TUESDAY early AM

Session 1 - "IPM I" Chaired by Janet van Zoeren

   7:30-8:30 AM - Registration

    8:30 Welcome & Housekeeping, Craig (5 min)

    8:35  Sponsor Spots (10 min)

    8:45  Refining the Apple IPM Program for Internal Lepidopterans with Mating Disruption and Woolly Apple

   Aphid by Comparing New and Soft Insecticides" - Dr. Monique Rivera, Cornell University  (25 min)

    9:10 Evaluating the Push- Pull Management Strategy for Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern Apple Orchards - Dr. Kelsey Tobin , Cornell University (15 min) 

   9:25 Using UV-C: How Close are We to Implementing it and What We Need to Move Forward - Dr Kerik Cox, Cornell University (20 min)

   9:45 Taming the Beast: Managing Perennial Weeds - Janet van Zoeren, CCE-LOF (15 min)

   10 AM  SESSION ADJOURN

10:00  Break:  (~25 minutes)

Sign-in DEC credit sign-in

TUESDAY late AM

Session 2 - "IPM II", Chaired by Janet van Zoeren

   10:25 Welcome, DEC reminder, Sponsor Spots Weeds - Janet van Zoeren, CCE-LOF (10 min)

   10:35 Preliminary Apple Tree, Weed, and Soil Biological Responses to Zasso Electrical Weeding - Aleah Butler Jones, Cornell University (20 min)

   10:55 Meeting the Challenges of Losing Mancozeb and Captan: Past and Present and Future Research - Dr Kerik Cox, Cornell University (20 min)

    11:15 Advancements in Stink Bug Management in Tree Fruit - Dr. Brett Blaauw, University of Georgia and Clemson University (45 min)

    12:00 SESSION ADJOURN

LUNCH and visit Sponsors

~12 PM - ~1:15 PM  

TUESDAY, early PM

        Session 3, "Business" ,  Chaired by Bonnie Nelsen

   1:15  Welcome, Sponsor Spots -  Bonnie Nelsen, CCE-LOF   (10 min)

   1:25 Using Hectare Orchard Management Software on Bittner-Singer Farm - David Bittner, Bittner-Singer Farms (20 min)

   1:45  Knowing Your Consumer -   Evan Schutt, owner, Schutt's Apple Mill

    2:05  Talking To Your Workers About Unions, Intro -Bonnie Nelsen (10 min)

    2:15  Talking with Workers About Unions: Our Experience at Cherry Lawn Farm- Todd & Debbie Furber, Cherry Lawn

              Farms  (30 min)

    2:45 PM  SESSION ADJOURN

Break:  (~20-30 minutes)

TUESDAY, late PM

        Session 4  'Building Soils for Better Orchards Chaired by Mario Miranda Sazo  

 3:15  Welcome, Sponsor Spots, Introduction -  Mario Miranda Sazo, CCE LOF (10 min)

 3:25   Root architecture and function of apple roots - Professor Emeritus Dr. David Eissenstat, Penn State (35 min)

 4:00   Soil health in New York State Orchards - Dr. Deborah Aller, Cornell (35 min)

 4:35 Questions & Answers (15 min)            

~5 PM SESSION ADJOURN

WEDNESDAY early AM

Session 5 - "Fruit Quality/Marketing Updates", chaired by Craig Kahlke    

   8:30 AM   Welcome & Housekeeping, Craig (5 min)

   8:35      Updates from the New York Apple Association - Cynthia Haskins, NYAA (35 min)

   9:10      Color Improvement of "Premier" Honeycrisp with the use of sprayable products and reflective fabric - Brian Lawrence, Cornell Agritech (25 min)

    9:35       Sustainable Pre- and Postharvest Approaches for Mitigating Stem-end Flesh Browning in 'Gala' Apples - Dr, Yosef Al Shoffe, Cornell University (25 min)

    10:00 AM  SESSION ADJOURN        

                                                                              10:00 -10:20     Break

WEDNESDAY late AM

Session 6 - "Precision  Agriculture", chaired by Mario Miranda Sazo

  10:20   Welcome/Introduction - Mario Miranda Sazo, CCE-LOF (5 min)

  10:25   Why it has been so Difficult to Adopt Digital Ag-Technologies?  - Mario Miranda Sazo, CCE-LOF (15 min)

   10:40   Accuracy of Two Precision Sprayers for Single-Tree Application - Dr. Brian Lawrence, Cornell U. (15min)

   10:55   Options for growers considering current GPS accuracy limitations - Dr. Yu Jiang, Cornell U. (15 min)

   11:10   Precision irrigation - Dr. Terence Robinson, Cornell U. (15 min)

   11:25   New advances on precision crop load management - Dr. Terence Robinson, Cornell U. (15 min)

   11:40   Q&A, Conference Wrap-up (20 min)               

~12 PM - Boxed Lunch & Conference Adjourn