2025 Events - year view
previous yearJanuary 2025
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
January 7, 2025 : Session 1: The 30,000-foot view, what are you trying to accomplish? What resources do you have?
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 1: Introduction to Business Planning and the Business Plan (Liz Higgins)
- Session 1: The 30,000-foot view, what are you trying to accomplish? What resources do you have?
Electric Weeding in Organic Perennial Crops
January 14, 2025
2pm
Zoom - Registration Required
Join us for a free webinar on electric weeding in organic perennial crops.
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
January 14, 2025 : Session 2: Introduction to Project Management
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 1: Introduction to Business Planning and the Business Plan (Liz Higgins)
- Session 2: Introduction to Project Management
Farm Grant Literacy Workshop
January 16, 2025 : Session 1: Understanding Farm Grant Opportunities
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom - Registration Required
GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!
Cornell Fruit Winter Webinars
January 17, 2025 : Week 1: Digging into Pruning and Soil Health
11:00am-12:30pm
Zoom
Speakers: Mario Miranda Sazo (CCE LOFP) and Dr. Debbie Aller (Cornell CALS)
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
January 21, 2025 : Session 3: How Business Planning Becomes a Business Plan
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 1: Introduction to Business Planning and the Business Plan (Liz Higgins)
- Session 3: How Business Planning Becomes a Business Plan
Farm Grant Literacy Workshop
January 23, 2025 : Session 2: Identifying Farm Grant Opportunities
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom - Registration Required
GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
January 28, 2025 : Session 4: Your Market and Your Competition
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)
Session 4: Your Market and Your Competition
Farm Grant Literacy Workshop
January 30, 2025 : Session 3: How To Read and Interpret Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom - Registration Required
GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!
Cornell Fruit Winter Webinars
January 31, 2025 : Week 2: Cider Apples - Mechanized Harvesting and Sweet Cider Food Safety
11:00am-12:30pm
Zoom
Speakers: Dr. Greg Peck (Cornell CALS) and Dr. Randy Worobo (Cornell CALS)
February 2025
Western NY Fruit Conference
February 4 - February 5, 2025 : Western NY Fruit Conference
1 1/2 days
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Rochester
Rochester, NY
For the 2nd year in a row, we'll be having the Western NY Fruit Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Rochester! It will be another 1 1/2 day conference. Again, this replaces our traditional "LOF Fruit Schools" and our participation in the Empire Producers Expo in Syracuse. The program will run all day on Tuesday (Feb 4) and Wednesday morning (Feb 5). There will be two Pest Management sessions Tuesday morning, followed by Business and Soil Health afternoon sessions. Wednesday will have 2 morning sessions (Marketing/Fruit Quality and Precision Ag), ending with lunch at noon.
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
February 4, 2025 : Session 5: Revenue and Product Mix to Achieve Your Goals
TBA
Webinar
Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)
- Session 5: Revenue and Product Mix to Achieve Your Goals
Becker Forum
February 5, 2025
8:30am - 4pm
Jordan Hall
Geneva, NY
Becker Forum will focus on key labor issues and trends.
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
February 11, 2025 : Session 6: Marketing Plan and Evaluation of Marketing Efforts
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)
- Session 6: Marketing Plan and Evaluation of Marketing Efforts
Farm Grant Literacy Workshop
February 13, 2025 : Session 4: Panelists - N/A
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom - Registration Required
GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!
Cornell Fruit Winter Webinars
February 14, 2025 : Week 3: The Value of "Eco-Friendly" Marketing - OMRI Certification, Red Tomato, EcoApple, NYS Grown
11:00am-12:30pm
Zoom
Speakers: Liz Higgins (CCE ENYCHP), Josh Morgenthau (Fish Kill Farms), Jim Bittner (Bittner-Singer Orchard, and Kevin Clark (Rose Hill Farm)
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
February 18, 2025 : Session 7: The Basics of Financial Statements
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)
- Session 7: The Basics of Financial Statements
Farm Grant Literacy Workshop
February 20, 2025 : Session 5: Panelists
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom - Registration Required
GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
February 25, 2025 : Session 8: Enhancing Confidence in Your Numbers
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)
- Session 8: Enhancing Confidence in Your Numbers
Advisory Committee Meeting - Program & Project Updates
February 26, 2025
10:00am - 3pm
Ogden Town Hall
Spencerport, NY
Please join us for our advisory meeting, join the team as they share their current and future projects and programming. Please pre-register by noon on February 24th.
