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earlier monthsAugust 2023
Cider Orchard Tour for Beginning Farmers with Cornell Extension
August 3, 2023
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Scrumpy Ewe Cider
West Fulton, NY
Interested in growing cider apples, but not sure where to start? Join Mike Basedow of Cornell Cooperative Extension's ENYCHP and Ryan McGiver of Scrumpy Ewe Cider for a walk and talk of Ryan's newly planted cider orchard.
Mike will discuss some of the basics of growing apples for cider
Late Summer Orchard Meeting
August 9, 2023
3:00pm - 5:00pm
J.L. Knight and Son Family Farm
Burnt Hills, NY
Join us for a late-summer orchard meeting. We will start with a tour through J.L. Knight and Son's new storage and packing area, and owner Jeremy Knight will discuss his experience with Hazel 1-MCP sachets. Cornell researchers and extension specialists will then give talks on management tasks to be mindful of late in the season as we head into harvest.
1.25 DEC credits in 22, 1A, and 10 are available for this meeting. Please register ahead. Contact Mike at 518 410 6823 or mrb254@cornell.edu with any questions on this event.
Sweet Corn and Pumpkin IPM Twilight Meeting
August 23, 2023
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Dyer Farms vegetable fields
Plattsburgh, NY
Date change! Join us for a twilight meeting at Dyer Farms in Plattsburgh. We'll tour Dyer Farms' vegetable fields, view an experimental laser scarecrow set up to deter birds, discuss insect, disease, and weed scouting and management recommendations for sweet corn and pumpkins, and cover crops for vegetable rotations.
Contact Elisabeth Hodgdon (518-650-5323 or eh528@cornell.edu) with questions and requests for accommodations.
Cost: $10 per farm (registration required by 9 am Wednesday, Aug. 23). Light refreshments provided.
2.00 DEC pesticide recertification credits available in categories 1A, 10, and 23
September 2023
Spotted Lanternfly in the Hudson Valley
September 7, 2023
2:00pm
Hudson Valley Research Lab or Zoom
Highland, NY
Round Table Discussion:
Identifying SLF
Where to scout
What it means for your vineyard and winery
How to manage SLF
When: September 7th at 2:00 pm
Where: In person at Hudson Valley Research Lab
or Zoom:
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/99896574465?pwd=L080QWFmeGc0ZldVUDRHb1NLclphdz09
How to Write a Successful Grant for Your Farm Business
September 13, 2023
10:00am-11:00am
online
Looking for grants for your ag business? Attend this webinar to learn tips and tricks for writing a successful grant application from a successful grant writer and grant reviewer.
October 2023
October 18, 2023
on-line course
¡El Liderazgo de Supervisión Agrícola ahora ofrecerá el curso completo de "Transición a supervisor" en ESPAÑOL y todo virtual! Aprenderá estos temas: cómo desarrollar relaciones laborales efectivas, habilidades esenciales de la comunicación, cómo ser el líder de un grupo multicultural, y cómo construir mejores relaciones de trabajo para tener un equipo efectivo de trabajo. ¡La inscripción está disponible!
Los materiales del curso estarán disponibles el 18 de octubre de 2023 y sessiones de Zoom se llevarán a cabo todos los martes de 13:00-14:00 horas, del 24 de octubre al 21 de noviembre.
Agricultural Supervisory Leadership will now offer the complete "Transition to Supervisor" course in SPANISH and all virtual! You will learn these topics: how to develop effective working relationships, essential communication skills, how to be the leader of a multicultural group, and how to build better working relationships to have an effective work team. Registration is open!
Course materials will be available on October 18, 2023, and weekly Zoom sessions will take place every Tuesday from 1-2 PM ET from October 24 to November 21.
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Eggplant
Ethnic Vegetables
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Horseradish
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Leeks
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Onions
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Upcoming Events
ENY Orchard Soil Health and Beneficial Fungi Meeting
August 15, 2024 : ENY Orchard Soil Health and Beneficial Fungi Meeting
Peru, NY
Join the members of CCE ENYCHP and the Cornell Soil Health Program for a field meeting on the basics of soil health, the potential benefits of mycorrhizal fungi, and an update on the current project status of our SARE grant on orchard mycorrhizal products.
This meeting is intended for farmworkers, young and beginning orchardists, and experienced orchard managers wanting to learn about the basics of soil health and mycorrhizal fungi within the orchard.
North Point Community Farm Twilight Meeting
August 19, 2024 : North Point Community Farm Twilight Meeting
Plattsburgh, NY
North Point Community Farm Twilight Meeting
Monday, August 19th 4-7 pm (rain or shine)
2172 Military Turnpike, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
$10 per farm
Join us for a tour of North Point Community Farm, a diversified vegetable, berry, and flower operation in the North Country. Farmers Marisa and Mike will give us an overview of their decision-making as they expand their business, increasing their high tunnel production, investing in new tillage equipment, and transforming an old dairy barn into an efficient wash-pack shed with food safety in mind. We'll end the evening with local food refreshments and an opportunity to network with growers from NY and VT.
DEC credits: 1.5 credits in categories 1A, 10, 23
Late Summer Orchard Meeting
August 21, 2024
Fonda, NY
Join us for our last get together of the summer before we're in the thick of harvest. At this meeting, we will tour Sand Flats Orchard with manager Mitch Hoffman, and we will then discuss late season pest management tasks with our experts from the HVRL and Cornell AgriTech.
DEC Credits: 1.5 credits in categories 1A, 10, and 22.