Lake Ontario Fruit Program Enrollment

Program Areas

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

Enrollment Benefits

  • Telephone / Email Consultations
  • Fruit Newsletter?
  • Direct Mailings
  • Educational Meetings & Conferences
  • In-Field Educational Opportunities
  • On-Farm Research Trials

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Fruit Advisory Meetings

Our goal for these meetings is to get industry input on CCE-ENYCHP educational and research programming for the future. CCE ENYCHP specialists will provide a written summary of 2020-21 work, but our emphasis will be to discuss future programming






Event Details

Northern Hudson Valley Grower Advisory Meeting (in-person, lunch provided)

Date

November 11, 2021

Time

12pm - 1:30pm

Location

Love Apple Farm Restaurant
1421 NY 9H
Ghent, NY 12075

Cost

Registration for Northern Hudson Valley Tree Fruit Advisory Meeting : Free

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Northern Hudson Valley Grower Advisory Meeting (in-person, lunch provided)



Planning for CCE-ENYCHP educational and research programming for 2022.  Our goal is industry input, focus on the wholesale side, only a minimal CCE report is planned.

Lunch included.





Event Details

Date

November 11, 2021

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture





Event Details

Date

November 11, 2021

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture





Event Details

Southern Hudson Valley Grower Advisory Meeting (in-person, lunch provided)

Date

November 12, 2021

Time

12pm-1:30pm

Location

Apple Greens Golf Course Restaurant
161 South Street
Highland, NY 12528

Cost

Registration for Southern Hudson Valley Grower Advisory Meeting : Free

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Southern Hudson Valley Grower Advisory Meeting (in-person, lunch provided)



Planning for CCE-ENYCHP educational and research programming for 2022.  Our goal is industry input, focus on the wholesale side, only a minimal CCE report is planned.

Lunch included.





Event Details

Online Zoom Advisory Meeting for Hudson Valley Agritourism Industry Stakeholders

Date

November 15, 2021

Time

12pm-1:30pm

Location

Online Zoom

Cost

Zoom Meeting for all Hudson Valley Industry Stakeholders : Free

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Online Zoom Advisory Meeting for Hudson Valley Agritourism Industry Stakeholders



Planning for CCE-ENYCHP educational and research programming for 2022.  Our goal is industry input, focus on the agrotourism side, only a minimal CCE report is planned.

Zoom link will be provided.





Event Details

Champlain Valley Tree Fruit Advisory Meeting

Date

November 30, 2021

Time

3pm - 4:30pm

Location

Livingood's Restaurant and Brewery
697 Bear Swamp Rd
Peru, NY 12972

Cost

Registration for Champlain Valley Tree Fruit Advisory Meeting : Free

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Champlain Valley Tree Fruit Advisory Meeting



The Champlain Valley Tree Fruit Advisory meeting, originally scheduled for tomorrow (Nov 18), has been postponed to Tuesday, Nov 30th from 3-4:30PM. The meeting will still be held in person at Livingoods Restaurant and Brewery in Peru.  Consider joining us so we can gather your input to help us better plan our CCE-ENYCHP educational and research programming for 2022, including the 2022 CCE Winter Tree Fruit Conference.  Our goal is industry input, focusing on the wholesale side. Only a minimal CCE report is planned. 





Event Details

Capital Region Tree Fruit and Berry Advisory Meeting

Date

November 22, 2021

Time

3pm-5pm

Location

CCE Saratoga County
50 W High Street
Ballston Spa, NY 12020

Cost

Registration for Capital Region Tree Fruit and Berry Advisory Meeting : Free

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Capital Region Tree Fruit and Berry Advisory Meeting



Planning for CCE-ENYCHP educational and research programming for 2022.  Our goal is industry input, focus is on retail oriented growers in the Capital Region and Mohawk Valley.  Only a minimal CCE report is planned.



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Blueberries

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Currants

Currants

Gooseberries

Gooseberries

Nectarines

Nectarines

Peaches

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Pears

Pears

Plums

Plums

Raspberries / Blackberries

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Strawberries

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Unusual Fruit

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Upcoming Events

2024 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings

Event Offers DEC Credits

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.


Event Offers DEC Credits

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.


Event Offers DEC Credits

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.


Event Offers DEC Credits

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

Event Offers DEC Credits

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.

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

22 Apr - Statewide Virtual Pink Meeting - 3pm-4:30pm - Zoom

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



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*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.