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ThisyeartheTehama County Cattlemen will have an all new Cattle- men's Field Day for their 50th year. Instead of one day, it will be two days, March 21 and 22, a week earlier than past years. Used to be held in April or last of March. The past 49 Field Days have been held at ranches within the county, but this year it will be held at Rolling Hills Casino, near Corning. Entries are open, by registering at Tehama- CountyCattlemen.org, and will close March 15th. Sponsorships are avail- able. On the 21st there will be Sporting Clays, with reg- istration starting at 7 a.m. and shooting at 8 a.m. for $50 per person, and 5 per- son teams. The Sporting Clays are followed by a Golf Tour- nament, with 4 person scramble, $100 per per- son starting at 11:30 a.m. Those playing golf will be served all-beef hot dogs from Turri Family Farms and Roney Land & Cattle as they play. Cattlemen are invit- ing everyone to partici- pate, because both days are open to the public. Ev- eryone means men and women are invited, and you don't have to own a bovine. That evening starting at 5:30 p.m. there will be a no-host cocktail party followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. with a presen- tation by California Cat- tlemen's Association offi- cers and staff at 6:45 p.m. TCCA is requesting res- ervations, tehamacoun- tycattlemen.org, for the dinner because of limited seating at the casino. Din- ner charge will be $26 at the door. For those without a computer, please call 949- 4723, for dinner reserva- tions. Sunday morning the 22nd will start at 9 a.m. with the Stockdog Trial at Rolling Hills Casino. Entry fee is $60 per dog. Entries close on March 15 for the dog and horse events because the cat- tlemen have to order cat- tle, where in the past the cattle came from the host rancher. Co-chairmen for the an- nual Field Day are TCCA 1st vice president Chad Amen and TCCA past president Tony Turri with help from the directors, Adam Davy, Ron Hum- phrey, Mike McCluskey, Jeff White, Bryce Borror, Andy Cox, Wally Roney, Dave Stroing ,Steve Zane and President Steve Mc- Carthy. Our traditional field day events will be held Sunday with the Work- ing Cow Horse, entry fee is $60, and you do not need to be a member of TCCA or California Cattle- men. Buckles and jackpot money to the winners for all events. Stockman's Challenge is 2 person teams, and entry fee of $60 per person. The Calf branding, 3 person teams, entry fee $60 per person. These events will be held in the covered arena at the Rolling Hills Eques- trian Center. There will be food vendors on site for lunch on Saturday and Sunday. The traditional Dar- rel Conard "Big Steer" weight guessing contest will be on Sunday, when the ladies will guess the weight of a large Long- horn steer owned by Jeanne Smith. A trophy and small cash prize will be awarded by the Cattlemen. Tehama County Cattle- Women will have games for the children on Sun- day morning. In earlier years there were egg races, sack races, stick horse bar- rel racing, and any other ideas we can remember. FFA members from Corn- ing, Los Molinos and Red Bluff High have been in- vited to help with the chil- dren's games. Remember, reserva- tions for the dinner and the events are needed, tehamacountycattlemen. org, deadline is March 15. Airportscreening Forgot to mention the screening at San Antonio airport when I left on an early morning flight ear- lier in February. After having the body scan, I was pulled aside for someone to use a wand on my knees and hips, as well as the usual pat- down on my arms and up- per body. I had removed the tissue, the coins, the boarding pass, any thing else from my pockets, plus taking off my shoes and jacket, on the first pass through the scan- ner. My sister told me later, that they were training a new security agent. That was why I was pulled out, even though I don't have a hip, knee or ankle replace- ment. Then we were seated at our gate, waiting to be called for boarding, and a TSA young woman came through, and checked ev- eryone's boarding pass and identification — driv- ers license. First time for that, too. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON FieldDaycelebrates50years Event expanding to two days of fun Natural Resources Con- servation Service Chief Jason Weller today an- nounced that the U.S. De- partment of Agriculture is extending the deadline for applications for the gen- eral Conservation Stew- ardship Program (CSP) un- til Friday, March 13, pro- viding farmers, ranchers and private forest manag- ers two additional weeks to apply for this funding round of $100 million in fiscal year 2015. "CSP producers are es- tablished conservation leaders who work hard at enhancing natural re- sources on private lands," Weller said. "By extending the deadline for general sign-up applications, we are ensuring that landown- ers will be able to take ad- vantage of a program that will enroll up to 7.7 million acres this year." USDA's largest conserva- tion program by acreage, CSP pays participants for conservation performance — the better the perfor- mance, the higher the pay- ment. Nearly 70 million acres have been enrolled in the program since its launch in 2009. NRCS ad- ministers CSP. Although CSP applica- tions are accepted all year, farmers, ranchers and for- est landowners should sub- mit applications by the funding deadline, extended to Friday, March 13, to en- sure they are considered for this year's funding. Applica- tions should be submitted to local NRCS offices, and as part of the CSP appli- cation process, applicants will work with NRCS field personnel to complete a re- source inventory of their land, which will help deter- mine the conservation per- formance for existing and new conservation