Colusa

General situation After a slow, late start to the season, summer has finally arrived and is staying. Northern counties will see temperatures building over the next few days and settling into an extended period with 100+ highs.

General Situation After the wet winter and extended cool spring, the annual summer weather pattern finally seems to have established itself. Temperatures for the next 10 days will see daily maximum values in the mid to high 80's, reaching the low 90's by the first few days of June.

General situation We're a little later than normal kicking off this season's projections for thrips, but the season is off to a slow start so we're not in too bad a position. It's still cold overnight.

General situation: The main season crop is in the ground across the northern counties and canopies are filling out the beds nicely. The next 10 days is forecast to range from the high 70's to mid 90's, which is ideal conditions for thrips to develop.

General Outlook Well, here we are, the 2022 season is open for business. The first half of the winter was wet and cold, but since the turn of the year, we have seen next to no precipitation in the region. Temperatures have been more or less normal for the time of year.

General outlook A run of 100+ F daily maximum temperatures and warm nights will likely accelerate thrips development over the next week or more. A return to low 90's highs is expected in the second week of June.

General outlook Planting is underway in the Dixon area but a lot of crop area has only just gone in the ground. We're heading into to a run of slightly warmer weather which will last about a week and accelerate thrips development.

General situation: We're a little bit late getting the clock started this season, but here is the first post of the 2021 thrips/TSWV risk evaluation.

The University of California Cooperative Extension and theColusa County Resource Conservation District are co-hosting a Virtual Field Day on March 24th from 10:00am-12:00pm.

Mohamed joins Kearney to research alfalfa irrigation Abdelmoneim Moneim Mohamed joined UC ANR as project scientist alfalfa irrigation management Feb. 1.