Impact In New York
Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2023 Annual Report
Program highlights from 2023.
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Quarterly Report Oct-Dec 2023
Updates on projects and fall meetings, wrapping up the 4th quarter of 2023.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2023
Updates on educational events and research projects.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2023
Recent LOF Program project and event updates.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2023
Details on the new winter conference format and updates on current projects.
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Quarterly Report Oct-Dec 2022
Team and programing updates.
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Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2022 Annual Report
A review of team news, projects, and programing that occured in 2022.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2022
Team updates including summer tours, research projects, and personnel.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2022
Updates on projects and events.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2022
Updates on the LOF team, projects, and growing season.
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Quarterly Report Oct-Dec 2021
Updates on project and events.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2021
Updates on projects, programs, and apple harvest.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2021
Updates on projects and events.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2021
Review of specialists projects and activities during the first quarter of 2021.
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Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2020 Annual Report
Highlights in programming over 2020.
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Quarterly Report Oct-Dec 2020
Updates on project and grower education activities.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2020
Covers updates through Harvest Activities.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2020
Updates of continued field & grower education activities through COVID-19
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Quarterly Report Jan - Mar 2020
Updates on projects, meetings, and team news.
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Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2019 Annual Report
Highlights in programming over 2019 include team news, winter meetings for growers and industry members, training and classes for workers and the 2018 fruit farm business summary.
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Quarterly Report Oct - Dec 2019
Updates on projects, meeting, workshops, and classes provided by the Lake Ontario Fruit Program.
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Quarterly Report Jul - Sep 2019
Updates on projects, Summer Fruit Tours & team news of our new team member, IPM Specialist Janet Van Zoeren.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2019
Updates on projects, meetings, and team news.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2019
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program meetings, education events, publications, research projects.
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Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2018 Annual Report
Highlights in programming over 2018 include Summer Fruit Tours in English & Spanish, Hail Netting effects on fruit quality & pest management, and team news.
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Quaterly Report Oct-Dec 2018
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program educational events, & research projects.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2018
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program educational events, & research projects
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2018
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program educational events, & research projects.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2018
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program team news, educational events, & research projects.
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Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2017 Annual Report
Highlights in programming over 2017 include Winter Fruit School for Spanish-speaking Farmers and Workers, focus on Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, survey of apple trees for viruses, and mechanical blossom thinning and team news.
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Quarterly Report Oct-Dec 2017
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program educational events & research projects.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2017
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program educational events & research projects.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2017
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program educational events & research projects.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2017
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program educational events, research projects, publications, and business consultations.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2016
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program education events and research projects.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2016
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program education events and research projects.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Aug 2016
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program education events and research projects.
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Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2016 Annual Report
Highlights in programming over 2016 include Winter Fruit School for Spanish-speaking Farmers and Workers, focus on black stem borer, stress related problems in apples, harvest platform, and Honeycrisp Quality and team news of CCE-LOF Program's long dedicated Deborah Breth's retirement and the gain of Tess Grasswitz as IPM specialist.
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Lake Ontario Fruit Program 2015 Review
Highlights in programming over 2015 with projects including a Summer Fruit Tour for Spanish-speaking Farmers and Workers, focus on invasive fruit pests, harvest maturity program cooperation with Crunch Time Apple Growers, and new state wide crop estimate efforts.
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2014 Year in Review for CCE-LOF
This is a review of 2014 highlights in programming across many issue for the commercial fruit industry.
Highlights include CCE-LOF response to new pests, deer damage, mechanization of horticultural practices, increasing farm employees' skills, harvest maturity program impacts, list of active grants, and a general program description.
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Quarterly Report Apr-Jun 2013
Updates on Lake Ontario Fruit Program education events and research projects.
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Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2013
Updates on LOF Program educational event, research projects, and new pest detection through July to September of 2013.
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Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2013
Review of winter educational opportunities for the fruit industry including the Empire State Producers EXPO, Becker Forum, LOF Winter School, Eastern Apple Precision Orchard Management Summit, Food Safety GAPS, Weed Management, and Pruning Demos.
