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Event Details

Date

July 15, 2019

Time

8:30am Registration, 9am - 3:45pm Program

Location

VanDeWalle Sharps Farm
9028 Ridge Rd (Rte 143)
Alton, NY 14516

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Drone Demo Sponsored by the Cornell Khan Pathology Lab, Apple Leaf LLC, & Lake Ontario Fruit Team

July 15, 2019


On July 15th the Cornell Khan Pathology Lab, in association with Apple Leaf, will be hosting an orchard Drone Demonstration at the VanDeWalle Sharps Farm in Alton NY.

The Khan Lab has been gathering orchard data and developing interpretive programs for tree stresses and they'd like to share and showcase the new technologies and discuss its practical applications.

The Demo will begin at 9am at the barn on VanDeWalle's Sharps Farm, the site address is 9028 Ridge Rd (Rte 143) Alton NY, and the main barn sits on the North Side of the Road with an ample parking lot.

Preliminary Schedule is as follows:

9:00 - Meet & Greet with the pathology team and growers

9:10 - Drone hardware
Camera Options (What's on the market & what works)
Aerial Drone models (What works for orchard scouting)
Software (Programs that you need to interpret the camera data)

9:30 - Drone Flight
Flight capability demonstration
Collection of Data

10:00 - Data Interpretation
Compilation and Review of collected data
Analysis of orchard issues

11:00 Questions and Wrap-up

To RSVP, please email Apple Leaf at info@usappleleaf.com . Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required.




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