Event Details
Date
August 28, 2014
Time
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Williams Farms
Decker Rd, west of Minstead Rd
Marion, NY 14505
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureCarol MacNeil
585-394-3977 x406
email Carol MacNeil
Pre-Registration Deadline: August 22, 2014
Fresh Market Potato Varieties, Disease & Insect Management Meeting
August 28, 2014
Bill Fry, Cornell, will provide updates on late blight and other potato diseases, management of Colorado potato beetle and other insects will be presented by Anders Huseth and Brian Nault, Cornell, and Don Halseth, Cornell, will show and discuss the 2014 Cornell fresh market muck variety and breeding line trial.
The meeting will be held at John Williams, Williams Farms, potato field on Decker Road, just west of Minstead Rd in Marion. A dinner will be served at Williams packing house at 7:45 PM.
This meeting is FREE for growers due to the support of our meeting sponsors: Williams Farms, Gowan Company and Syngenta.
Pre-registration is requested by August 22 by contacting Angela Parr so that we know how much food to order.
The full agenda with directions to the potato trial and to the Williams Farms packing house are below.
Meeting Agenda & Directions to Williams Farms (PDF; 457KB)
