2026 Tree & Vine Expo Schedule

Name: 2026 Tree & Vine Expo
Start: 2026-11-17T07:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-11-17T15:30:00-08:00
Location: Stanislaus County Fairgrounds

November 17, 2026 · 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Turlock

CE Credits: 5.5 hours PCA, 6 hours CCA & 3 hours INMP CEUs — approved

Nut & Tree Fruit Sessions

Wine Grape Sessions

7:00a.m.
Registration
1. 7:15a.m.
  Grower/Crop Consultant Breakfast
2. 7:15a.m.
  Private Applicator/PCA Breakfast
3. 7:15a.m.
  Welcome and Introduction
  - Matthew Malcolm
    Editor-In-Chief, Pacific Nut Producer
4. 7:30a.m.
  Considerations for Irrigation & Nitrogen Management After Whole Orchard Recycling
  - Cameron Zuber
    UCCE Orchard Crops Farm Advisor, Madera & Merced Counties
5. 8:00a.m.
  On the Front Lines: Defending Vineyards from Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter & Pierce’s Disease
  - Matt Kaiser
    Environmental Program Manager, CDFA Pierce’s Disease Control Program
6. 7:15a.m.
  Welcome and Introduction
  - Danny Malcolm
    Malcolm Media Ag Publishing
7. 7:30a.m.
  Pesticide Regulatory Updates, Emerging Pest Pressures & Common Violations
  1 hr Laws/Regs CEUs
  - Amit Sandhu
    Ag Inspector, Stanislaus County Department of Ag
8:30
30 minute break & exhibits
1. 9:00a.m.
  Winter Sanitation: A Key IPM Tool for Carpophilus Beetle & Navel Orangeworm Management
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - Jhalendra Rijal
    UCCE IPM Advisor, Northern San Joaquin Valley
2. 9:30a.m.
  New Fungicides for Phytophthora Diseases of Almond & Sweet Cherry
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - Chaydon O’Fallon
    UCCE Area Orchard Systems Advisor, Stanislaus & San Joaquin Counties
3. 9:00a.m.
  To Water or Not to Water – Lessons from Three Years of Cabernet Trials
  - Luca Brillante
    Fresno State Department of Viticulture & Enology
4. 9:30a.m.
  Vineyard Irrigation Strategies for Disease Management & Fruit Quality
  - Abdelmoneim (Moneim) Mohamed
    UCCE Irrigation & Soils Advisor, Stanislaus/San Joaquin/Merced Counties
10:00
30 minute break & exhibits
1. 10:30a.m.
  State of the Walnut Industry
  - Robert Verloop
    CEO/Executive Director, California Walnut Board & Commission
2. 11:00a.m.
  State of the Pecan Industry
  - Brandon Drummond
    American Pecan Council & American Pecan Promotion Board
3. 11:30a.m.
  State of the Pistachio Industry – What Happened in the Field & Future Expectations
  3 speakersJoe Coelho, Richie Medeiros, Karun SamranShow all speakersHide speakers
  - Joe Coelho
    American Pistachio Growers
  - Richie Medeiros
    Buchanan Hollow Nut Company
  - Karun Samran
    Bapu Farming
4. 10:30a.m.
  Challenges & Management of Perennial Weeds in Orchards & Vineyards
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - Jorge Angeles
    UCCE Weed Management & Ecology Advisor
5. 11:00a.m.
  Timing is Everything: Practical Grapevine Disease Management
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - Akif Eskalen
    UCCE Specialist & UC Davis Plant Pathologist
6. 11:30a.m.
  Strategies for Sustainable Vine Mealybug Management
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - David Haviland
    UCCE Entomology & Pest Management Advisor, Kern County
1. 12:00p.m.
  State of the Almond Industry/PCA Tri-Tip Lunch
2. 12:00p.m.
  State of the Grape Industry Tri-Tip Lunch
3. 12:30p.m.
  State of the Almond Industry
  3 speakersAlexi Rodriguez, CarmenMaria Navarro, Matt WoolfShow all speakersHide speakers
  - Alexi Rodriguez
    CEO, Almond Alliance
  - CarmenMaria Navarro
    Managing Director of Strategic Operations & Innovation, Almond Board of California
  - Matt Woolf
    Specialty Crop Analyst, Terrain Ag
4. 1:00p.m.
  Epidemiology & Control of the Invasive Red Leaf Blotch Disease of Almond
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - Florent Trouillas
    UCCE Plant Pathology Specialist
5. 12:30p.m.
  State of the Wine Grape Industry
  - Mike Needham
    Turrentine Brokerage
  - Marc Cuneo
    Turrentine Brokerage
1. 1:30p.m.
  Leaf Monitor: AI-Powered, Real-Time Nutrient Monitoring for Tree & Vine Crops
  - Alireza Pourreza
    Dept. of Biological & Ag Engineering and Digital Ag Lab Director, UC Davis
2. 2:00p.m.
  Understanding Commodity & Quarantine Fumigation Requirements for Tree Nuts
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - Spencer Walse
    Research Chemist, USDA-ARS
3. 2:30p.m.
  Love-Hate Relationships: Pyrethroids in Almonds
  30 min PCA CEUs
  - David Haviland
    UCCE Entomology & Pest Management Advisor, Kern County
4. 1:30p.m.
  Leaf Monitor: AI-Powered, Real-Time Nutrient Monitoring for Tree & Vine Crops
  - Alireza Pourreza
    Dept. of Biological & Ag Engineering and Digital Ag Lab Director, UC Davis
5. 2:00p.m.
  Implementing MLRP on Working Lands in Collaboration with Farmers
  +26 speakersRogell Rogers, Mike Tietze, Richard Gemperle, Wes Sperry, Matthew Young, Nelson FurtadoShow all speakersHide speakers
  - Rogell Rogers
    Sustainable Conservation
  - Mike Tietze
    East Turlock Subbasin GSA
  - Richard Gemperle
    Rainbow Ranch
  - Wes Sperry
    Sperry Farms
  - Matthew Young
    Young Farms
  - Nelson Furtado
    Naraghi Ranch
3:00p.m.
Closing reception & prize giveaway