Events - month view
earlier monthsApril 2021
Wayne County - DEC Certified Pesticide Applicator License Exam
April 1, 2021
Noon - 4:30pm
Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County
Newark, NY
A Certification Exam will be administered on April 1st at Noon by the DEC to Qualified Applicants. The fee for the exam is $100: bring a check payable to NYSDEC the day of the exam. You must register with DEC to take the exam. To register for the exam or if you have questions regarding the Certification Process, please contact Chris Wainwright at the Bath DEC office (607) 622-8264.
Orleans County - DEC Certified Pesticide Applicator License Exam
April 6, 2021
9am-1pm
Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Albion, NY
A Certification Exam will be administered on April 6 at 1pm by the DEC to Qualified Applicants. The fee for the exam is $100: bring a check payable to NYSDEC the day of the exam. You must register with DEC to take the exam. To register for the exam or if you have questions regarding the Certification Process, please contact Justin Schoff at the Avon DEC office (607) 622-8264.
Statewide Virtual Pink Meeting
April 26, 2021
4pm - 5:15pm
Online via Zoom
Please join CCE-LOF & CCE-ENYCHP to our Statewide Virtual Pink Meeting (Zoom) from 4-5:15 PM this Monday.
2021 Spring Turn-Out Grazier Meeting
April 29, 2021
7:00-8:30pm
Online Zoom Meeting
2021 Spring Turn-Out Grazier Meeting: Adapting livestock, Pasture Forbs, Spending Money. Presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators: Ashely Pierce, Dayton Maxwell, and Aaron Gabriel.
May 2021
Statewide Virtual Bloom Thinning Meeting
May 3, 2021
4-5pm
Online via Zoom
Please join CCE-LOF & CCE-ENYCHP for our Statewide Virtual Bloom Thinning Meeting.
WNY Virtual Petal Fall Meeting
May 17, 2021
4-5pm
Online via Zoom
Please join CCE-LOF our WNY Virtual Petal Fall Meeting.
WNY Virtual '12mm Thinning Sprays' Meeting
May 24, 2021
4-5pm
Online via Zoom
Please join CCE-LOF our WNY Virtual 12mm Thinning Sprays Meeting.
Saffron Winter Survival and the Next Step in Cultivation
May 27, 2021
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Calabash Gardens
Wells Rover, VT
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. Many New England growers are cultivating saffron as a component of their diversified farming program. They are selling their saffron for $25-50 per gram! Want to learn more about this high value crop? Come to our FREE Saffron Demonstration Event coordinated by the University of Vermont (UVM) North American Center for Saffron Research & Development. It will take place in Vermont but anyone from anywhere is welcome to attend if they are willing to drive to it. This is one of several demonstration events we will hold over the year at different Vermont grower locations. Each event will feature different key topics coordinated with the saffron production cycle.
June 2021
WNY Virtual 'Rescue Thinning Sprays' Meeting
June 2, 2021
Noon-1pm
Online via Zoom
Please join CCE-LOF our WNY Virtual Rescue Thinning Sprays Meeting.
Please note the date has been changed to Wednesday June 2nd.
2021 Virtual 'Honeycrisp' Meetup Summer Series
June 3, 2021 : Crop Load Management
7pm
Online
2021 Virtual 'Honeycrisp' Meetup Summer Series
June 17, 2021 : Rootstocks
7pm
Online
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Raspberries / Blackberries
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Upcoming Events
2024 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
April 25, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
Newark, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
May 30, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
Lockport, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
June 27, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
Penn Yan, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
July 25, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 4 of 4
Mexico, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour
August 13, 2024
We are excited to announce the second 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 Orleans 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!
Save the Date - Western NY Fruit Conference - February 4-5, 2025
February 4 - February 5, 2025 : Western NY Fruit Conference
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. Stay tuned for program and registration info as we get closer.