Introduction to Tree Fruit Production
February 27, 2025
March 6, 2025
March 13, 2025
March 17, 2025
March 20, 2025
March 24, 2025
March 27, 2025
April 3, 2025
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Virtual
Thursdays: February 27 - April 3, with two additional Monday webinars on March 17 and March 24
Tree fruit are an important component of the agricultural and homeowner landscape. This course, which offers eight live webinars for its 2025 offering, trains beginning tree fruit growers in fundamental concepts in orchard planning and management.
Farm Grant Literacy Workshop
February 27, 2025 : Session 6: Panelists
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom - Registration Required
GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!
Cornell Fruit Winter Webinars
February 28, 2025 : Week 4: Biopesticides and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) for Berries
11:00am-12:30pm
Zoom
Speaker(s): McKenzie Schessl (Cornell AgriTech) and Samantha Willden (Cornell AgriTech)
March 2025
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
March 4, 2025 : Session 9: Using Financial Statements and Financial Information to Plan and Evaluate an Enterprise
3 - 4:30pm
Webinar
Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)
- Session 9: Using Financial Statements and Financial Information to Plan and Evaluate an Enterprise
2025 Wayne County - DEC Certified Pesticide Applicator License Pre-Exam Training
March 13, 2025 : DEC Certified Applicator Pre-Exam Training Day 1
12:45pm Sign-In; 1pm - 5pm
Wayne County Cornell Cooperative Ext.
Newark, NY
This training is only for those with experience and does not qualify for the 30-hour official DEC training - you are exempt from the 30 hour training (and eligible for this coaching session) if you have pesticide application experience, either through working on your own farm or through employment on another farm.
Cornell Fruit Winter Webinars
March 14, 2025 : Week 5: St. Peachtrick's Day: Stone Fruit Insect and Disease Management
11:00am-12:30pm
Zoom
Speakers: Dr. George Sundin (Michigan State University) and Brett Blaauw (University of Georgia)
2025 Wayne County - DEC Certified Pesticide Applicator License Pre-Exam Training
March 17, 2025 : DEC Certified Applicator Pre-Exam Training Day 2
1pm - 5pm
Wayne County Cornell Cooperative Ext.
Newark, NY
This training is only for those with experience and does not qualify for the 30-hour official DEC training - you are exempt from the 30 hour training (and eligible for this coaching session) if you have pesticide application experience, either through working on your own farm or through employment on another farm.
2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School - Honeycrisp & Other High Value Apple Cultivars
March 19 - March 20, 2025
Registration 8:30am W 8:45am - 4:30pm; T 8:45am - 3pm
DoubleTree by Hilton
East Syracuse, NY
Join us for this in depth review of the most successful cultural practices for growing challenging high value apple cultivars.
Hotel Room Block - Low Rates Expiring Soon! Direct Booking Link: https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/syrdtdt-5dw-9dd06767-e6a3-4266-be8e-816ba353c1cb/
Or call the hotel at 315-432-0200, and tell them the code: CORNELL IN DEPTH WORKSHOP
Online Registration is closed. Still interested in attending? Contact Craig Kahlke at 585-735-5448, or cjk37@cornell.edu.
Food Safety Updates: Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water (Subpart E) Update Webinar with Q & A - CANCELLED
March 21, 2025 : Food Safety Updates: Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water (Subpart E) Update Webinar with Q & A -CANCELLED
12-1:30 PM
Zoom
Webinar Cancelled. Stay tuned for more info.
