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Alfalfa Member List

Gene Aksland
Title: Breeder
Specialties: small grain forages
Affiliation: Resource Seeds, Gilroy
Email: gene@resourceseeds.com

Khaled M Bali
Title: Irrigation/Water Management Advisor
Specialty: Irrigation and water management, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids
Email: kmbali@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 352-9474 Ext.28

Steven C Blank Ph.D.
Title: Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Financial Management, Risk and Decision-Making, Risk Management Tools, Management Methods
One Shields Avenue
Davis, 95616
Email: sblank@primal.ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0823

Phil Bowles
Title: Alfalfa Hay Grower
Specialties: Farmer, CAFA, NAFA
Affiliation: Industry member
Email: peb@bfarm.com
Phone: 209-827-3000

Kent Brittan
Title: Yolo County Director & Farm Advisor for Field Crops
Specialty: Small grains, corn and biofuel crops
70 Cottonwood ST
Woodland, 95695
Email: klbrittan@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 666-8733

Leslie J Butler Ph.D.
Title: Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Dairy Production, Marketing and Policy, Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, Biotechnology, Technological Change, Public Policy Issues
One Shields Avenue
Davis, 95616
Email: ljbutler@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-3681

Marsha L Campbell-Mathews
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Field crops
Email: mcmathews@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (209) 525-6800

Mick Canevari
Title: Farm Advisor   County Director
Specialty: Agronomy, Weed Control
Email: wmcanevari@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (209) 953-6100

Harry L. Carlson Ph.D.
Title: Center Director; Farm Advisor
Specialty: Farm Advisor - Field and Vegetable Crops for Modoc/Siskyou Counties; Director Intermountain REC
P.O. Box 850, 2816 Havlina Road
Tulelake, 96134
Email: hlcarlson@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 667-2719

Alejandro R. Castillo Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor   Dairy Science
Specialty: Ruminants Nutrition
Email: arcastillo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (209) 385-7403

Duane Chamberlain
Title: Grower
Specialties: alfalfa & oat hay production
Affiliation: Chamberlain Farms

Carol A Collar
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Dairy, livestock and forage
Email: ccollar@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 582-3211 Ext 2739

Arthur L Craigmill
Title: CE Specialist; Director
Specialty: Human, veterinary & environmental toxicology; field & laboratory research on pesticide biodegradation & pharmacokinetics of chemical residues in livestock
One Shields Avenue
Davis, 95616
Email: alcraigmill@ucdavis.edu

Abhaya M Dandekar
Title: Professor   Geneticist-AES
Specialty: Transfer expression and regulation of 'transgenes' in tree crops; identification/ modification of useful genetic traits through analysis/evaluation of transgenic plants; transgenes, gene transfer, transgenic plants, gene expression, gene regulation
Email: amdandekar@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-7784

R Michael Davis
Title: CE Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Diseases of vegetable & field crops
Email: rmdavis@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0303

Edward J DePeters
Title: Professor
Specialty: Ruminant nutrition of dairy cattle; mammary gland synthesis of milk protein and fat; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; evaluation of by-product feedstuffs and forage quality.
Email: ejdepeters@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-1263

Tom Ellis
Title: Alfalfa Hay Grower
Specialties: Alfalfa production, cubing, marketing
Affiliation: California Alfalfa & Forage Association
Email: tntcube@syix.com

Carol A Frate
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Alfalfa, dry beans, sugarbeets, corn, plant pathology
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: cafrate@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3314

Holly A George
Title: Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor, County Director
Specialty: Youth, Livestock, Multiple Use of Natural Resources
Quincy, 95971
Email: hageorge@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 283-6262

Larry Godfrey
Title: CE Specialist
Specialty: Extension Cotton Specialist
Email: ldgodfrey@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0473

Juan N Guerrero
Title: Area Livestock Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Livestock; alfalfa and irrigated pasture; feedlot cattle; waste management; biosolids
1050 East Holton Road
Holtville, 92250-9615
Email: jguerrero@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 760-352-9474

Blaine R Hanson Ph.D.
Title: CE Irrigation and Drainage Specialist
Specialty: Drainage; wells and pumps; micro-irrigation, sprinkler irrigation; furrow irrigation, border and basin irrigation, irrigation scheduling; salinity; soil moisture sensors
One Shields Ave., LAWR
Davis, 95616
Email: brhanson@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-4639

Tim Hays
Title: PCA
Specialties: pest managment/agronomy
Affiliation: Private Company

Kurt J. Hembree M.S.
Title: Weed Management Farm Advisor
Specialty: Weed management strategies in crop and non-crop settings
Email: kjhembree@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 456-7556

Gerald E. Higginbotham Ph.D
Title: Dairy Farm Advisor
Specialty: Dairy nutrition and management; silage management
Email: gehigginbotham@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 456-7558

Dirk Holstege
Title: Director
Email: dmholstege@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0148

Aaron Kiess
Title: Executive Director
Specialties: Grower liaison-manager
Affiliation: CAFA director
Email: akiess@eme.net

