The Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit team invites you to join our organization; you must be enrolled to benefit from the expertise of our Specialists. Enrollment in a partner county will provide a subscription to our newsletter, Fruit Notes, and access to Fruit FAX (the more time sensitive reminders for pest management and horticultural practices) and the Harvest Maturity subscription will provide you with apple ripening index measurements to help time harvest of apples by variety. We can also do farm visits to troubleshoot problems or evaluate situations.

In 2018, our program will be supported, in part, by 5 county Cornell Cooperative Extensions: Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego and Wayne Counties. If you are farming or living in one of these counties you can click on the county listed above or enroll in our program (form below) by printing and mailing the In-Region PDF Enrollment form below or directly on line by completing the details below.

However, we still welcome those that farm or conduct agricultural services in other counties outside of Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, Monroe and Wayne Counties to enroll in our program (Satellite Enrollment). The Satellite enrollment will also provide a subscription to our newsletter, Fruit Notes, and access to Fruit FAX and the Harvest Maturity subscription. However, we must continue to respect the major supporting role of the partner counties who continue to support the cost of the program overall. Therefore, the growers who enroll through the Satellite program can only access specialists on the team for consultation by phone, fax, or email. Unfortunately, specialists will not be able to do on-farm visits or applied research out of the partner counties. But there is a lot we can do electronically through communication technology these days! If you would like to become a member of our program through our Satellite enrollment you can enroll by printing and mailing the Satellite PDF Enrollment form below

For enrollment information contact Kim Hazel, email Kim or call her at 585-798-4265 ext. 26.

LOF Enrollment Form - In Region (PDF; 188KB)

LOF Enrollment Form - Satellite (PDF; 187KB)

Using Unmanned Aircraft in the Orchard

October 20, 2018
Orleans County 10-30am - NOON; Wayne County 1:30pm - 3:30pm

2018 Cornell Agribusiness Strategic Marketing Conference

November 7 - November 8, 2018

2018 Great Lakes Fruit Workers Meeting

November 7 - November 9, 2018

Ithaca, NY

We invite you to register for the 2018 Great Lakes Fruit Workers Meeting at The Hotel Ithaca on Nov. 7-9, 2018.

SmartMarketing article "How 'bout Them Apples?"

For full article follow this link https://dyson.cornell.edu/outreach/documents/smart-marketing-2018-09-2.pdf

2018 Harvest Maturity Report

Register Now and use code for discount!

BIOCONTROLS USA EAST CONFERENCE & EXPO
Rochester Riverside Hotel
Rochester, NY - October 11-12, 2018

Article: "Supplemental Coverage Option for Apples"

Increased Risk of Diffuse Skin Browning in Goldens

Increased Risk of Skin Browning in Golden Delicious this Season

Prompt removal of field heat and SmartFreshTM treatment is generally good advice for Eastern storage operators. However, handling practices for Golden Delicious this season may provide an exception. Golden Delicious are susceptible to a surface browning disorder identified as "diffuse skin browning" (DSB). These skin browning symptoms appear early in storage and may be considered a "chilling disorder" since rapid field heat removal increases the disorder.

Control of DSB in Goldens is a regular concern in warmer growing regions, but is seldom seen in New York. This pattern of appearance implies that Goldens may be more susceptible to DSB following warm seasons such as this one. The disorder is successfully controlled by slowing field heat removal after harvest and delaying SmartFresh treatment.

SmartFresh use recommendations for Golden Delicious suggest:
• Maintaining air discharge temperatures at evaporators above 36o F
• Delay SmartFresh treatment until fruit has reached 40o F, but within 8 days of harvest
• Vent storage rooms to prevent the buildup of CO2 during temperature pull down
• Gradually reduce fruit temperature to holding temperature of 33 - 34o F
• In CA rooms, maintain less than 1% CO2 during the first six weeks of storage
Note: that the suggested slowed cooling rate and delay of SmartFresh treatment applies only to Golden Delicious.

FREE Pollinator Conservation Course

Pollinator Conservation Short Course - FREE - for Farmers and Ag Professionals
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Basom, NY
Wednesday November 7th, 2018 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Register NOW @ http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=tnjebhdab&oeidk=a07efrckbnufc76e12a&condition=SO_OVERRIDE

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Farm Employee Compensation Benchmark Survey

By participating in the Farm Employee Compensation Benchmark survey you can find out how your employee compensation compares to benchmark data in your farm industry and across the state. More details and link to the survey at: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=540&crumb=business|business

Fit Testing Organizations

Details on organizations offering fit testing @ https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=521&crumb=crops|crops|apples|crop*38