April 2025
2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School Recordings
April 8, 2025
July 31, 2025
: Recording Available for 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School
Now until July 31st
Access to the 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School recordings are now available for purchase.
2025 Respirator Fit Testing in Wayne County
April 17, 2025
Starts at 9am
Pultneyville Lodge
Pultneyville, NY
A one day clinic for respirator fit testing will be held in Wayne County on April 17th. Please be sure to register by April 7th, as space is limited.
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
April 24, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
6:45 pizza, soda, DEC sign-in; 7-8:30pm Meeting
Blue Barn Cidery
Hilton, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
May 2025
Cornell Western and Northeast NY Pre-Bloom Virtual Meeting
May 1, 2025
12 - 1:30pm
Zoom
Join CCE-ENYCHP and CCE-LOFP specialists this Thursday to review pre-bloom orchard management recommendations for Western and Northeast NY.
Petal Fall Thinning Meetings
May 15, 2025 : Wayne County Petal Fall Thinning Meeting
2pm
Cherry Lawn Fruit Farm
Sodus, NY
Join LOF team members, in Wayne County to hear updates and petal fall thinning recommendations by Terence Robinson.
Petal Fall Thinning Meetings
May 16, 2025 : Orleans County Petal Fall Thinning Meeting
2pm
Lamont Fruit Farms
Waterport, NY
Join LOF team members, in Orleans County to hear updates and petal fall thinning recommendations by Terence Robinson.
Western NY Post-Bloom Pest/Disease Management Updates
May 22, 2025
4 - 5:30pm
Zoom
Join via Zoom this Thursday May 22 for the Western NY Post-Bloom Pest/Disease Management Updates & 8-12 mm Thinning Recommendations
Western NY Post-Bloom Pest/Disease Management Updates Zoom Meeting
May 22, 2025
4-5::30 PM
Zoom
Western NY Post-Bloom Pest/Disease Management Updates & 8-12 mm Thinning Recommendations Zoom Meeting
Thursday, May 22, 4-5:30 PM
4:00 PM - Welcome, Craig Kahlke, CCE-LOF
4:05: How Long & What to Spray for Plum Curculio? - Janet van Zoeren, CCE-LOF
4:15: Disease Management Updates - Dr. Kerik Cox, Cornell University
4:30: 8-12 mm Thinning Recommendations for Western NY - Dr. Terence Robinson, Cornell University
5:15-5:30 - Additional Q & A, if needed
No registration necessary, just click on the link during the meeting time:
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/93624363119?pwd=jH7XcktS2cEo0gazYuzyFtqN6otNgI.1&from=addon
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
May 29, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
6:45 pizza, soda, DEC sign-in; 7-8:30pm Meeting
Hurd Orchards
Holley, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
June 2025
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
June 26, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
6:45 pizza, soda, DEC sign-in; 7-8:30pm Meeting
Cornell Orchards
Ithica, NY
Join specialists Anya Stansell and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month. This meeting will include Spanish Interpretation. Este mes en Español También.
July 2025
3rd Annual Western NY Fruit Growers Tour, Featuring Wayne County
July 31, 2025
All Day
Farms in Wayne County
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!
Stay tuned for more info as we get into the summer!
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
July 31, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 4 of 4
6:45 pizza, soda, DEC sign-in; 7-8:30pm Meeting
Schutt's Apple Mill
Webster, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
August 2025
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September 2025
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October 2025
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November 2025
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December 2025
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Upcoming Events
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
April 24, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
Hilton, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
May 29, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
Holley, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
June 26, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
Ithica, NY
Join specialists Anya Stansell and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month. This meeting will include Spanish Interpretation. Este mes en Español También.
July 31, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 4 of 4
Webster, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School Recordings
April 8, 2025
July 31, 2025
: Recording Available for 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School
Access to the 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School recordings are now available for purchase.
3rd Annual Western NY Fruit Growers Tour, Featuring Wayne County
July 31, 2025
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!
Stay tuned for more info as we get into the summer!