2025 Cornell Storage Workshop
Event Details
Date
August 19, 2025
Time
8am Sign-in, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location
41 Lakefront Hotel, Trademark Collection by Wyndham
41 Lake Front Dr.
Geneva, NY 14456
Cost
Registration before August 12th : $75.00
(addl attendee $75.00 ea.)
At The Door Price
Registration after August 12th : $85.00
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit Program
Come join us for the final storage workshop of Dr. Chris Watkins' illustrious career!
Registration is $75 per person before August 12th, and $85 per person after August 12th.
Sponsorship Opportunities: These are limited. Sponsors register and pay online with a credit card here: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/sp...
To be invoiced and/or pay by a check, click here: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2109
Sponsor registration questions? Contact Craig Kahlke at cjk37@cornell.edu or Liz Tee at emt44@cornell.edu.
We thank our sponsors to date - Fowler Farms, Fresh Inset, Lytone Enterprise, MirTech, Storage Control Systems and Valent BioSciences.
Agenda
8:00 AM Coffee and pastries, check-in and receive name tag.
8:30 Welcome and industry panel on storage priorities. What are the most wicked challenges? Joel Crist (Crist Brothers Orchards), Ryan Hess (Hess Brother's Fruit Company), JD/Austin Fowler (Fowler Farms), Chelsea Van Acker Gowan & Scott Hennings (Yes! Apples) , Emily Verbridge (KM Davies Co. Inc.), Henry Forrence (Forrence Orchards, Inc.)
9:00 Gala Update (Dr. Chris Watkins, Cornell University)
9:20 NY1 Update (Chris)
9:40 DCA and Storage Temperatures for NY1 (Dr. Yosef Al Shoffe, Cornell University)
9:50 Sponsor Presentation (TBA)
9:55 Sponsor Presentation (TBA)
10:00 Break
10:30 Postharvest Pathology Update (Ms. Riley Harding & Dr Kerik Cox, Cornell University)
11:00 Sponsor Presentation (TBA)
11:05 MAIA-1 (Dr. Randy Beaudry, Michigan State University)
11:25 MAIA-1 (Yosef)
11:45 Sponsor Presentation (TBA)
11:50 Application of Peel Sap Prediction Models to Gala (Dr. Lailiang Cheng, Cornell
University)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 Skin Disorders (Dr. Carolina Torres, Washington State University, via Zoom)
1:20 Skin disorders (Dr. Jason Londo, Cornell University)
1:40 Sponsor Presentation (TBA)
1:45 1-MCP Formulations (Randy)
2:05 Sponsor Presentation (TBA)
2:10 Club Varieties and More - SCRI Block Grant Study (Chris)
2:40 CA/DCA fundamentals (Randy)
3:00 Break
3:25 Acidity and Sensory Analysis in Honeycrisp (Mr. Craig Kahlke, Cornell University)
3:35 Honeycrisp Rootstock Trials (Yosef)
3:50 Embracing PGRs while Understanding All Impacts (Chris)
4:10 Summing Up the Day / Q&A (Panel of Speakers)
4:30 ADJOURN & SAFE JOURNEY HOME!
Space is limited! Attendees, please register soon at: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/ev...
There is a block of rooms reserved at the hotel in which the workshop is located. The rate ($149), is available until July 30th at: 41 Lakefront Hotel, Trademark Collection By Wyndham, 41 Lake Front Dr, Geneva, NY 14456
Use block code: 081825LAK when you register by phone 315-789-0400 or online at https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/...
Questions? Contact Craig Kahlke (cjk37@cornell.edu) or Chris Watkins (chris.watkins@cornell.edu)
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