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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University Farm Hosts Second Annual Orchard Field Day Expert advice for walnut, prune and almond growers will be available Wednesday, June 13, at California State University, Chico's second annual Orchard Field Day at Paul Byrne Memorial Agricultural Teaching and Research Center (University Farm).The event will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Among the sessions growers can attend are irrigation scheduling tools and techniques, cover crops for orchards, aphid control for prunes, and vertebrate pest management. Welcoming comments will be provided by CSU, Chico College of Agriculture Dean Charles Crabb and Bill Olson, UC Cooperative Extension farm adviser for Butte County. Other presenters include CSU, Chico agriculture professor Richard Rosecrance, Richard Buchner, UCCE farm adviser for Tehama County, and Bill Krueger, UCCE farm adviser for Glenn County. Growers are expected to come from Butte County and surrounding counties. The event is hosted by CSU, Chico and the UC Cooperative Extension. The event is free, but the lunch costs $15. For more information, contact Rosecrance at 898-5699 or Olson at 538-7201.
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