Events - month view
earlier monthsMay 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
July 2021
2021 Virtual 'Honeycrisp' Meetup Summer Series
July 1, 2021 : Nutrient Management
7pm
Online
Palmer Amaranth & Other Weeds to Watch
July 13 - July 14, 2021
6:00-7:30pm on July 13; 10:30am-12:00pm on July 14
Wagon Wheel Farm (July 13); Stanton's Feura Farm (July 14)
Goshen; Fuerea Bush, NY
Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, assistant professor of Weed Ecology and Management for Specialty Crops at Cornell University, will be holding two field meetings in Eastern New York on Palmer Amaranth management in July. More information and registration details are available here: https://files.ctctusercontent.com/50bc2eb5701/95a6adb3-c71f-4bac-8223-43f4c893d55b.pdf?rdr=true
2021 SAP Analysis
July 13, 2021
TBA - region specific
Peel sap sampling/collection ended for Western NY/Finger Lakes regions on July 13.
Corn, Cover Crops, and Reduced Tillage Systems
July 13, 2021
6:00pm
Tiashoke Farm
Easton, NY
An organized discussion of the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of using cover crops and reduced tillage systems.
- When and how to terminate cover crops for corn planting
- Planting Green
- Strip-till / No-till / Reduced-till…
- Coulters / Row Cleaners / Closing Wheels / Seed Firmers…
2021 Virtual 'Honeycrisp' Meetup Summer Series
July 15, 2021 : Harvest and Storage
7-8:30pm
Online
Berry Production Twilight Meeting
July 27, 2021
5:00-7:30pm
Rulf's Orchard
Peru, NY
Rulf's Orchard, 531 Bear Swamp Road, Peru, NY
Many berry topics will be discussed including growing Juneberries (Amelanchier, not strawberries), using entomopathogenic nematodes to control strawberry root pests, low tunnel production in June bearing strawberries, SWD monitoring and management. 2.5 DEC pesticide recertification credits available in categories 1A, 10, 22, and 23. Contact Elisabeth Hodgdon (eh528@cornell.edu or 518-650-5323) or Laura McDermott (lgm4@cornell.edu or 518-746-2562) with questions.
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.