We are excited to announce the 3rd 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 Wayne 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!

Registration/check-in will be 8:30-9 AM, with the educational program at stop 1running from ~ 9-10AM. Stop 2: ~10-11:45AM. Lunch/Sponsor stop ~Noon-1:30 PM. Stop 3 ~1:45-4:15 PM. 4:15 PM ADJOURN & SAFE TRAVELS.

Stops/topics:

Stop 1. Cherry Lawn Farms. Registration-check-in, receive name tag. Welcome, coordinated by Craig Kahlke, CCE-LOF. Host Ted
Furber. Nutrient Management Stop. In this stop, Dr. Lailiang Cheng (Cornell U.) Mario, and Ted will present a summary of the
current suggested nutrient management strategies for 'Honeycrisp' with the intent of providing in one stop a list of grower
recommendaƟons for this variety. The new recommendaƟons are based on 10-15+ years of research trials.

Stop 2. Donald DeMaree Fruit Farms, host Kristen DeMarree. Coordinated by Mario Miranda Sazo, CCE-LOF.
Digital Agriculture Stop In this stop, Dr. Terence Robinson (Cornell U.) Mario, and Kristen will give an update about the 2025
on-farm research done with the use of vision systems and variable rate sprayers. A comparison of the use of the Fruit
Growth Rate Model versus the Fruit Size Distribution Model will be discussed.

Lunch & Sponsor Visits/Demonstrations Stop

•       Lunch at B. Foreman Park in Pultneyville

•        Catered by Burnap's Farm Market!

• Enjoy sponsor visits (equipment displays, display booths, speaking spots, demos)
• Network with sponsors and other growers & industry

Stop 3. Morgan Farms, host Ned Morgan - Coordinated by Janet van Zoeren, CCE-LOF. Pest Management & DEC Credits -1.5 hrs in categories 1a, 10, and 22

•  Berry disease management & diagnostics with Anya Stansell, CCE Harvest NY
•  Disease management overview with Dr. Kerik Cox, Cornell
•  Mating disruption technology with Dr. Monique Rivera, Cornell
•  How temperature and rainfall impact weeds and weed management with Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, Cornell
•  Other apple pests with Vaughn Gingerich, Lake Ontario Ag Consulting, Inc.