Week 1: Blueberry Pruning and Soil Health to Minimize Pests and Maximize Yield

Thursday January 22, 2026 11:00AM-12:30PM

Join Dr. Marvin Pritts (Cornell CALS) and Cheyenne Sloan (MSU Extension) to discuss pruning blueberries for best yield through the years, the IPM benefits of pruning, and discover how soil health impacts production, insects, and diseases in blueberries.

Register: http://tiny.cc/2026-wfw-week-1

Week 2: Cost of Production for Fruit Crops - A new tool for tree fruit, updates on berry production in NY, and strategies for tracking and using expense data 

Thursday January 29, 2026 11:00AM-12:30PM

Join Chris Bardenhagen (Michigan State University Extension), Allan Pinto (Cornell IPM), and Elizabeth Higgins (CCE ENYCHP) for a discussion on a variety of production economics topics focused on fruit crops.

Register: http://tiny.cc/2026-wfw-week-2

Week 3: Fire Blight Management Updates - Pathogen Biology, Defense Inducers, Biopesticides, and Pruning Therapies

Thursday February 12, 2026 11:00AM-1:00PM

Join Tianna DuPont (WSU Extension), Dr. Kerik Cox (Cornell AgriTech), and Dr. George Sundin (Michigan State University) for information on fire blight infection entry points and biofilms. Then speakers will discuss optimal rates and use patterns of Actigard and Kudos/Apogee, and review various field trials in Washington, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Michigan.

2.0 NYSDEC Pesticide Recertification Credits available in categories 1A, 10, and 22. If you would like DEC Credits, please send a copy of your photo ID to Anna Wallis (aew232@cornell.edu). To receive credits you will need to attend the entire webinar on your own computer/device, and complete the required Google Form survey at the beginning and again at the end of the webinar.

Register: http://tiny.cc/2026-wfw-week-3

Week 4: Pink and Petal Fall Insecticides - Can We Strike the Right Balance? 

Thursday February 19, 2026 11:00AM-12:30PM

Join Dr. Julianna Wilson (Michigan State University), Amy Irish-Brown (Valent USA), and Vaughn Gingerich (Lake Ontario Ag Consulting) to discuss management options for early-season apple pests, including plum curculio, European apple sawfly, and tarnished plant bug, and dig deeper on impacts and unintended consequences of insecticide sprays at pink.

1.5 NYSDEC Pesticide Recertification Credits available in categories 1A, 10, and 22. If you would like DEC Credits, please send a copy of your photo ID to Anna Wallis (aew232@cornell.edu). To receive credits you will need to attend the entire webinar on your own computer/device, and complete the required Google Form survey at the beginning and again at the end of the webinar.

Register: http://tiny.cc/2026-wfw-week-4

Week 5: Inoculating Orchards with Mycorrhizal Fungi

Thursday March 12, 2026 11:00AM-12:30PM

In this webinar, Mike Basedow (CCE ENYCHP) will discuss the results of three years of SARE funded field trials with four commercial fungi blends in three orchard sites across the northeast. He will also discuss other strategies for getting a planting off on the right foot during the establishment phase. The second half of this meeting will be repeated in Spanish by Mario Miranda Sazo (CCE LOFP). 

Register: http://tiny.cc/2026-wfw-week-5

Week 6: St. Peachtrick's Day - Cherry Pruning Strategies and Plum Varieties for the Northeast

Thursday March 19, 2026 11:00AM-12:30PM 

In this stone fruit focused webinar, Dr. James Larsen (Utah State) will discuss best management practices for pruning sweet and tart cherry orchards. We will then hear from Jay Freer, a stone fruit and pear technician at Cornell AgriTech, who will share his top plum variety recommendations for northeast growing conditions.  

Register: http://tiny.cc/2026-wfw-week-6