W Thomas Lanini
Title: CE Weed Ecologist
Specialty: Ecology, weed crop competition, weed biology and low-input agriculture
One Shields Avenue
Davis, 95616
Email: wtlanini@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-4476

Peggy G. Lemaux
Title: CE Specialist
Specialty: Agriculture and Biotechnology
411B Koshland Hall
Berkeley, 94720
Email: lemauxpg@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-1589

Rachael Freeman Long
Title: Farm Advisor   Field Crops   Pest Management
Specialty: Pest management, agronomy, dry beans, alfalfa, water quality, oil seed crops
Email: rflong@ucdavis.edu
Phone: office (530) 666-8734, mobile (530) 681-7661

Tulio B. Macedo Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Agronomic Crops and Weed Control
Email: tbmacedo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559- 675-7879 Ext. 209

Daniel B Marcum
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Irrigation, plant nutrition, salinity, entomology, sustainable agriculture, agronomy, vegetable crops, engineering, plant pathology, integrated pest management, systems management, economics, weed control, nematology, strawberry nursery production, garlic, wild rice, alfalfa, timothy, sugarbeet, pasture, range, biodiversity, peppermint, viticulture
P.O. Box 9
Email: dbmarcum@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 336-5784

Roland D Meyer Ph.D.
Title: CE Soils Specialist Emeritus
Specialty: Soil fertility-plant nutrition, efficiency of fertilizer use, pollution of environment by waste products and fertilizers, application of fly ash and other wastes on forest and agricultural lands, water quality evaluation and concerns, soil-water-plant nutrient interactions and their effect on plant growth
LAWR Dept., One Shields Ave
Davis, 95616
Email: rdmeyer@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 756-8635

Shannon C. Mueller Ph.D
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Agronomy, alfalfa seed, hay production, seed certification, forage crops, pollination and honeybee management, oil seed crop production, and dry beans.
Email: scmueller@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 456-7261

Eric T. Natwick
Title: Entomology Advisor
Specialty: Entomology, Pest Management
Email: etnatwick@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 352-9474

Steve Orloff
Title: County Director/Farm Advisor
Specialty: Conducts research & educational program with alfalfa, small grains, irrigated pasture, and noncrop weed control with emphasis on variety adaptation, pest management, irrigation, and general production practices
Email: sborloff@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 842-2711

Terry Prichard
Title: CE Irrigation  Water Management Specialist
Specialty: Irrigation water management, crop response to limited water supplies, water infiltration, Delta water quality and soil salinity issues
2101 East Earhart Avenue, Suite 200
Stockton, 95206
Email: tlprichard@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (209) 953-6120

Daniel H Putnam
Title: Program Leader-Agricultural Productivity (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Specialty: Extension Specialist, Alfalfa and forage crops systems, forage quality and utilization, alternative field crops, cellulosic energy crops (switchgrass, miscanthus) crop ecology.
MS #1 One Shields Avenue
Davis, 95616-8780
Email: dhputnam@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-8982

Peter H. Robinson
Title: CE Specialist
Specialty: On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows.
Email: phrobinson@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-7565

Blake L Sanden
Title: Irrigation & Agronomy Farm Advisor
Specialty: Irrigation, soil, water, agronomy, blackeyes, sugarbeets, safflower, alfalfa
Email: blsanden@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (661) 868-6218

Jerry L Schmierer
Title: Agronomy Farm Advisor
Specialty: Plant science, alfalfa, wheat,dry beans, corn, barley, and oil seed crops with speciality in precision agriculture and weed management.
Email: jlschmierer@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 458-0575

Lawrence J. Schwankl Ph.D.
Title: CE Irrigation Specialist
Specialty: Irrigation engineering, design, operation and management of irrigation systems, soil moisture monitoring, low-volume irrigation
Email: schwankl@uckac.edu
Phone: (559) 646-6569

Charles G Summers Ph.D.
Title: Entomologist
Specialty: Pest management of field and vegetable crops, biology, ecology and management of aphids, aphids as virus vectors
Email: chasum@uckac.edu
Phone: (559) 646-6564

Larry R Teuber
Title: Professor IV
Specialty: Genetics and biology of: floral characters influencing alfalfa pollination by honey bees, gene flow in honey bee cross pollinated crops, resistance to lygus bugs and whiteflies, Director University of California Foundation Seed Progarm
One Shields Avenue
Davis, 95616-8780
Email: lrteuber@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-2461

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Becky B Westerdahl
Title: CE Specialist   Professor
Specialty: Applied nematology, integrated pest management
One Shields Avenue
Davis, 95616
Email: bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-1405

Rob Wilson
Title: Intermountain REC Director/Farm Advisor
Specialty: weed managment in potatoes, onions, mint, forages, and range/wildlands
Email: rgwilson@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 667-5117

Steven D Wright
Title: Farm Advisor- Tulare and Kings Counties
Specialty: Cotton, small grains, weed control
4437 S. Laspina St.
Tulare, 93274-9537
Email: sdwright@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3315