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Workgroup Information Conservation Tillage |
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| Summary | Develops knowledge and exchanges information on conservation tillage production systems, coordinates related research and extension programs, responds to needs for information on reduced tillage production alternatives, and plans and conducts statewide and regional conferences, workshops and training demonstrations as well as produces publications and internet materials that summarize research that the workgroup conducts. |
| Website: | http://groups.ucanr.org/ucct/ |
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Membership List |
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| AES Scientist | ||
| Ferris, Howard | Nematology CAES | |
| Professor Nematologist-AES | Nematode biology and pest management, population biology, population assessment, ecology, integrated pest management | |
| Horwath, William | Soils & Biogeochemistry Program | |
| AES Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry Soil Biogeochemist | Stable isotope studies, soil organic matter dynamics, soil fertility, sustainable agriculture, water quality, plant-microbe interactions, soil microbial biomass, denitrification, residue decomposition, root turnover. | |
| Scow, Kate | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| Professor Soil Microbial Ecologist-AES | Biodegradation of organic pollutants; kinetics of microbial processes in soil; microbial ecology; nutrient cycling in agro-ecosystems; organic matter decomposition | |
| Singer, Michael | Soils & Biogeochemistry Program | |
| Professor and Soil Resource Scientist-AES, emeritus | Soil genesis, classification, land use and resource development; soil erosion and conservation | |
| Southard, Randal | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| Professor and Soil Genesis /Morphologist-AES | Pedology | |
| Summers, Charles | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
| Entomologist | Pest management of field and vegetable crops, biology, ecology and management of aphids, aphids as virus vectors | |
| Upadhyaya, Shrinivasa | Biological & Agricultural Engineering | |
| Professor | Tillage and traction, soil dynamics, soil crusting and compactional; site-specific crop management, soil and yield sensors, GIS, precision planting of propagules; and mathematical modeling of biological problems. | |
| van Kessel, Chris | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Chair Department of Plant Sciences | Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Aguiar, Jose | Indio Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops and small farms | |
| Brittan, Kent | Yolo County | |
| Emeritus Farm Advisor for Field Crops | Small grains, corn and biofuel crops | |
| Cahn, Michael | Monterey County | |
| Farm Advisor | Irrigation & Water Resources | |
| Frate, Carol | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Alfalfa, dry beans, sugarbeets, corn, plant pathology | |
| Hembree, Kurt | Fresno County | |
| Weed Management Farm Advisor | Weed management strategies in crop and non-crop settings | |
| Marsh, Brian | Kern County | |
| Farm Advisor | Agronomy, cotton, small grains, corn and silage, weed control | |
| Mickler, Jan | Stanislaus County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable Crops | |
| Miyao, Gene | Yolo County | |
| Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops | Processing tomato production. | |
| Molinar, Richard | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Small farms, vegetable crops, organic farming, insect/weed management, specialty crops, sugar peas, strawberries, eggplant, squash, Asian vegetables such as basil, lemongrass, green beans, long beans, gailon, bittermelons, refugee farmers, Hmong, Lao, fluent in Spanish | |
| Mueller, Shannon | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Agronomy, alfalfa seed, hay production, seed certification, forage crops, pollination and honeybee management, oil seed crop production, and dry beans. | |
| Munier, Douglas | Glenn County | |
| Farm Advisor | Agronomy-cotton, corn, wheat, clover seed, safflower, sunflower, and dry beans | |
| Munk, Daniel | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Cotton Production Systems, Irrigation and Drainage, Soil Quality and Tillage | |
| Smith, Richard | Monterey County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science | |
| Vargas, Ronald | Madera County | |