activities. The applicant's conser- vation performance will be used to determine eligibil- ity, ranking and payments. USDA offers financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers or forest landowners for the active management and maintenance of exist- ing conservation activities and for carrying out new conservation activities on working agricultural land. Eligible lands include cropland, grassland, prai- rie land, improved pas- tureland, rangeland, non-industrial private forestland and tribal agri- cultural land. Applicants must have control of the land for the 5-year term of the contract. To learn more about the CSP general sign-up exten- sion, visit your local NRCS office. USDA Deadline extended for conservation program COURTESY Paint branding at a previous Tehama County Cattlemen's Field Day. The University of Cali- fornia, Davis, and the Cal- ifornia Strawberry Com- mission recently signed an agreement for a new fu- ture for the public straw- berry breeding program at UC Davis. As part of this renewed commitment to a public breeding program that cre- ates new varieties for Cal- ifornia's strawberry farm- ers, UC Davis announced the hiring of a new breeder for the Strawberry Breed- ing Program. Steven J. Knapp, a plant scientist with highly credentialed teaching and research experience at two other U.S. land-grant univer- sities as well as interna- tional plant genomics ex- perience in the commer- cial sector, has accepted the university's offer to lead the program. "We are thrilled to have Steve join us as we design a new strawberry breeding program for the 21st cen- tury," said Helene Dillard, dean of the College of Agri- cultural and Environmen- tal Sciences, which is home to the strawberry breeding program. "He brings with him ex- pertise in plant genom- ics and genetics, as well as great breadth of expe- rience in directing a vari- ety of crop-breeding teams in the United States and around the world," Dillard said. Lawsuit settlement Highlights of the legal settlement include further partnership opportunities for the UC Davis Straw- berry Breeding Program and the California Straw- berry Commission. Over the next five years, UC Davis will release new strawberry varieties that will be available to all farmers, and the Califor- nia Strawberry Commis- sion will assist UC Davis in its identification of new commercial varieties. As part of the settlement, a new strawberry advisory committee will be formed, comprising university rep- resentatives, strawberry farmers and commission representatives. Since 1956, California's strawberry farmers have supported the UC Davis Strawberry Breeding Pro- gram through the Califor- nia Strawberry Commis- sion (formerly the Califor- nia Strawberry Advisory Board). Annual contributions and research grants through the commission have contributed millions of dollars to support the development of straw- berry varieties uniquely adapted to California's exceptional growing en- vironment. The settlement brings to a close legal disagreements dating back to October 2013, when the commis- sion filed a lawsuit against the university related to the strawberry breeding program's research agree- ment with the commission. Both that lawsuit and the university's counter suit, filed in October 2014, are ended by this week's set- tlement. "The hiring of the new plant breeder and the com- mitment to continue the public program were crit- ical to resolving the dis- pute," said Rick Tomlinson president of the California Strawberry Commission. "Combined with the lead- ership of Dean Helene Dil- lard, the strawberry breed- ing program is positioned to continue releasing ex- ceptional new plant vari- eties." Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, also voiced confidence that the public breeding pro- gram will move forward to identify the best plant va- rieties for California straw- berry farmers "I am very pleased to see UC Davis and the Cal- ifornia Strawberry Com- mission move into a new era of collaboration," Ross said. "With a talented new plant breeder to lead the program, the commitment of the chancellor and the dean, and an industry ad- visory committee to pro- vide input on the pro- gram's vision, we have all the ingredients for a part- nership that will benefit the California strawberry industry and the univer- sity for years to come." The new breeder Knapp brings a wealth of research experience to the breeder's position. He served on the faculty of Oregon State Univer- sity in the Department of Crop and Soil Science for 19 years from 1985, and then joined the faculty of the University of Georgia, Athens, in the Institute of Plant Breeding Genet- ics and Genomics for five years. He comes to UC Da- vis most recently from Monsanto's Vegetable Re- search and Development program in Woodland, California. At Monsanto, he was the global director for two years for breeding of cucurbit crops includ- ing melons, squash and cucumbers, and then the global director for vege- table breeding technology for three years. "The strawberry indus- try and production cli- mates in California are un- paralleled, " Knapp said. BREEDING UC Davis and strawberry panel set new direction Servicingyourdisposalneedsin Tehama County, and the City of Red Bluff including Residential, Commercial, and Temporary bin services. GREENWASTEOFTEHAMA A WASTE CONNECTIONS COMPANY 530-528-8500 1805 AIRPORT BLVD. RED BLUFF, CA GreenWasteisaproud supporter of local events. RUNNINGS ROOFING SheetMetalRoofing ResidentialCommercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane Ownerisonsiteoneveryjob ServingTehamaCounty 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 No Money Down! "NoJobTooSteep" " No Job Too Flat" FREE ESTIMATES CA. 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