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Sorry, Pre-Registration for 2017 Niagara County Winter Pruning has passed.

Sorry, Pre-Registration for 2017 Orleans Winter Pruning has passed.

Sorry, Pre-Registration for 2017 Wayne County Winter Pruning has passed.

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2017 Prune Smarter Not Harder Workshops presented by CCE - LOF

Please Note Pruning Meeting in Oswego County April 11!

This pruning season the Lake Ontario Fruit Program will have 4 meetings across the Western NY fruit region.  As always, all growers and employees are welcome to attend (including Spanish-speaking employees).


2017 Niagara County Winter Pruning

January 5, 2017

2pm - 4pm

Tower Farms
1755 Youngstown Wilson Rd
Youngstown, NY 14174


Cost

This event is free.


This pruning season the Lake Ontario Fruit Program will have 4 meetings across the Western NY fruit region. As always, all growers and employees are welcome to attend (including Spanish-speaking employees).

For anymore information please contact Mario Miranda Sazo.

This event is free, please pre-register online so that we can keep track of attendance to these events.


2017 Orleans Winter Pruning

February 28, 2017

1pm - 4pm

Kast Farms Inc.
14931 Zig Zag Rd
Albion, NY 14411


Cost

This event is free.


Please Note New Date & Time

The Orleans County workshop hosted by grower Brett Kast will be organized as a mini-tours with 2 stops each.  The benefits of proper pruning, minimal pruning, limb renewal pruning, precision pruning, and the transition from 3-D to 2-D canopies via manual pruning and hedging are some topics that will be discussed and demonstrated.  Special emphasis will be given to pruning of young and mature Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, NY1, and NY2 trees, on several dwarfing rootstocks. 

For anymore information please contact Mario Miranda Sazo (mrm67@cornell.edu) for more details and directions.

This event is free, please pre-register online so that we can keep track of attendance to these events.


2017 Wayne County Winter Pruning

March 1, 2017

1pm - 4pm

Datthyn Fruit Farm
6965 North Geneva Rd
Sodus, NY 14551


Cost

This event is free.


Please Note New Date & Time

The Wayne County workshop hosted by grower Steven Datthyn will be organized as a mini-tours with 2 stops each. The benefits of proper pruning, minimal pruning, limb renewal pruning, precision pruning, and the transition from 3-D to 2-D canopies via manual pruning and hedging are some topics that will be discussed and demonstrated. Special emphasis will be given to pruning of young and mature Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, NY1, and NY2 trees, on several dwarfing rootstocks.

For anymore information please contact Mario Miranda Sazo (mrm67@cornell.edu) for more details and directions.

This event is free, please pre-register online so that we can keep track of attendance to these events.

2017 Oswego County Winter Pruning

April 11, 2017

1pm - 4pm

Behling Orchards (not the farm market)
364 Hurlburt Rd
Mexico, NY 13114


Cost

This event is free.


On April 11 from 1 to 4pm, Eric Behling will host this pruning workshop which will feature the following topics:
  • Short and long pruning techniques for young, semi-young, and more mature spindle apple trees on dwarfing rootstocks
  • Hands-on pruning and discussion of establishment, trellising, growing techniques, and use of orchard mechanization for high density apple trees
  • Corrective pruning, accelerated renewal pruning, minimal pruning, canopy composition for maximum fruitfulness, and vigor control of tops
  • Reasons for conversion or transition from 3-D to 2-D canopy via mechanical pruning
  • Pruning of topworked trees to 1, 2, or 3-axis, and use of PGRs




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Apples

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Asparagus

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Beets

Beets

Blueberries

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Broccoli

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Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Cabbage

