Lake Ontario Fruit Program Enrollment

Program Areas

  • Food Safety
  • Variety Evaluation
  • Market Development
  • Pest Management
  • Cultural Practices

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  • Direct Mailings
  • Educational Meetings & Conferences
  • In-Field Educational Opportunities
  • On-Farm Research Trials

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Event Offers DEC Credits

Event Details

Date

July 12, 2017

Time

Registration & DEC Credit Sign Up, 8 AM, Program Runs 8:30 AM to approximately 4 - 4:30 PM

Location

5 Cutting Edge Fruit Farms in Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe Counties Along Beautiful Lake Ontario

Cost

This event is free.

Host

Lake Ontario Fruit Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: July 9, 2017

EVENT HAS PASSED

2017 LOF Summer Fruit Tour - Sticking to the Lake!

July 12, 2017


Pack for comfort & the weather: bring hats, sunscreen, umbrellas, and a chair if you do not want to stand too long. Bring Your DEC Pesticide Applicator ID’s -DEC Pesticide Recertification Credits Offered: 0.75 hrs AM, 1.00 hrs PM, in categories 10, 1A, and 22.

Look for Cornell Fruit Event Signs at each of the following Stops!

Stop 1 - Lakeside Orchards, 4850 E. Lake Rd., Burt, NY 14028. Follow Cornell Fruit Event signs and turn into the driveway across from mailbox 4851, onto the South Side of Route 18. Park in large open fields to the West of the Registration Tents and Along the Orchards in needed.

Registration & DEC Credit Sign-Up 8-8:30 AM
8:30 AM â€" 9 AM Leopard moth, Trojan horse or resident alien? Tess Grasswitz, Doug Ingersoll
9 â€" 9:30 AM Nutrition on High Value Apple Varieties, Lailiang Cheng, Mario Miranda Sazo, John King

9:35 to 9:45 AM Travel to Stop 2

Stop 2 Bittner-Singer Orchards, 7171 Lake Rd., Appleton, NY 14008 (Park at MarJim Manor)

9:45 to 10 AM Establishing a Perpendicular V system in Peaches & Nectarines, Kevin Bittner, Mario Miranda Sazo
10 to 10:25 AM An Organic Tall Spindle Apple Orchard, Jim Bittner, Art Agnello, Kerik Cox
10:25 to 10:45 AM Precision Irrigation for High Density Apples on Dwarfing Rootstocks, Jaume Lordan

10:50 to 11:30 AM Travel to Stops 3 & 4 Stop 3 Zingler Farms, 1469 Norway Rd, Kendall, NY 14476 (Park in Designated Areas, See Map)

11:35 AM Noon Precision Chemical Thinning Multiple Years, Poliana Francescatto, Mario Miranda Sazo, Jimmy Zingler
Receive AM DEC credits

Stop 4 Lunch, Zingler Farms, same location, 12-1:30 PM
Receive AM DEC credits
Network with Sponsors, growers/industry
Equipment Demos
Robotic Crop Estimator & others
DEC credits PM registration

1:30 to 1:55 PM Travel to Stop 5

Stop 5 Burch Farms, Frank & Hale Burch Farms, 342 Curtis Rd., Hilton, NY 14468 Follow Signs and park in Double-Open Rows in Northeast Corner of Orchard.

2 to 2:30 PM Brown Marmorated Stinkbug Trap Comparison, Art Agnello, Tess Grasswitz, Jim Burch
2:30 to 2:45 PM Mechanisms of Resistance Research in Fire Blight and Scab, Awais Khan

2:45 to 2:55 PM Travel to Stop 6

Stop 6, West Wind Fruit Farm & Blue Barn Cidery, 928 Manitou Rd., Hilton, NY 14468. Park in Cidery Lot in Front and in along open fields behind (right side) cidery if needed.