| Farm Advisor | Field crops, cotton production, weed control | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Goyal, Sham | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| AES Specialist | Regulation of nitrogen uptake, metabolism, and usage efficiency, physiology of abiotic stress (e.g., salinity) and tolerance, site-specific tillage for reduced energy input, and research and analytical techniques and instrumentation. | |
| Hartz, Timothy | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Vegetable Crops Specialist | Improved management regimes for commercial vegetable production, cultural practices for warm-season vegetable crops | |
| Hutmacher, Robert | West Side Research & Extension Center | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist and Center Director, West Side REC | cotton production issues, water stress, nutrient mgmt | |
| Jackson, Louise | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| Professor CE Specialist Plant Physiologist | Plant and soil nitrogen dynamics; organic and conventional vegetable production; grassland restoration ecology; agrobiodiversity | |
| Kaffka, Stephen | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant CE Agronomist VI & Lecturer WOS | Works on sugar beets and safflower, particularly ways to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of producting these crops. Also works on water quality and agricultural drainage and salinity management. | |
| Klonsky, Karen | Agricultural & Resource Economics | |
| Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Farm Management and Production, Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Agriculture | |
| Lanini, W | Weed Science Program | |
| CE Weed Ecologist | Ecology, weed crop competition, weed biology and low-input agriculture | |
| McGiffen, Milton | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist | Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide | |
| Mitchell, Jeffrey | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| CE Cropping Systems Specialist | Vegetable cropping systems, irrigation management, soil quality, organic soil amendments, extension models, postharvest physiology | |
| Temple, Steven | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| WOS CE Specialist III & Lecturer | Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, legume cover crops, sustainable farming systems; fluent in Spanish. | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Andrade-Sanchez, Pedro | Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of California, Davis | |
| Student | ||
| Baker, Julie | Department of Land, Air and Water Resources | |
| Broome, Janet | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
| Project Scientist | Plant Pathology, Sustainable Agriculture, Integrated Pest Management, Viticulture | |
| Bryant, Dennis | Department of Agronomy and Range Science | |
| Associate Director | ||
| Bugg, Robert | Sustainable Agricultural Research & Education Program | |
| Information Analyst | Develop, gather and disseminate information on cover cropping, pest management and restoration ecology | |
| Chaney, David | Agricultural Sustainability Institute | |
| "Education Coordinator, Farm Advisor" | Sustainable agriculture information development and distribution; educational programs and materials; administer competitive grants program for educational events; state leader for Western Region USDA SARE Professional Development Program | |
| DeMoura, Richard | Agricultural & Resource Economics | |
| Staff Research Associate | Cost Production Studies | |
| Kearney, Tom | UCCE Yolo County | |
| Farm Advisor | Cereal and oilseed crops | |
| Kirby, Donald | Intermountain Research & Extension Center | |
| Center Superintendent | ||
| Madden, Nicholaus | Dean's Office CA&ES | |
| Ngouajio, Mathieu | UC Riverside Department of Botany | |
| Post Doctoral Researcher | ||
| Schlosser, Mary (Kitty) | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Retired | Seed certification | |
| Solorio, Jaime | UC WSREC | |
| Ag Technician | ||
| Non-UC | ||
| Abubu, Fred | Helena Chemical Co. | |
| Farmer | ||
| Aleman, Manuel | Lost Creek Canyon Ranch | |
| Farmer | ||
| Alvare, Trini | Ames Management | |
| Andrews, Nick | ||
| Andrews, Susan | USDA | |
| Ecologist | ||
| Arias, Heather | Air Resources Board | |
| Armendariz, Juan | Foster and Gardner | |
| Aschmann, Stephanie | USDA-NRCS | |
| Agroecologist | ||
| Avila, Jon | Farming D | |
| Baird, James | ||
| Baley, Kevin | Baley Farms | |
| Bastida, Henry | Cocopah, Inc. | |
| Becerra, Francisco | ||
