Join CCE vegetable specialists Elisabeth Hodgdon and Chuck Bornt for a vegetable and berry field meeting at Rulfs Orchard, in Peru, NY. We'll tour the farm's fields and talk about integrated pest management of sweet corn and cucurbit crops. Then, we'll view a drone demonstration and discuss new technologies for pesticide application and spotted wing drosophila management in berries. 

Agenda

4 pm | Meet at Rulfs Orchard farmstand parking lot (531 Bear Swamp Rd, Peru). Farm overview and introductions. DEC sign in. Drive to field.

4:15pm | Sweet corn IPM (Chuck Bornt and Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)

4:45pm | Cucurbit IPM (Chuck Bornt and Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)

5:15pm | Drive to blueberry field

5:30pm | New technologies for spotted wing drosophila (SWD) management and pesticide application (Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP and Alex Menard, Precision Spraying, LLC)

6:30pm | End program, issue DEC certificates.

DEC pesticide recertification credits offered at this event: 2.00 credits in categories 1A, 10, 22, 23, and 1.00 credits in category 11.

Cost: Free! Light refreshments will be provided.

Pre-registration not required for this event.

Rain date will be announced if adverse weather is predicted.

This program is sponsored in part by the New York Farm Viability Institute (Project FVI 2025 11). Please contact Elisabeth Hodgdon with questions and requests for accommodations (eh528@cornell.edu or 518-650-5323)