SUPPLIER SHOWCASE

The 2009 Irrigation Management Workshop will include a supplier showcase featuring manufacturers of some of the latest irrigation scheduling and soil moisture monitoring equipment. Manufacturer representatives will make brief presentations during the meeting and the workshop will conclude with a Supplier Showcase.

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Tentative Agenda

8:00 – 8:30

REGISTRATION

Continental Breakfast (sponsorship opportunity)

PRINCIPLES OF IRRIGATION

	8:30 9:00	Soil‐Plant‐Water Relations, Dr. Lowell Zelinski, President - Precision Ag Inc.
	9:00 9:30	Irrigation Water Quality Issues for Grapes, Dr. Steve Gratten, Soil‐Water Specialist - University of California, Davis

IRRIGATION SCHEDULING

	9:30 - 10:30	Irrigation Scheduling: Plant, Soil and Climate Based Dr. Lowell Zelinski, President - Precision Ag Inc.
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK (sponsorship opportunity)
	10:45 - 11:00	Determining Crop Coefficients Mark Battany, Viticulture/Soils Farm Advisor - U.C. Extension Service
	11:00 - 12:30	Soil Moisture Monitoring Equipment Demonstrations Suppliers and Sponsors
12:30 - 1:00 LUNCH (sponsorship opportunity)

WATER QUALITY & AVAILABILITY

	1:00 - 1:30	Paso Robles Ground Water Basin Paul Sorensen, Principal Hydrogeologist - Fugro
	1:30 - 2:00	Soils of the Paso Robles Area Dr. Tom Rice, Professor - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Soils Department

RECENT ADVANCES IN VINEYARD IRRIGATION SCHEDULING

	2:00 - 2:30	Use of the Leaf Porometer in Vineyard Irrigation Scheduling Dr. Mark Greenspan, Viticulturist - Advanced Viticulture, LLC, Napa, California
	2:30 - 3:00	Comparison of Leaf Porometer Pressure Chamber in Paso Robles Wine Grapes Dr. Lowell Zelinski, President - Precision Ag Inc.
	3:00 - 3:30	Using Soil Water Potential to Schedule Vineyard Irrigations Ms. Lauren Bissey - Decagon Devices

SUPPLIER SHOWCASE

3:30 5:00

SMM Supplier Show Case and Wine Reception (sponsorship opportunity)