| Berry, Will | Unverferth Mfg. | |
| Bishop, Alan | Monsanto Chemicals | |
| Blankenship, Rick | Woolf Enterprises | |
| Bojorguez, Gerardo | Torres-Martinez EPA | |
| Boyd, Mark | ||
| Braden, Chad | John Deere Equipment Co. | |
| Branham, Larry | USDA-NRCS | |
| Brase, Ron | ||
| Brostrom, Peter | Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis | |
| Post Graduate Researcher | Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems | |
| Burke, Tim | Laflin Burke LLC | |
| Butler, Steve | Santa Cruz County | |
| Campbell, Mark | ||
| Carian, Blaine | ||
| Carpenter, Jim | ||
| Carrall, Kimberly | Oasis Date Gardens | |
| Carter, Lyle | USDA ARS Shafter Cotton Field Station | |
| Agricultural Engineer | Shafter, CA | |
| Charlton, Brian | ||
| Cheechev, Walt | USDA-NRCS | |
| District Conservationist | ||
| Chin, Dan | ||
| Clay, Pat | University of Arizona | |
| Plant Sciences | ||
| Cohen, Dan | ||
| Cordova, Darrell | ||
| (info only) Crowell, Gib | Bio, Inc. | |
| Cummings, Clint | ||
| Currey, John | USDA-NRCS | |
| Davies, John | ||
| Delchaiw, Larry | ||
| Dennis, Steve | ||
| Dickson, Lane | Soil and Water Science | |
| Senior | ||
| Ditman, Craig | ||
| Dolan, Jeff | California Tomato Commission | |
| Farmer | ||
| Dowdd, Edwin | ||
| Dudley, Chuck | Joe Heidrick Farms | |
| Dufaur, Rex | NCAT | |
| Dumble, Tom | Quail Mtn. Herbs | |
| DuSault, Allen | Sustainable Conservation | |
| Program Developer | ||
| Dyer, Dave | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center | |
| Director, Lockford, CA | Cover crop germplasm evaluation | |
| Edwards, Wayne | Monsanto Chemicals | |
| Espinosa, Tish | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center | |
| Field Conservationist, Lockford, CA | Cover crop germplasm evaluation, dust mitigation technologies | |
| Fisher, Ralph | USDA-NRCS | |
| State Agronomist | ||
| Fleming, Ross | ||
| Ford, Don | Horizon Ag. Products | |
| Fortner, Steve | Sun Pacific Farms | |
| Farm Manager | ||
| Foster, Ed | ||
| Foster & Gardner | ||
| Freesing, Erik | ||
| Freesing Farms | ||
| Friberg, Jack | ||
| Fry, Robert | ||
| Gadoy, Chad | Ag. Commissioner;s Office | |
| Gasser, Bill | ||
| Gillespie, Cydean | USDA-NRCS | |
| Giovannoni, Ed | ||
| Gnos, Craig | Batavia Farms | |
| Goorahoo, Dave | California State University Fresno | |
| Soil Scientist | ||
| Gottlieb, David | RCD Santa Monica Mtns. | |
| President | ||
| Griffin, Anthony | Golden State Herbs | |
| Guemmer, Phil | Johnson Farm Machinery | |
| Guerena, Martin | NCAT | |
| Hahn, Cliff | Hahn Tractor | |
| Hamilton, Neil | ||
| Hanson, Emily | Monterey County RCD | |
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| Harben, Ron | Conservation District | |
| Harding, Ron | Western Farm Service | |
| Hechtman, Ned | ||
| Heidrick, Joe | Heidrick Enterprises | |
| Heidrick, Tim | Heidrick Enterprises | |
| Herrero, Enrique | Department of Vegetable Crops and Weed Science, University of California, Davis | |
| Post Graduate Researcher | ||
| Hertle, John | East Stanislaus RCD | |
| Hodges, Dale | ||
| Hogan, Phil | USDA-NRCS | |
| Holcomb, Diane | ||
| NRCS State Resource Conservationist | Supervisor-Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| Husman, Steve | University of Arizona, Plant Sciences | |
| Huyck, Leisa | SAFS UCD | |
| Researcher | ||
| Irion, Clyde | Actagro | |
| Agronomist | ||
| Ishizuka, David | ||
| Jackson, James | ||
| Jasper, Valerie | Vasto Valley | |
| Jeffredo, Jeff | ||
| Jeffredo, Ron | ||
| Jerkins, Diana | Cal Poly Pomona, Plant & Soil Science | |
| Professor | ||
| Johnson, Walter | The Lyman Group, Inc. | |
| Vice President | ||
| Jones, Ron | UCCE Lake | |
| Program Representative | Outreach | |
| Jorgensen, Gary | Pacific Agronomics | |
| Keck, Albert | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Kellogg, Bill | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Kerns, Martin | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Kizirian, Don | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Koller, Dave | Central Valley Water District | |
| Krauter, Charles | Calif. State Univ., Fresno | |
| Professor | ||
| Kutzner, Barbara | Monsanto Company | |
| Technical Program Representative | ||
| Laflin, Ben | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Leap, Jim | Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis | |
| Manager, Center for Agroecology | Organic farming systems | |
| Leavitt, Fred | Sun Pacific Farming | |
| Vegetable Division | ||
| LeBeouf, John | California Tomato Commission | |
