3rd Annual Western NY Fruit Growers Tour, July 31
We are excited to announce the 3rd 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 Wayne 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!
2025 Cornell Winter Fruit Webinar Recordings
Recordings now available on the NYIPM YouTube Channel 2025 Cornell Winter Webinar playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccj8IT-8eI&list=PLoNb8lODb49u16HwAqx7Y_TS5S3vdkrONSPARC Survey
Interested in strengthening pome fruit resilience to climate? Check out what 22 scientists from six states are joining forces to accomplish. Learn more and help support this effort by taking a quick survey at
https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=948&crumb=crops|crops|apples|crop*38Save 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
2025 Events:
Webinar Recordings & Additional Meeting Materials
2024 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series - Water Wisdom:
PACMAN Details and Resources, Meeting Recording Links below:
Business Updates
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/scaffoldsNYS Tree Decline Survey
Your answers could help find the solution to tree decline in the orchard.
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-hoursPollinator 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
New Publication on Growing Pawpaws
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*50New 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
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.
