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Volume 6 Issue 1
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WaterTalks: Ground Water Day
- Wednesday February 22, 2017
- Lynden, WA
- 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
In its fourth year, WaterTalks focuses on everything from policy to practice for farmers to better understand issues surrounding irrigating their crops/animals and to walk away with practical knowledge to makes changes on their own farms. This year we will focus on groundwater covering a wide-range of topics.[/textblock][/column][column][image img_src=”https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/37/2017/02/watertalks.jpg” img_id=”181″][/image][/column][/row][row][column][textblock]
Topics/Speakers:
Well Inspection and Maintenance
- Bill Clothier, President – B&C Well Drilling & Pump Service Inc.
Hydrogeology of Western Whatcom County
- Chuck Lindsay, Senior Principal Hydrogeologist – Associated Earth Sciences Inc.
Water Rights and Permitting Update
- Andy Dunn, Project Hydrogeologist – RH2 Engineering Inc.
Measuring Pump Efficiency
- Mike Eglitis, Irrigation Sales Manager – Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.
Flow Meters, Application and Accuracy
- Katie Englin, Agriculture Business Development Manager – Seametrics Inc.
More Information Including Registration
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Western Washington Berry Workshop
- Thursday March 23, 2017
- Multiple Locations*:
- Mount Vernon, WA
- Lynden, WA
- TBD Lewis County
- 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
This day-long workshop will focus on many aspects of berry farming and is available to all small fruit growers.
*NOTE: There will be multiple locations with Mount Vernon as the main site and Whatcom and Lewis Counties as simulcast sites. An application for pesticide credits has been submitted
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Topics/Speakers:
Mummy berry Biology
- Dalphy Harteveld, WSU Department of Plant Pathology
Botrytis Resistance Management
- Tobin Peever, WSU Department of Plant Pathology
Aboveground Disease Management
- Alan Schreiber,
Pre-plant to replant: Improving Management of Root Lesion Nematodes in Red Raspberry
- Inga Zasada, USDA-ARS and Lisa DeVetter, WSU Department of Horticulture
Screening Phytopthora rubi for Fungicide Resistance
- Jerry Weiland, USDA-ARS
Nutrient Management Update for Blueberry and Raspberry
- Lisa DeVetter, WSU Department of Horticulture
Post-Harvest Nitrogen Test
- Aime Messiga, Agri-Canada
Meeting Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Standards
- Barbara Fick
Links to registration websites:
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