Cornell Fruit Pest Control Field Days & Networking Lunch with Industry

September 6 - September 7, 2018


The Cornell Fruit Pest Control Field Days will take place during Labor Day week on Sept. 6-7 this year, with the Geneva portion taking place on Thursday Sept. 6, and the Hudson Valley installment on the second day, Friday, Sept. 7. Activities will commence in Geneva on the 6th, with registration, coffee, etc., in the lobby of Barton Lab at 8:30 am. The tour will proceed to the orchards to view plots and preliminary data from field trials involving new fungicides, bactericides, miticides, and insecticides on tree fruits and grapes. It is anticipated that the tour of field plots will be completed before noon.

This year, we are inviting all of our Geneva-based graduate students (not just fruit people) to join the tour, to give them an opportunity to observe industry product efficacy in the field, showcasing the latest pest management materials and techniques, and to meet and network with the consultants and agrichemical industry representatives in attendance. Following the field presentations, lunch will be served to all attendees at Barton Lab. While the field tour will be fruit-oriented, representatives and consultants attend from a wide range of companies and businesses, relevant to many sectors of agriculture. They will each have an opportunity to give a brief overview at lunch about their business and what they look for in prospective employees. This will be an excellent networking opportunity for ALL graduate students.

On Sept. 7th, participants will register at the Hudson Valley Laboratory starting at 8:30, after which they will view and discuss results from field trials on apples and other fruit crops. No pre-registration is required for either event.