Event Details
Date
March 17, 2016
Time
12:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Location
Frank W. Bratt Agricultural Center
3542 Turner Rd
Jamestown, NY 14701
Cost
$15.00 CVP enrollee
(additional attendee $15.00 ea.)
$20.00 all others
(additional attendee $20.00 ea.)
Registration discount to enrollees in the Cornell Vegetable Program
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureDarcy Telenko
716-697-4965
email Darcy Telenko
Pre-Registration Deadline: March 8, 2016
Vegetable School (Chautauqua County)
March 17, 2016
Meet the CCE Cornell Vegetable Program Specialists and learn about their programs supporting Western NY vegetable growers: disease and weed management in fresh market vegetables, what does the Food Safety Modernization Act mean for your farm, new developments for managing insect pests and diseases in Cole crops, high tunnel and season extension, improving soil health, and issues affecting processing vegetable crop production.
AGENDA:
12:45 PM Registration, DEC sign-up, light refreshments - Darcy Telenko
1:00 Disease and Weed Management in Fresh Market Vegetables - update on new pesticide options and resistance issues - Darcy Telenko
1:30 Final Ruling of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) - what is means for your farm planning, training and timelines - Robert Hadad
2:00 New developments for managing insect pests and diseases in Cole crops - Christy Hoepting
2:30 Break
2:45 High Tunnel and Season Extension - Judson Reid
3:15 The Importance of Crop Rotation, Cover Crops and Reducing Tillage to Improving Soil Health - Carol MacNeil
3:45 Processing Vegetable Production in NY - Julie Kikkert
4:15 DEC credit pick-up
2.5 DEC credits will be available. Cost: $15 Cornell Vegetable Program enrollees; $20 all others. Contact Katelyn Walley-Stoll at CCE Chautauqua County by email or call 716-664-9502 x202 or register online through CCE Chautauqua County.
