2017 WNY Winter Fresh Market Vegetable Meeting (Western region)

February 15, 2017


Program topics will include an update on wildlife management, high tunnel nutrient management update, vegetable disease update including the new iPiPE Program in vegetables, new Climate Smart Farming Tools, cover crops and soil health, an update on Food Safety and Modernization Act and what you need to do for your farm, and other regional research and program updates.

Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 am Registration, DEC/CCA sign-up, coffee
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome -- Darcy Telenko
9:10 - 9:40 am Wildlife Management -- Darcy Telenko
9:40 - 10:10 am High Tunnel Nutrient Management Update -- Judson Reid
10:10 - 10:55 am Vegetable Disease and Weed Update including the new iPiPE Program for Vegetables -- Darcy Telenko
10:55 - 11: 15 am Update on Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and what you need to do for your farm --Robert Hadad
11:15 - 12:00 pm Regional program updates various CCE staff
12:00 - 12:45 pm Lunch  
1:00 pm - 3:45 pm Cover Crops and Soil Health Workshop

• 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Approaches to Phytophthora Management -- Robert Hadad and Mary Hausbeck
• 2:00 -3:00 pm Biofumigants -- Robert Hadad
• 3:00 -3:15 pm Herbicide Rotation Restrictions -- Darcy Telenko
• 3:15 - 3:45 pm New Climate Smart Farming Tools -- Darcy Telenko

3:45 - 4:00 pm Adjourn and pick up DEC credits

This meeting will also be offered in the Southern part of our region (February 9 in Ellicottville) and in the Eastern part of our region (March 7 in Newark).