2022 Pruning Workshops
Precision Pruning Workshops for Honeycrisp and other Important Apple Cultivars in WNY. Most meetings will only be provided in one language. Please note the language the demonstration will be provided in when choosing which meeting to attend.
For additional pruning guidance you can refer to the recently posted CCE LOF YouTube video titled 'Pruning Guide for Precision Crop Load Management'. A new video describing precision pruning, why, how and when to accomplish it. This video is available with captions in English and Spanish and is very useful for pruning crews.
English Captions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29cF8yOKup0
Spanish Captions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29cF8yOKup0
Event Details
Date
March 16, 2022
Time
10:30am - 12pm
Location
Kast Farms, Inc
2948 Lattin Rd
Albion, NY 14411
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramMario Miranda Sazo
315-719-1318
email Mario Miranda Sazo
English Language Pruning Workshop
Dr. Robinson will show modern pruning techniques and share results from his extensive 'Honeycrisp' precision pruning trials at Cornell AgriTech and on-farm trials. Hosted by Brett Kast, Kast Farms, Inc.
Event Details
Date
March 16, 2022
Time
1:30pm - 3pm
Location
Ledge Rock Farms, LLC.
4362 South Gravel Rd
Medina, NY 14103
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramMario Miranda Sazo
315-719-1318
email Mario Miranda Sazo
Spanish Language Pruning Workshop
Mario will introduce, explain, and show modern apple pruning techniques to Spanish orchard managers and their pruning crews. Hosted by Jeff Toussaint, grower, and Jose Vallejo, Spanish orchard manager, Ledge Rock Farms, LLC.
Event Details
Date
April 12, 2022
Time
4pm - 5:30pm
Location
Furber's shop
8130 Glover Road
Sodus, NY 14551
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramMario Miranda Sazo
315-719-1318
email Mario Miranda Sazo
First Bilingual Language Pruning Workshop
The Wayne County bilingual pruning workshop will be hosted by orchard managers Justin Dimercy from Cherry Lawn Fruit Farms and Joaquín Hernández Nava from Johnson Fruit Farm. Mario Miranda Sazo will cover pruning concepts and how to adjust pruning severity of 'Honeycrisp' trees in 2022 with both orchard managers in a bilingual format and with their respective Jamaican and Spanish pruning crews. All pruning crews are invited to attend this unique educational activity in Wayne.
Event Details
Date
April 13, 2022
Time
4pm - 5:30pm
Location
Marshall Farm
3168 Marshall Rd.
Medina, NY 14103
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramMario Miranda Sazo
315-719-1318
email Mario Miranda Sazo
Second Spanish Language Pruning Workshop
This Orleans County pruning workshop will be hosted by Sergio and Silvia Rosario of Rosario Brothers on Wednesday April 13 (4-5:30pm). Mario Miranda Sazo will cover the pruning concepts and how to adjust pruning severity of 'Honeycrisp' trees in 2022 in the Spanish language with the Rosarios and Spanish orchard workers of the area.
Event Details
Date
April 20, 2022
Time
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Location
Behling Orchards
14 Potter Road
Mexico, NY 13114
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramMario Miranda Sazo
315-719-1318
email Mario Miranda Sazo
Oswego - English Language Pruning Workshop
Mario will show and discuss how to adjust bud load targets for 'Honeycrisp' with Eric and his Jamaican pruning employees. English language will be used during instruction with all participants. Hosted by growers Eric Behling of Behling Orchards in Mexico, Oswego County.
Event Details
Date
April 27, 2022
Time
1:30 - 3:30pm
Location
Burch Farms Inc.
527 North Avenue (Route 259)
Hilton, NY 14468
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramMario Miranda Sazo
315-719-1318
email Mario Miranda Sazo
Monroe - Bilingual Pruning Workshop (English and Spanish languages)
Join Mario for a demonstration and discuss on how to adjust bud load targets for 'Honeycrisp' trees on Geneva rootstocks with grower hosts, Bayard C. Burch, and Benjamin H. Burch or Burch Farms Inc., and participants. English and Spanish languages will be used during instruction.
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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.