2018 Lake Ontario Winter Fruit School
2.75 DEC re-certification credits available the exact number is being determinedBring your DEC Applicator ID. If you need DEC credits, please arrive on time to sign the roster and plan to stay all day. DEC will not allow partial credit.
Program (speakers & topics confirmed, order of presentations differs by day see agendas below)
- Protected Culture: Low Tunnels, High Tunnels, Exclusion Netting and How to Control SWD in These Situations - Laura McDermott, CCE-ENYCHP
- Cherry Fruit Fly - Margaret Kelly, NYS Dept. of Ag & Mkts
- Launch of the New Precision Smart App - Poliana Francescatto & Jaume Lordan, Cornell
- IPM update - Tess Grasswitz, CCE-LOF
- FSMA Update/Requirements - Craig Kahlke, CCE-LOF
- Building a Fruiting Wall for Future Technology - Mario Miranda Sazo, CCE-LOF
- Orchard Soil Health - David Granatstein, WSU
- New York Apple Association—Marketing New York Apples (summary of promotional activities for 2017 crop year and NYAA's strategic work plan) - Cynthia Haskins, NYAA
- Labor Update - Brett Kast (Niagara County) & Liz Madison (Wayne County)
- Using Whole-Farm Revenue Protection with Yield Insurance for Fruit Production - Jenny Ifft, Cornell
- Importance of Bacterial Strains in Cultivar Response to Fire Blight - Awais Khan, Cornell
- Hail Netting: Is it Right for Your Farm? - Liz Higgins, CCE-ENYCHP
- Hispanic Worker Training - Kat McCarthy (Niagara County) & Anu Rangarajan (Wayne County), Cornell
- Orchard Weed Mgmt - Davis Granatstein, WSU
- Round Table Unanswered questions/discussion any of the day's talks
Winter Fruit School Lockport
February 5, 2018
All Day
Niagara County CCE Training Center
4487 Lake Ave.
Lockport, NY 14094
Regional winter education meetings for commercial tree fruit & small fruit industries in Western NY.
Agenda & Registration here: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=884
Winter Fruit School Newark
February 6, 2018
All Day
Newark Garden Hotel (Formerly the Quality Inn)
125 North Main St.
Newark, NY 14513
Regional winter education meetings for commercial tree fruit & small fruit industries in Western NY.
Agenda & Registration here: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=885
