be rotating quarterly around the region.
The schedule for our meeting locations are as follows:
January 14th, May 13th, September 9th — My Garden Cafe, Ripon
February 11th, June 10th, October 7th — My Garden Cafe, Turlock
March 11th, July 8th, November 11th — Hollywood Family Cafe, Lodi
April 8th, August 12th — Denny’s Patterson
December 9th — Christmas party – Location TBD
Contact: Jennifer Dejong (209) 968-6384