Northern Commercial Vegetable Growers’ School and Mini Trade Show!

February 26, 2015


Northern Commercial Vegetable Growers' School and Mini Trade Show!
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm
Holiday Inn, 412 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Cost: $30 per person (includes lunch and all meeting materials) for enrolled ENYCHP members, $50 for non-enrolled participants. Must be pre-registered by February 18, 2015

Meeting agenda:
8:00 Registration, DEC Recertification Sign-up, coffee and visit with our sponsors!

8:50 Introduction and announcements—Amy Ivy, CCE Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program

9:00 Root Crop Diseases Revisited - Dr. Sarah Pethybridge, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva

9:30 Soil Health for Weather Resiliency — Carol MacNeil, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

10:00 Bio-Pesticides Efficacy Trials- Margaret McGrath, Cornell University, Long Island Horticultural
Research & Extension Center

10:30 Industry Updates

10:45 Break and visit with our Sponsors

11:15 Tomato Bacterial Diseases—Teresa Rusinek, CCE ENYCHP

11:45 Oomycete Panel Discussion - Crystal Stewart CCE ENYCHP, Margaret McGrath, Cornell University

12:30 Hot Buffet Lunch and Visit with Sponsors

1:00 Cover Crops for Cash—Aaron Gabriel, CCE Capital Area Agricultural Horticulture Program

1:30 Bio-Pesticides Products from BioWorks- John Francis, Technical Services Manager, BioWorks Inc.,
Victor, NY

2:00 Irish Potato Variety Trial Results - Chuck Bornt, CCE ENYCHP

2:30 Break

2:45 Leek Moth Update - Amy Ivy, CCE ENYCHP

3:00 Making a Profit with Pumpkins—Chuck Bornt, CCE ENYCHP

3:30 Adjourn and pick up DEC sheets

We have received 3.25 DEC Recertification credits for this location in Categories 1A, 23 and 10.





Agenda (PDF; 298KB)

Vegetable School Registration Form (PDF; 50KB)