Event Details
Date
March 6, 2018
Time
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Location
First United Methodist Church
8221 Lewiston Rd (Rt 63)
Batavia, NY 14020
Cost
$25.00 CVP enrollee
(additional attendee $25.00 ea.)
$35.00 Non-CVP enrollee
(additional attendee $35.00 ea.)
Includes lunch if pre-registered by March 1
At the Door
$25.00 CVP enrollees
$35.00 All others
Lunch cannot be guaranteed unless pre-registered.
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureJulie Kikkert
585-394-3977 x404
email Julie Kikkert
Pre-Registration Deadline: March 1, 2018
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2018 NYS Dry Bean Meeting
March 6, 2018
Join us for research and production updates on dry bean varieties and bean breeding, weed management, Western bean cutworm, and white mold disease. A market analysis will be provided as well. We will review research priorities and gather suggestions for future educational programs. DEC recertification credits and CCA credits will be available.
Agenda Topics:
- Market analysis update - John McCreedy, New York Bean LLC
- Weed management roundtable discussion and review of industry concerns form the 2017 growing season - Julie Kikkert, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program, and John Wallace, Cornell
- Towards a durable management strategy for white mold in dry beans in NY - Sarah Pethybridge, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell - Geneva
- Breeding, evaluation and development of dry bean varieties that are highly adapted to NYS growing environments and markets - Phil Griffiths, Cornell
- Comparison of new and standard dry bean varieties at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station Research Farm - Jim Ballerstein, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell - Geneva
- What's new from industry?
- Crop insurance education project update - Daniel Welch, NY FarmNet
- Cool school food: Encouraging the use of dry beans in school lunches, and promoting the health aspects of dry bean consumption - Amie Hamlin, Coalition for Healthy School Food
- The magnitude and distribution of western bean cutworm and the risk to dry bean production - Marion Zuefle, NYS IPM Program
- Report on the NYS Dry Bean Endowment for dry bean research - Shelly Vaccaro, NYSAES, Cornell - Geneva
- 2:10 PM - Adjourn educational meeting and pick up DEC certificates
- 2:15-2:30 PM - NYS Dry Bean Industry Advisory Committee Meeting - John McCreedy
This event is sponsored by New York Bean LLC.
Sponsor opportunities are available.
Questions or special needs, contact Julie Kikkert. In case of bad weather, call 585-313-8160.
