Join CCE-ENYCHP and CCE-LOFP specialists this Thursday to review pre-bloom orchard management recommendations for Western and Northeast NY.

Join LOF team  members, in Wayne County to hear updates and petal fall thinning recommendations by Terence Robinson.

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 & 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

Join via Zoom this Thursday May 22 for the Western NY  Post-Bloom Pest/Disease Management Updates & 8-12 mm Thinning Recommendations 

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.

At this meeting, we will discuss previous research on using mulch for weed management, including the benefits of stacking mulch treatments with an organic herbicide program. We will then discuss the treatments in our field trial, discuss results to date, and get initial reactions from the grower, while viewing the field trial.  We will then discuss the other study objective, using a mechanical weeding system to replace contact herbicide applications, currently underway in the Champlain Valley.

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.

Join Cornell University Food Science experts, along with CCE ENYCHP specialists Dan Donahue and Elisabeth Hodgdon for a day-long intensive workshop on managing Listeria in apple packinghouse environments.

Join Heather Kase, CCE ENYCHP, and Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM, for seasonal updates on berry pest man-agement and IPM. 

Topics: Tomato Fertility and Mitigating Physiological Disorders; Pest Scouting, ID, and IPM Field Walk. 

Topics: Tomato Fertility and Mitigating Physiological Disorders, Tomato and Sweet Corn IPM; FSMA Water Assessments and Postharvest Sanitation

Topics: Tomato Fertility and Mitigating Physiological Disorders; Veg Pest Update and Management; Cornell Tomato Breeding Program and Slicer Tomato Variety Trial Tour

Join Heather Kase, CCE ENYCHP, and Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM, for seasonal updates on berry pest man-agement and IPM. 

Please join us at this casual networking event for all apple industry folks from Western NY, proudly sponsored by Valent. There will be a brief introduction of the Lake Ontario Fruit Program, and from attending specialists.

This July ENYCHP will be hosting an orchard field afternoon highlighting Mike's research trials at Chazy Orchards.

Please join us at this casual networking event for all apple industry folks from Western NY, proudly sponsored by Valent. There will be a brief introduction of the Lake Ontario Fruit Program, and from attending specialists.

Registration open!

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! 

* Schedule subject to change.

Access to the 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School recordings are now available for purchase. 

Canceled.