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Extension Programs Respond To 2012 Seasonal Extrem
The abnormally high temperatures March 12-22, 2012, resulted in accelerated bud development in tree fruit crops. We recorded green tip in McIntosh on March 17-19 across the Lake Ontario Fruit region, initiating the beginning of the growing season 3-4 weeks ahead of normal. Freezing temperatures in the low 20�s on March 27 and 31 resulted in bud damage in apples, pears, peaches, and cherries, as well as apricots and plums in full bloom. The bloom on apples opened in mid-April and freezing low temperatures dipped into the low 20�s the end of April resulting in more blossom loss in apples, peaches, pears, plums, and cherries. There was also a serious drought in June through July, further stressing grower ability to produce quality fruit and keep trees healthy for future seasons. Growers needed guidance on all aspects of crop and business management under the extreme weather conditions (not experienced since 1945).
NY produced 720 million pounds of apples in 2012, down 41% from 2011; 2.7 million pounds of tart cherries, down 54%; 300 tons of sweet cherries, down 57% worth $1.07 million down from $2.11 million; 2,600 tons of peaches, down 62%, worth at $4.02 million, is down 52 percent; and 3,100 tons of pears, down 74% valued at $2.35 million, down 66 percent. The net loss of fruit value in tree fruit and berries in 2012 was $71M.
CCE-LOF took several steps to learn from the experience, promote networking with growers and support systems, helped make decisions on crop production practices essential with a light crop.
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2012 Year in Review for CCE-LOF
This is a review of 2012 highlights in programming across many issue for the commercial fruit industry.
Highlights include CCE-LOF response to the freeze, the economic picture of the fruit industry, mechanization of horticultural practices, weed management, new varieties, and a general program description.
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Weed Control In New High-Density Apple Orchards
This is a summary of results of weed control project funded by NESARE to measure the impact of weed control on profitability in establishing high density apple orchards.
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CCE-LOF Responds To 2012 Seasonal Extremes
The abnormally high temperatures March 12-22, 2012, resulted in accelerated bud
development in tree fruit crops. We recorded green tip in McIntosh on March 17-19 across
the Lake Ontario Fruit region, initiating the beginning of the growing season 3-4 weeks
ahead of normal. Freezing temperatures in the low 20’s on March 27 and 31 resulted in
bud damage in apples, pears, peaches, and cherries, as well as apricots and plums in full
bloom. The bloom on apples opened in mid-April and freezing low temperatures dipped
into the low 20’s the end of April resulting in more blossom loss in apples, peaches, pears,
plums, and cherries. There was also a serious drought in June through July, further
stressing grower ability to produce quality fruit and keep trees healthy for future seasons.
Growers needed guidance on all aspects of crop and business management under the
extreme weather conditions (not experienced since 1945).
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Improving Branching in Nursery Trees.
Maxcel, a cytokinin plant growth regulator, is already labeled for several uses on apples, but it is not registered for chemical branching of nursery apple trees in NY or elsewhere in the US. CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program conducted research to determine the effect of Tiberon and Maxcel on branching of apple nursery trees under NY growing conditions.
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Economic Impact of Mating Disruption
CCE-LOF, funded by NE Center for Risk Management Education, demonstrated the use of mating disruption pheromones for control of codling moth and oriental fruit moth for 3 seasons. This report is a summary of the results and how this practice impacts on profitability in apple production.
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Apricots
Asian Pears
Blueberries
Cherries
Currants
Gooseberries
Nectarines
Peaches
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Plums
Raspberries / Blackberries
Strawberries
Unusual Fruit
Upcoming Events
2024 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
April 25, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
Newark, 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.
May 30, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
Lockport, 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.
June 27, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
Penn Yan, 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.
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!
Save the Date - Western NY Fruit Conference - February 4-5, 2025
February 4 - February 5, 2025 : Western NY Fruit Conference
Rochester, NY
For the 2nd year in a row, we'll be having the Western NY Fruit Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Rochester! It will be another 1 1/2 day conference. Stay tuned for program and registration info as we get closer.