Bill Krueger, MS, UCCE Farm Advisor Glenn and Tehama Co. and County Director, Glenn Co. Principal Investigator, long term olive tree training trial at Nickles Soil Laboratory, Arbuckle, CA

Contact information

• M.S. Washington State University : Horticulture, 1979
• B.S. Washington State University: Horticulture, 1976

• County Director, Tehama County 1996 - 2001 and 2004 to present

• Pomology Farm Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, Glenn County, 1980 - present
• Orchard Foreman, Mount Adams Orchards, White Salmon Washington 1979 - 1980
• Member: American Society of Horticultural Science, Int'l Society of Horticultural Science, California Assoc. of Farm Advisors and Specialists
• Advisory Boards: Olive Research Advisory Board

Research Interests:
Responsible for the Cooperative Extension program for tree crops in Glenn County and olives in Tehama County. Areas of research and extension include: IPM for almonds, walnuts and prunes, regulated deficit irrigation for almonds and prunes, crop control using pruning and chemical and mechanical thinning in prunes and olives, olive knot control in olives, olive fly control, training of olive trees for mechanical harvest and production of specialty table olives.

Relevant Papers & Presentations:

• Establishing and Training Manzanillo Table Olives for Mechanical Harvest  (pdf) - William H. Krueger, Louise Ferguson, Stan Cutter, Antonio Isern, 2007