Lake Ontario Fruit Program Enrollment

Program Areas

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

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  • Direct Mailings
  • Educational Meetings & Conferences
  • In-Field Educational Opportunities
  • On-Farm Research Trials

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Cornell Fruit Winter Webinars

Join us for six upcoming bi-weekly lunch hour webinars happening on Fridays this January through March. Webinars hosted by CCE LOFP, CCE ENYCHP, NYSIPM, and CCE Harvest NY. 

Miss a webinar or just want a quick review?  You can find of the webinar recording on the NYSIPM YouTube Channel 2025 Cornell Winter Webinar playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccj8IT-8eI&list=PLoNb8lODb49u16HwAqx7Y_TS5S3vdkrON





Event Details

Week 1: Digging into Pruning and Soil Health

Date

January 17, 2025

Time

11:00am-12:30pm

Location

Zoom

Host

CCE LOFP, CCE ENYCHP, NYSIPM, & CCE Harvest NY


Week 1: Digging into Pruning and Soil Health



Speakers: Mario Miranda Sazo (CCE LOFP) and Dr. Debbie Aller (Cornell CALS)

Register: https://bit.ly/digging-into-so...




Event Details

Week 2: Cider Apples - Mechanized Harvesting and Sweet Cider Food Safety

Date

January 31, 2025

Time

11:00am-12:30pm

Location

Zoom

Host

CCE LOFP, CCE ENYCHP, NYSIPM, & CCE Harvest NY


Week 2: Cider Apples - Mechanized Harvesting and Sweet Cider Food Safety



Speakers: Dr. Greg Peck (Cornell CALS) and Dr. Randy Worobo (Cornell CALS)

Register: https://bit.ly/cider-apples-me...




Event Details

Week 3: The Value of "Eco-Friendly" Marketing - OMRI Certification, Red Tomato, EcoApple, NYS Grown
Event Offers DEC Credits

Date

February 14, 2025

Time

11:00am-12:30pm

Location

Zoom

Host

CCE LOFP, CCE ENYCHP, NYSIPM, & CCE Harvest NY


Week 3: The Value of "Eco-Friendly" Marketing - OMRI Certification, Red Tomato, EcoApple, NYS Grown



Speakers: Liz Higgins (CCE ENYCHP), Josh Morgenthau (Fish Kill Farms), Jim Bittner (Bittner-Singer Orchard, and Kevin Clark (Rose Hill Farm)

0.5 NYSDEC Pesticide Recertification Credits 

Register: https://bit.ly/eco-friendly-ma...




Event Details

Week 4: Biopesticides and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) for Berries
Event Offers DEC Credits

Date

February 28, 2025

Time

11:00am-12:30pm

Location

Zoom

Host

CCE LOFP, CCE ENYCHP, NYSIPM, & CCE Harvest NY


Week 4: Biopesticides and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) for Berries



Speaker(s): McKenzie Schessl (Cornell AgriTech) and Samantha Willden (Cornell AgriTech)

NYSDEC Pesticide Recertification Credits will be available 

Register: https://bit.ly/berries-Feb28-2...




Event Details

Week 5: St. Peachtrick's Day: Stone Fruit Insect and Disease Management
Event Offers DEC Credits

Date

March 14, 2025

Time

11:00am-12:30pm

Location

Zoom

Host

CCE LOFP, CCE ENYCHP, NYSIPM, & CCE Harvest NY


Week 5: St. Peachtrick's Day: Stone Fruit Insect and Disease Management



Speakers: Dr. George Sundin (Michigan State University) and Brett Blaauw (University of Georgia)

1.5 NYSDEC Pesticide Recertification Credits 

Register: https://bit.ly/st-peachtricks-...



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Upcoming Events

Harvest Maturity Report Subscribe Now! - Online Payment Option - Not an Event

August 25, 2025
October 31, 2025

Online subscription now available!

Announcements

2025 Cornell Winter Fruit Webinar Recordings

Recordings now available on the NYIPM YouTube Channel 2025 Cornell Winter Webinar playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccj8IT-8eI&list=PLoNb8lODb49u16HwAqx7Y_TS5S3vdkrON

SPARC Survey

Interested in strengthening pome fruit resilience to climate? Check out what 22 scientists from six states are joining forces to accomplish. Learn more and help support this effort by taking a quick survey at https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=948&crumb=crops|crops|apples|crop*38

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

2025 Events:

15 Aug - Controlling Listeria in Apple Packinghouses Workshop - Wayne Co., 8:30am-4:30pm, Registration Closed!

19 Aug - Cornell Storage Workshop - Geneva, Registration Open!


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


Recording of Precision Apple Cropload MANagement PACMAN technologies at the 2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour. https://youtu.be/yE6thvf4z0E

2024 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series - Water Wisdom: 






2024 Winter Fruit Webinars playlist on the NYS IPM Program YouTube Channel


PACMAN Details and Resources, Meeting Recording Links below:




Business Updates



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


NYS Tree Decline Survey

Your answers could help find the solution to tree decline in the orchard.

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


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.