Carrots

Carrots

Cauliflower

Cauliflower

Cherries

Cherries

Cucumbers

Cucumbers

Dry Beans

Dry Beans

Eggplant

Eggplant

Ethnic Vegetables

Ethnic Vegetables

Garlic

Garlic

Grapes

Grapes

Horseradish

Horseradish

Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Leeks

Lettuce / Leafy Greens

Lettuce / Leafy Greens

Melons

Melons

Nectarines

Nectarines

Onions

Onions

Parsnips

Parsnips

Peaches

Peaches

Pears

Pears

Peas

Peas

Peppers

Peppers

Plums

Plums

Potatoes

Potatoes

Pumpkins / Gourds

Pumpkins / Gourds

Radishes

Radishes

Raspberries / Blackberries

Raspberries / Blackberries

Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Rutabaga

Rutabaga

Snap Beans

Snap Beans

Squash - Summer

Squash - Summer

Squash- Winter

Squash- Winter

Strawberries

Strawberries

Sweet Corn

Sweet Corn

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Tomatoes

Tomatoes

Turnips

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Upcoming Events

Wine Sensory Evaluation Workshop

April 26, 2024 : Wine Sensory Evaluation Workshop
Staatsburg, NY

In collaboration with Jeremy Schuster, Viticulture Specialist at the ENYCHP, Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield and Chris Gerling, Enology Extension Specialists with the Cornell Craft Beverage Institute, will be presenting a wine production-focused, interactive workshop on sensory evaluation. 

Announcements

2023 Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring/Management

All berry farmers are watching for monitoring reports that indicate Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) adults are in their region. Mid-season berry crops should be sprayed as soon as berries begin to ripen unless you've elected to use insect exclusion netting.

- For general information about SWD, and to enroll for free monitoring reports, visit the Cornell SWD blog https://blogs.cornell.edu/swd1/.
- Click here for the 2023 Quick Guide for Pesticide Management. 
- For some great instructional videos and fact sheets on insect exclusion netting, visit the University of Vermont's Ag Engineering blog.


Resources from CCE ENYCHP!

We are developing new ways to connect with the CCE ENYCHP team this year! We have a Youtube page located at this link. Check out videos on Table Grape Production, Pest Updates and the 20 Minute Ag Manager - in 4 Minutes series. 

We have a Facebook Page here as well as an Instagram page. We keep these places updated with current projects, events, and other interesting articles and deadlines.

There are also text alerts available. Fruit and vegetable farmers in 17 Eastern NY counties can now receive real time alerts on high risk disease and pest outbreaks texted directly to their cell phone. The Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture program, which is supported by local Cornell Cooperative Extension associations, will now offer text alerts to those that enroll in our program in 2019. 

The text alerts will be reserved for important crop alerts that could impact management decisions immediately. For instance, if there were an outbreak of Late Blight in the area, this would be transmitted to vegetable growers.

Farmers can choose the crop for which they wish to receive updates. Additionally they can request that Ag Business Alerts be sent to them. These alerts might include due dates for crop insurance deadlines, market opportunities etc.

If you have questions, please contact enychp@cornell.edu


Podcasts

Winter Greens Grower Interviews in Northern New York

October 22, 2022
In this episode, vegetable specialist Elisabeth Hodgdon interviews Lindsey Pashow, ag business development and marketing specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Harvest New York team. They discuss findings from a series of interviews with winter greens producers in northern New York. Lindsey shares production and marketing challenges associated with growing winter greens in this cold and rural part of the state, success stories and advice from growers, and tips for those interested in adding new crop enterprises to their operation.

Funding for this project was provided by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program. The episode was edited by Miles Todaro of the ENYCHP team.

Resources:
• Crop enterprise budget resources available from Penn State Extension (field and tunnel vegetables: https://extension.psu.edu/small-scale-field-grown-and-season-extension-budgets), UMass Extension (winter spinach budgets: https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/outreach-project/improving-production-yield-of-winter-greens-in-northeast and field vegetables: https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/fact-sheets/crop-production-budgets), and Cornell Cooperative Extension (high tunnel vegetables: https://blogs.cornell.edu/hightunnels/economics/sample-budgets-spreadsheets/). Use these budgets as templates when developing your own crop enterprise budget.
• The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook, by Richard Wiswall
• The Winter Harvest Handbook, by Eliot Coleman

For questions about the winter greens project discussed in this podcast, reach out to Lindsey Pashow (lep67@cornell.edu) or Elisabeth Hodgdon(eh528@cornell.edu).

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