| Marketing order | ||
| Lehar, Kevin | Woolf Farming | |
| Lemunyon, Jerry | USDA-NRCS | |
| Conservation Agronomist | ||
| Lewis, Daryl | Pioneer Equipment Co. | |
| General Manager | ||
| Lomeli, Arturo | Ag Commissioner's Office | |
| Longfellow, Bill | Excelsior-Kings RCD | |
| Director | ||
| Lum, Paul | Peaceful Glen Farms | |
| Farmer | ||
| Luna, John | Oregon State University | |
| Sustainable Ag. Coordinator | ||
| Luong, Phil | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Lyles, Troy | Air-Way Farms, Inc. | |
| Farmer | ||
| Machado, Mike | P&M Farms | |
| Farmer | ||
| Macy, Nick | ||
| Farmer | ||
| McAuliffe, Ryan | ||
| Farmer | ||
| McCloskey, Bill | University of Arizona | |
| Professor | ||
| Moore, Tom | USDA NRCS | |
| Moyer, Jeff | The Rodale Institute | |
| Muller, Tom | Joe Muller and Sons | |
| Farmer | ||
| Negroni, Sally | USDA NRCS | |
| Newton, Dick | Jones Farms | |
| Farmer | Stratford, CA | |
| Nishikawa, Ted | GF | |
| Nutcher, Mike | Hidden Valley Dairy, Modesto, CA | |
| Farmer | ||
| Ostrom, Mark | Helena Chemical | |
| Ottman, Mike | University of Arizona | |
| Extension Agronomist | ||
| Pajarillo, Jovita | USDA - EPA, San Francisco | |
| Park, Scott | Park Farming | |
| Farmer | mixed farming | |
| Perry, James | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Quist, Pat | Eastern Kern RCD | |
| Directo | ||
| Rackerby, Dale | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Ramos, Alfred | USDA-NRCS | |
| Richardson, Gene | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Rickert, Randy | Unilever Corporation | |
| Robbins, Paul | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Resource Conservation District, Yolo County | |
| Rochin, Hector | Real Pro Farm | |
| Farmer | ||
| Rodrigues, John | J.G. Boswell Co. | |
| Manager - Harvest/Equipment | ||
| Rodriguez, Monica | ||
| Rominger, Bruce | Rominger Brothers Farms | |
| Farmer | Winters, CA | |
| Rominger, Richard | ||
| Rosenzweig, Marcie | Full Circle | |
| consultant | marketing | |
| Roy, Rob | USDA-NRCS | |
| Soil Conservationist | ||
| Ruozi, Al | Interstate Equip. & Mfg. | |
| Ryan, Matthew | The Rodale Institute | |
| Saulman, James | Cumood | |
| Schallberger, Joe | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Schmidt, Scott | Farming D | |
| Farmer | ||
| Schneider, Jim | USDA NRCS | |
| Malkin, Richard | ||
| Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
| Shrestha, Anil | Integrated Pest Management | |
| IPM Weed Ecologist | Development and implementation of IPM strategies and tactics for vegetation management. Primary crops corn, cotton, tree fruit, grape, tomato. | |
| Singh, Gurpal | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Smith, David | USDA-NRCS | |
| State Soil Scientist | ||
| Smith, Jim | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Smith, Roger | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Souza, Jeff | Vestra Resources, Inc. | |
| Sporcic, Mike | USDA, NRCS | |
| State Agronomist | ||
| Staunton, Marshall | ||
| Stewart, Don | ||
| Strait, Daniel | US Fish & Wildlife Service | |
| Struckmeyer, Chip | Colusa County RCD | |
| Sullivan, Rachel | Colusa County RCD | |
| Watershed Manager | ||
| Summers, Matt | CDFA | |
| Szechtman, Alejandro | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Taylor, John | Plant & Micro Bio. UCB | |
| Professor | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| Valencia, Jesus | UCCE Stanislaus County | |
| CE Advisor | Production | |
| Van Anne, Lou | Bigham Bros./Krause Corp. | |
| Walther, Donald | USDA, NRCS | |
| Cropland Specialist | ||
| Watkins, Joe | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Wegener, Randy | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Wilcox, Alan | Wilcox Agriproducts | |
| Wolfshohl, Karl | Progressive Farmer | |
| Editor | ||
| Woodley, Rick | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Wrysinski, Jeanette | Yolo RCD | |
| Wu, Henry | Monsanto Company | |
| Technical Program Representative | ||
| Young, D. J. | University of Arizona | |
| Zelinski, Lowell | Precision Ag Consulting | |
| Precision ag, cotton | ||
| Zemenchik, Robert | Case/Int'l Harvester | |
| Agronomy Research Manager | ||
| Other UC | ||
| Shennan, Carol | UC Santa Cruz, CASFS | |
| Professor and Director | ||
| Van Horn, Mark | Agricultural Sustainability Institute | |
| Wrobles, Jon | UCCE Fresno County | |
| SRA | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 231 | |
| ANR Members | 48 | |
| Non-ANR | 183 | |
| Info Only | 1 | |