Join Napa RCD for a 2-day Irrigation Water Management Online Workshop through Zoom. Please register for each day separately.
Agenda- Day 1 (June 24, 8-11am):
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- Learn about different soil properties and how these properties affect water retention and distribution in your soil.
- Learn about soil-water-plant relationships.
- Learn how to use soil moisture and evapotranspiration data to develop an irrigation water management plan. This will help you determine when is the best time to irrigate and how much is the ideal amount to apply during every irrigation event.
- Learn the principles behind an irrigation system evaluation based on distribution uniformity
Agenda- Day 2 (June 26, 8-11am):
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- Hear from a few local companies about their different technologies available to measure soil moisture, evapotranspiration and plant water stress.
- Hear from a panel of Napa Valley growers about their experience with soil moisture probes and plant water stress technologies in developing and implementing an irrigation water management plan.
Speakers:
- Miguel Garcia, PhD: Sustainable Ag Program Manager. Napa Valley Resource Conservation District
- Ernie Wilson: North Coast Account Manager. Tule Technologies.
- Jacob Moreno: Sales Representative. Irrometer Technologies
- Tyler Cooper: Sales Rep. Ranch Systems
- Dylan Lundstrom: Sales Rep. Vintel
- Adrienne Uboldi: Vineyard Manager. Grower Relations Manager. Distinguished Vineyards & Wine Partners.
- Jessy Franchini: Cellar Master-Enologist. Edgar Alfaro: Vineyard Manager. Dalla Valle Vineyards
- Red San Pedro: Vineyard Manager. Fil Rouge Vineyard
- George O’Meara: Vineyard Manager. Double O vineyard.
Brought to you by Napa RCD and CA Department of Water Resources