California Citrus Conference
Porterville Fair Grounds, Porterville, California
Wednesday & Thursday, October 10-11th, 2012
Day One: Wednesday - October 10, 2012
EXPO BUILDING
8:30 WELCOME
Welcome to the California Citrus Conference
Ted Batkin - President, Citrus Research Board
8:40 – 12:00 SESSION ONE: ACP/HLB Coverage
Introduction to ACP/HLB
Moderator: Earl Rutz - Chairman, Citrus Research Board
What is CPDPC doing for you?
Nick Hill - Chairman, Citrus Pest & Prevention Committee (CPDPC)
What is a grower to do?
Strategies for California
Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell - IPM Specialist & Research Entomologist, UC Riverside and Director, Lindcove
Research & Extension Center
Lessons learned from Texas that can be applied to California.
Dr. Mamoudou Sétamou - Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Strategies for area-wide treatment program - panel
Moderator: Dan Galbraith - CRB board member, former Chairman, CRB/CPDPC Joint Operations Committee
Citrus Health Management Association (CHMA) strategies in Florida
Dr. Michael Rogers - Citrus IPM, University of Florida, Lake Alfred
Area -wide management strategies in California for ACP
Brian Taylor – Director, CPDPC Field Operations
Area- wide management strategies in Texas for ACP
Dr. Mamoudou Sétamou - Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Area-wide management of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter in SJV Citrus
Judy (Stewart-Leslie) Zaninovich-Treatment Coordinator, GWSS Area-wide Management Program
10:25-10:45 BREAK
Progress on establishing Tamarixia radiata as a biological control agent for ACP
Dr. Mark Hoddle - Extension Specialist, UC Riverside
Synergistic interactions between citrus root pathogens susceptible to HLB
Dr. Jim Graham- Professor, Soil Microbiology, University of Florida, Lake Alfred
Grower Research $$$ at work: Return on investment
Dr. Etienne Rabe - Chairman, CRB Research Committee
US Customs & Border Protection K-9 Program
Robin Wall - California Agriculture Liaison, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH –EXPO BUILDING
KEYNOTE: Lessons learned in Florida
Ricke Kress - President, Southern Gardens Citrus, Clewiston, Florida
CCQC Salter Award presentation
Presenter: Jim Cranney - President, California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC)
Citrus Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
Presenter: Ted Batkin, President, Citrus Research Board
EXPO BUILDING
1:30 – 3:30 SESSION TWO: Pest,
Disease & Resistance Management
BREAKOUT BUILDING
1:30 – 3:30 BREAKOUT SESSION
ONE: Organics
Introduction
Introduction
Moderator: Jim Gorden - Chairman, CRB Pest
Management Committee; Chairman, CRB/CPDPC Joint
Operations Committee
Moderator: Ben Faber – UCCE Farm Advisor, Santa
Barbara and Ventura Counties
Pest management
Pest overview with emphasis on San Joaquin Valley
Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell - IPM Specialist & Research
Entomologist, UC Riverside and Director, Lindcove
Research & Extension Center
Pest management issues facing desert citrus growers
Alan Washburn - President, Washburn & Sons, Inc.
Pest management in citrus areas of coastal
California
Tom Roberts - Owner, Integrated Consulting
Entomology
Resistance management
Resistance issues related to long-term use of the
citrus growers management tools
Getting certified as an organic grower: The National
Organic Program and California State programs
John France – President, Homegrown Organic Farms
Management strategies for organic growers
Ben Faber – UCCE Farm Advisor, Santa Barbara and
Ventura Counties
The Economics of being an organic grower – Panel
Tom Avinelis – CEO, AgriCare, Inc.; CEO of Homegrown
Organic Farms
John Wise –Owner, Sespe Creek Organics
Marketing strategies and trends for organic citrus –
Panel
Scott Mabs –Director of Sales & Marketing,
Homegrown Organic Farms
Garff Hathcock –Marketing, Corona College Heights
Dr. Joseph Morse - Professor, Research Entomologist
and Professor of Entomology at UC Riverside
Pest & disease management issues affecting
exports
Introduction
Jim Cranney - President, California Citrus Quality
Council
Septoria and exports to South Korea
Dr. Jim Adaskaveg - Professor, UC Riverside
Export challenges for California produced citrus
Jim Cranney - President, California Citrus Quality
Council
3:30 – 3:50 BREAK
Expo Building
3:50 – 4:50 SESSION THREE:
California Citrus Quality Council
Breakout Building
3:50 – 4:50 BREAKOUT SESSION
TWO: Citrus Tristeza Virus
CCQC Activity Highlights
Introduction
Moderator: Jim Cranney - President, California Citrus
Quality Council
Moderator: Dr. MaryLou Polek, VP, Science &
Technology, CRB
The role of the County Agriculture
Commissioner in facilitating exports
Citrus Tristeza Agency: The current situation
Marilyn Kinoshita - Ag Commissioner, Tulare County
Jill Barnier – Program Manager, Central California
Tristeza Eradication Agency
Lindcove Research and Extension Center: The
current situation
Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell – IPM Specialist & Research
Entomologist, UC Riverside and Director, Lindcove
Research & Extension Center
The presence of CTV virulent strains in California
Dr. Ray Yokomi – Research Plant Pathologist, USDAARS, Parlier, CA
Changes in state quarantine regulations for CTV
Mike Colvin- Program Supervisor, California
Department of Food and Agriculture
What are growers with sour orange rootstock doing?