3:00 to 3:20 PM Fine-tuning the Oxbo Mechanical Blueberry Harvester, Jeremy Wolfe
3:20 to 3: 40 PM An update on Spotted Wind Drosophila in Raspberries and other crops, Greg Loeb
3:40 to 3:55 PM Peck Lab Hard Cider Research Updates, Greg Peck, Craig Kahlke
Receive DEC credits
Optional tour of Cidery with your hosts, Jill & Jeremy Wolfe (Sorry No Tastings Available Yet )

Adjourn 4 to 4:30 PM


Sponsor Set-up and LunchMap (PDF; 356KB)

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Last opportunity for Special Permit Training (SPT) for 2024 will be held in person at the Irondequoit Public Library.  Register by 8am April 16th.

2024 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings

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April 25, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
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Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.

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May 30, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
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Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.

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June 27, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
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Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.

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July 25, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 4 of 4
Mexico, NY

Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.

2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour

August 13, 2024

We are excited to announce the second annual Western New York Fruit Grower Tour, the premier fruit tour of the northeast brought to you by Cornell Cooperative Extension's Lake Ontario Fruit Program and Lake Ontario Ag Consulting, LLC!  Located in Orleans County, this orchard field day will highlight new and existing products, chemistries, practices, technologies & equipment that shape the orchard industry today. The Western NY Fruit Grower Tour will again combine two past orchard tour events, the LOF Summer Fruit Tour and the Wayne County Fruit Grower Tour, giving industry members the opportunity to conveniently showcase their product offerings to ONE unified group at ONE time and place!

Announcements

Scaffolds podcast

Many of you probably read Art Agnello's statewide tree fruit updates and recommendations newsletter, "Scaffolds". Dr. Monique Rivera is bringing it back, but in a new audio version. Episode one was recorded this week, and is now available for free online at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaffolds


Save the Date! - Scroll down for Upcoming Events

Have you missed a meeting recently? Scroll down for available recordings or pdf links or visits our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/LakeOntarioFruitProgram

2024 Events:

15 Apr - Virtual Orchard IPM Scout Training - 2-4pm - Zoom

17 Apr - Final Special Permit Training - 1pm-5pm - Irondequoit Library, Register by 8am April 16th

13 Aug - 2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour - Orleans County

Feb 4-5, 2025 - Western NY Fruit Conference - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Rochester



Food Safety Virtual Office Hours

Cornell Institute of Food Safety "Virtual Office Hours", Tuesdays Noon to 1pm https://cals.cornell.edu/institute-for-food-safety/resources/virtual-office-hours

Past recorded virtual office hours can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZJs5b7KUuvfcquH3ZtQHo5dSmF2m5MdQ


Webinar Recordings & Additional Meeting Materials

Check out the recordings of some recent webinars and/or conference materials from in person events: Recordings and Playlists are available at https://www.youtube.com/c/LakeOntarioFruitProgram


2024 Winter Fruit Webinars playlist on the NYS IPM Program YouTube Channel


PACMAN Details and Resources, Meeting Recording Links below:




Pollinator Resouces

Now available Pollinator Resource Links


Meeting Recordings Now Available

Did you miss the recent meeting?  Check and see if we recorded it and added it to our website or Lake Ontario Fruit Program YouTube Channel.

Honeycrisp Meetup recordings available here.

Why are my trees growing so poorly? recording available here.

Additional Recorded Webinars listing with recording and resource link are available at



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Are you a fan of pawpaws? These custardy fruits can be hard to come across, so this guide provides information on how to grow your own pawpaw from seed, and how to care for grafted seedlings. Pdf on growing now available.​ https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=799&crumb=crops|crops|unusual_fruit|crop*50

New Weed Management Technology Survey

Want to move away from herbicide reliance? Are you using novel technologies to manage weeds? We want to know about it to inform our weed science research. A team of weed scientists from University of California Davis, Oregon State University, and Cornell University are asking berry, tree fruit, tree nut, and vine crop growers to take 5 to 10 minutes and answer this short and anonymous survey. Weed Technology Survey link: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bEpfAijoP7puQDP

For more information on this survey please visit http://blogs.cornell.edu/swd1/2020/12/02/new-weed-management-technology/


Pollinator Webinar Series - Summer 2020

The Pollinator Webinar Series presented by Penn State cover bee health and pollination services.



Bloom Pesticides for Pollinator Health

A reference table created by Janet van Zoeren and Anna Wallis, is now available at https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=711&crumb=pests|pests.