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Olive Field Day
Long Meadow Ranch
Napa, CA
Contact: Ellie Andrews at: eandrews@ucanr.edu
Sponsor: Grown in Marin
Details:

Please join us for the 2nd biennial North Coast Olive Field Day at Long Meadow Ranch in Napa, CA. Parking is available at 1796 St. Helena Hwy followed by a quick shuttle up to the winery for check-in, light breakfast and coffee. After introductions, activity tables are just a short walk through the orchard. The field day offers an opportunity for attendees to move freely between tables interacting and learning about the latest olive research. Visit all eight tables to be entered into a raffle for a Long Meadow Ranch Gift Set. Lunch will be served back at the winery. Registration Required to attend by July 15th or until sold out! No on-site registration! This event will sell out.

**This is an outdoor event, please wear appropriate shoes for the field and bring a hat**

Approved 1.0 hour Other DPR CEUs

Approved CCA units: 0.5 hr Nutrient Mgmt, 0.5 hr Soil & Water Mgmt, 1 hr IPM, 0.5 hr Crop Mgmt

AGENDA

07:30 am   Shuttle starts/Registration/light breakfast and coffee served

09:00 am   Program Introduction

09:15 am   Program begins

   Table 1: Canopy Management & Nutrition, Louise Ferguson, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Pomologist

   Table 2: Olive Fruit Fly, Bob VanSteenwyk, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Entomology and Melissa Thayer, Graduate student, UC Riverside

   Table 3: Alternate Bearing, Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor Tulare, UC Cooperative Extension 

   Table 4: Olive Diseases, Florent Trouillas, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology

   Table 5: Irrigation, Giulia Marino, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Plant Sciences

   Table 6: Long Meadow Ranch Olive Oil Tasting

   Table 7: UC Davis Olive Center

   Table 8: Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC)

12:00 pm   Lunch served

12:30 pm   Raffle

01:00 pm   Adjourn