George McEwen – PCA, Leffingwell Ag and Board
Member, California Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention
Committee
Day Two: Thursday - October 11, 2012
EXPO BUILDING
8:00 – 9:30 SESSION ONE: Water Issues
Responsible use of water and nitrogen
Moderator: Mark Larsen – General Manager, Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District
The citrus industry & the water situation in California: Are we responding adequately?
Dr. Ariel Dinar – Professor of Environmental Economics & Policy and Director, Water Science &Policy Center,
Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
Results from the Lund/Arpaia nitrogen study: What did we learn?
Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia – Extension Specialist, UC Riverside
How does nitrogen move in the soil? What are the factors that influence movement?
Dr. Jan Hopmans – Associate Dean, College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences UC Davis
Recent advances in irrigation technology: What innovations can a grower use in terms of measuring soil
moisture content?
Dr. Larry Schwankl – UCCE Irrigation Specialist, Kearney Ag Center
9:30 – 10:30 BREAK
EXPO BUILDING
BREAKOUT BUILDING
10:30 – 12:00 BREAK-OUT SESSION
10:30 – 11:20 SESSION TWO: Soil
ONE: The future of citrus trees –
Health
Living with HLB
Introduction
Moderator: Craig Kallsen – Citrus and Pistachio Farm
Advisor, UCCE Kern County
Using variable rate irrigation design to improve
scoring for NRCS funding
Brian Bassett – Agronomist, H20 Optimizer, LLC.
Managing your soils: What types of amendments &
how to interpret soil & leaf analysis
Dr. David Crowley – Professor, Soil Microbiology, UC
Riverside
11:20 – 12:00 SESSION THREE: Plant
Nutrition
Introduction
Moderator: Craig Kallsen –Citrus and Pistachio Farm
Advisor, UCCE Kern County
Do we have everything we need? The
importance of plant improvement
Moderator: Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia – Extension Specialist,
UC Riverside
Is there useful resistance to Huanglongbing within
Citrus?
Dr. Ed Stover – Horticulturist, USDA-ARS, FL
How will new varieties come to California? What are
the trends?
Nigel Grech – Principal, California Clementine and
Future Fruit
Transgenics – What is it, and how do we move it
through the regulatory process?
Ricke Kress - President, Southern Gardens Citrus,
Clewiston, Florida
My tree looks great, but how about that taste?
Dr. Liz Baldwin – Research Leader, USDA-ARS, FL
Macronutrients – their role in citrus production
Dr. David Crowley – Professor, Soil Microbiology, UC
Riverside
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH – EXPO BUILDING
1:30 – 2:30 SESSION FOUR: Citronomics
Introduction-Upcoming regulations that will impact citrus growers’ bottom-line: What can we
expect?
Moderator: Shirley Batchman, Director, Government Affairs, California Citrus Mutual
What is happening on nitrogen use regulations?
Dr. Jay Noel – Professor & Chair, Agri-Business Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Increasing global needs for nitrogen & how that will affect what growers will pay.
Renee Pinel – President, Western Plant Health Association
The future citrus tree: What can we expect?
Bob Zuckerman – Owner, B&Z Nursery
Regulatory costs going forward
Shirley Bachman, Director, Government Affairs, California Citrus Mutual
2:30 – 3:30 SESSION FIVE: Marketing Panel - How to sell more products to your
consumers
Introduction
Moderator: Ted Batkin, President, Citrus Research Board
Understanding the retail buyer
David Roddick, Marketing, ALDI
Partner with the Right Distributor: Sell More of your Product to Consumers!
Jackie Caplan Wiggins – VP & COO, Frieda’s, Inc.
Navigating the global and domestic markets
Kevin Fiori, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Sunkist Growers
CLOSING REMARKS