Event Details
Date
February 24, 2014
Time
8:45 am - 4:00 pm
Location
The Falcon
1348 Route 9W
Marlboro, NY 12542
Cost
$30.00 For ENYCHP enrollees
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)
$50.00 For Non- ENYCHP enrollees
(additional attendee $50.00 ea.)
Host
CCE Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program
EVENT HAS PASSED
Lower Hudson Valley Commercial Vegetable Growers' School
February 24, 2014Cost: $30 per person (includes lunch and all meeting materials) for enrolled ENYCHP members, $50 for non-enrolled participants. Must be pre-registered by February 20, 2014
Meeting Agenda:
8:45 Registration
9:15 Welcome and Announcements - Teresa Rusinek ENYCHP & Tony Falco plus an Update on the Hudson Valley Lab, Peter Jentsch, Cornell HV Lab
9:30 Food Safety Modernization Act -Update and Implications for Your Farm Business - Bob Weybright, CCE ENYCHP
10:00 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Vegetable Update - What was Learned in 2013 - Peter Jentsch, Cornell HV Lab
10:30 Deer Management in Agricultural Landscapes - Mike Fargione, Cary Institute
11:00 Break
11:15 Cover Crops Fertility Budgets - Brian Caldwell, Cornell
12:00 Review of Tomato Diseases - Dr. Chris Smart, Cornell
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Let's Here from Our Sponsors
1:15 Review of 2013 Vine Crop Diseases - Dr. Chris Smart, Cornell
1:45 Optimizing & Strategizing Weed Management and a Case Study on Alternative Weed Control in Plasticulture Vegetables - Justin O'Dea, CCE Ulster County
2:15 Garlic Fertility and Postharvest Research - Crystal Stewart, CCE ENYCHP
2:50 Break
3:05 Fresh Market Tomato Variety Trial Results - Chuck Bornt, CCE ENYCHP
3:30 A Simple System for Recording Pesticide Applications Using Excel - Maire Ullrich, CCE ENYCHP
4:00 Evaluations, pick up DEC Sheets and Adjourn
2.75 DEC Recertification credits have been awarded in Categories 1A, 23 and 10!