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August 2020
Virtual Harvest PGR and Storage
August 4, 2020
4-5pm EDT
webinar
In this meeting, we will review our current harvest PGR and storage recommendations.
Agenda:
Dr. Terence Robinson: Harvest PGR rate and timing recommendations for 2020.
Keith Culver, AgroFresh Commercial Director North America: New innovations from AgroFresh.
Dr. Greg Clarke, Valent USA Senior Field, Northeast Market Development Specialist: ReTain for managing harvest and improving fruit quality; Best practices for ReTain use; New application strategies for Honeycrisp, Gala and McIntosh.
Dr. Christopher Watkins: PGR use on storage quality and disorder development.
LOF Listed Event
LOF Summer Fruit Series
August 11, 2020 : LOF Honeycrisp Bitter Pit Prediction Models
1:15 - 2:15pm
Online
In this webinar, Dr. Terence Robinson, Dr. Lailiang Cheng, CCE-LOF's Mario Miranda Sazo, and Lake Ontario Fruit Inc.'s Scott Henning will present a summary of the peel sap analysis for bitter pit prediction. Dr. Chris Watkins will follow with instructions on how to use the passive prediction model. CCE-LOF's Craig Kahlke will talk about arrangements for fruit storage for the passive model in commercial storages, along with help in evaluating the fruit. The panel will discuss recommendations/comparison between the 2 models to help guide storage regime and marketing plans
Safe Harvest 2020: COVID-19 Office Hours for Agricultural Producers and Packers
August 25, 2020
September 1, 2020
September 8, 2020
September 15, 2020
September 22, 2020
September 29, 2020
4pm
Beginning on Tuesday, August 25th at 4:00 PM EST, Cornell CALS and CCE will host office hours for farmers and packers to answer any questions they might have about managing and responding to protect the farm workforce during COVID-19. Participants will be able to log in from a computer or call in from a phone to ask questions or just to listen. A panel of experts will be available to answer questions immediately, questions that the experts cannot answer right away will be recorded, studied and answered later. The next 6 weeks are a critical time for the farm workforce as seasonal harvest ramps up, so the office hours will repeat every Tuesday at 4:00 PM EST through the end of September. Look for log in information and phone numbers in coming news releases and watch this website: www.agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu.
September 2020
Safe Harvest 2020: COVID-19 Office Hours for Agricultural Producers and Packers
August 25, 2020
September 1, 2020
September 8, 2020
September 15, 2020
September 22, 2020
September 29, 2020
4pm
Beginning on Tuesday, August 25th at 4:00 PM EST, Cornell CALS and CCE will host office hours for farmers and packers to answer any questions they might have about managing and responding to protect the farm workforce during COVID-19. Participants will be able to log in from a computer or call in from a phone to ask questions or just to listen. A panel of experts will be available to answer questions immediately, questions that the experts cannot answer right away will be recorded, studied and answered later. The next 6 weeks are a critical time for the farm workforce as seasonal harvest ramps up, so the office hours will repeat every Tuesday at 4:00 PM EST through the end of September. Look for log in information and phone numbers in coming news releases and watch this website: www.agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu.
Safe Harvest 2020: COVID-19 Office Hours for Agricultural Producers and Packers
September 1, 2020
4pm
CVP Listed Event
Fresh Market Potato and Onion Twilight Meeting

September 3, 2020
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Williams Farms
Marion, NY

This in-person event, hosted by CCE Wayne County, will cover the fresh market potato variety trial and potato disease forecasting. The onion portion of the program will include 1) post-emergent weed control of big weeds in little onions; 2) Fresh research results of 2020 fungicide trial evaluation for Botrytis leaf blight; and; 3) Fresh research results of 2020 "hammer" insecticide onion thrips trial. 2.0 DEC recertification credits will be available for those who attend the full meeting.
The meeting will take place in the gravel lot outside the warehouse, and we will not be walking the field trials in order to make sure we are following Cornell guidelines on safe social distancing.
Agritourism Best Management Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar
September 4, 2020
12:00pm EST
webinar
This hour long webinar will provide a brief overview of the Best Management Practices necessary for following NYS Guidance.
Q&A from Cornell faculty and farmers will follow the presentation.
October 2020
2020 Fall Round Up: Fall Management for Your Livestock, Pasture, and Business
October 29, 2020
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators Ashley Pierce, Aaron Gabriel, and Dayton Maxwell. This dynamic and slightly humorous group will discuss strategies for overwintering pastures in combination with management guidelines for helping livestock enter the winter season with adequate body condition. Farm visioning, mission development, and farm goal setting will conclude the one-hour program.


Upcoming Events
2025 Berry Twilight Meetings

July 2, 2025 : Berry Twilight Meeting at Dressel Farms
New Paltz, NY
Join Heather Kase, CCE ENYCHP, and Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM, for seasonal updates on berry pest man-agement and IPM.

July 16, 2025 : Berry Twilight Meeting at Samascott Orchards
Kinderhook, NY
Join Heather Kase, CCE ENYCHP, and Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM, for seasonal updates on berry pest man-agement and IPM.

August 6, 2025 : Berry Twilight Meeting at Fishkill Farms
Hopewell Junction, NY
Join Heather Kase, CCE ENYCHP, and Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM, for seasonal updates on berry pest man-agement and IPM.
Vegetable Field Meetings with Dr. Steve Reiners

July 14, 2025 : Herkimer County - Ivan Martin's Farm
Herkimer, NY
Topics: Tomato Fertility and Mitigating Physiological Disorders; Pest Scouting, ID, and IPM Field Walk.

July 15, 2025 : Washington County - Hand Melon Farm
Greenwich, NY
Topics: Tomato Fertility and Mitigating Physiological Disorders, Tomato and Sweet Corn IPM; FSMA Water Assessments and Postharvest Sanitation

July 16, 2025 : Ulster County - Wallkill View Farm
New Paultz, NY
Topics: Tomato Fertility and Mitigating Physiological Disorders; Veg Pest Update and Management; Cornell Tomato Breeding Program and Slicer Tomato Variety Trial Tour
Champlain Valley Orchard Field Afternoon

July 17, 2025 : Champlain Valley Orchard Field Afternoon
Chazy, NY
This July ENYCHP will be hosting an orchard field afternoon highlighting Mike's research trials at Chazy Orchards.