My name is Mandeep Singh, and I’m honored to serve as the Agronomy Advisor for Sacramento, Solano, and Yolo counties, based at the UCCE Capitol Corridor office in Woodland. I grew up on a farm where my family raised diversified row crops and livestock. I obtained my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agronomy from Punjab Agricultural University. In 2024, I completed a Ph.D. in Agronomy and Horticulture with a specialization in Weed Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where I focused on herbicide interactions, water use, and the management of volunteer corn. I then continued there as a postdoctoral researcher, working on integrated strategies for managing herbicide-resistant weeds and developing an open-access image database to support site-specific weed management technologies.

As someone new to the area, I am very excited about the opportunity to learn from all of you. I hope to dedicate my first few months to listening and getting to know growers and the broader community in this region to identify the needs of agronomic cropping systems in our area. I encourage you to reach out with your ideas, insights, requests, suggestions, or questions as I begin shaping the priorities for my work in this role. I look forward to collaborating on a research and extension program that reflects local needs and addresses challenges in agronomic crops such as corn, safflower, alfalfa, dry beans, hybrid seed production, wheat, and other small grains while delivering practical, relevant, and impactful solutions.

Please feel free to stop by the Woodland UCCE office or contact me at mdpsingh@ucanr.edu or (530) 666-8704. I would be grateful for the opportunity to connect.