Lake Ontario Fruit Program Enrollment

Program Areas

  • Food Safety
  • Variety Evaluation
  • Market Development
  • Pest Management
  • Cultural Practices

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  • Telephone / Email Consultations
  • Fruit Newsletter?
  • Direct Mailings
  • Educational Meetings & Conferences
  • In-Field Educational Opportunities
  • On-Farm Research Trials

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Event Details

Lake Ontario Summer Fruit Tour

Jul 18, 2019

All day

Niagara County - farm stops TBA


2019 Young Grower Study Trip

Aug 5, 2019 - Aug 7, 2019

TBA

Hudson Valley


Save the Date for LOF Summer Events - Sponsorship Opportunities


The Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Summer Fruit Tour in Western NY will be held on July 18. We will feature tree fruit production technology and grower innovations on cutting edge farms in Niagara County. At the regional tours, we typically reach 250 growers from across the state and beyond.

LOF is also excited to be partnering with the Young Fruit Growers of Western NY (formerly the Future Fruit Growers of Lake Ontario), an exciting group that is becoming very well organized, to offer the 2019 Young Grower Study Trip to the Hudson Valley August 5 - 7.

Check back for more details




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Sponsorship Notes
Sponsorship Opportunities Upcoming 2019 Summer Meetings

LOF Summer Fruit Tour - Thursday, July 18th
Young Fruit Growers of WNY Study Trip - Monday, August 5th - Wednesday, August 7th

For these events, we are suggesting the following sponsorship levels:

To Sponsor at the First 2 Levels listed below: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/sponsor_event.php?event_id=1195
  • Platinum ** $750 - sponsorship of both events, and an exhibitor space at the Summer Tour, plus a 2 minute speaking spot at lunch, your company logo & contact listed in program and 2 future Fruit Notes newsletters and acknowledged on the Study Trip.
  • Gold ** $500 - sponsorship of both events, with a 2 minute speaking spot at lunch (no exhibitor space), your company logo & contact listed in program and 2 future Fruit Notes newsletters and acknowledged on the study trip.
To Sponsor at the Next 2 Levels listed below: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/sponsor_event.php?event_id=1196
  • Silver $350 - sponsorship of Summer Fruit Tour Only , with exhibitor space and a 2 minute speaking spot, your company logo & contact listed in program and 1 future Fruit Notes newsletter.
  • Bronze $250 - sponsorship of Young Grower Study Trip Only, your company logo and contact listed in 1 future Fruit Notes newsletter and acknowledged on the Study Trip.
To Sponsor at the Remaining Level listed below: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/sponsor_event.php?event_id=1197
  • Bronze $250 - sponsorship of Summer Fruit Tour Only, (no exhibitor space or speaking spot) your company logo and contact listed in program and 1 future Fruit Notes newsletter.
For checks please see registration form pdf below.  For more information please see Sponsorship Letter pdf. below.

Sponsorship at these events allows for great marketing and promotional opportunities. Exhibitor and sponsor fees will be used to purchase lunch, refreshments for breaks, and to partially cover other costs of tour arrangements.

If you are not able to participate, any donation you would like to make toward expenses for the events will be graciously accepted and acknowledged. You can simply send a check in any amount made out to "Cornell Cooperative Extension" and send to Kim Hazel at the address below.

**Please note the Platinum and Gold sponsorships above, if not designated, will be split 50% towards each event. If you wish to divide up the amount differently, please contact Craig Kahlke. This can likely be arranged.
If you wish to designate full amounts to please type "SFT" for Summer Fruit Tour or "YGST" for Young Grower Study Trip before business name in the appropriate box.


Sponsorship Letter (PDF; 312KB)

Sponsorship Registration Form (PDF; 180KB)
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Upcoming Events

2024 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings

Event Offers DEC Credits

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.

Event Offers DEC Credits

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.

Event Offers DEC Credits

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.

Event Offers DEC Credits

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.

View 2024 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings Details

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!

View 2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour Details

Save the Date - Western NY Fruit Conference - February 4-5, 2025

Event Offers DEC Credits

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.

View Save the Date - Western NY Fruit Conference - February 4-5, 2025 Details

Announcements

Scaffolds podcast

Many of you probably read Art Agnello's statewide tree fruit updates and recommendations newsletter, "Scaffolds". Dr. Monique Rivera is bringing it back, but in a new audio version. Episode one was recorded this week, and is now available for free online at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaffolds


Save the Date! - Scroll down for Upcoming Events

Have you missed a meeting recently? Scroll down for available recordings or pdf links or visits our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/LakeOntarioFruitProgram

2024 Events:

15 Apr - Virtual Orchard IPM Scout Training - 2-4pm - Zoom

17 Apr - Final Special Permit Training - 1pm-5pm - Irondequoit Library, Register by 8am April 16th

22 Apr - Statewide Virtual Pink Meeting - 3pm-4:30pm - Zoom

13 Aug - 2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour - Orleans County

Feb 4-5, 2025 - Western NY Fruit Conference - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Rochester



Food Safety Virtual Office Hours

Cornell Institute of Food Safety "Virtual Office Hours", Tuesdays Noon to 1pm https://cals.cornell.edu/institute-for-food-safety/resources/virtual-office-hours

Past recorded virtual office hours can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZJs5b7KUuvfcquH3ZtQHo5dSmF2m5MdQ


Webinar Recordings & Additional Meeting Materials

Check out the recordings of some recent webinars and/or conference materials from in person events: Recordings and Playlists are available at https://www.youtube.com/c/LakeOntarioFruitProgram

2024 Statewide Pink Meeting

2024 Cornell Statewide Frost Protection Webinar

2024 Winter Fruit Webinars playlist on the NYS IPM Program YouTube Channel

2nd Annual Lake Ontario Fruit Program's Winter Fruit Conference - 2024 pdfs

PACMAN Details and Resources, Meeting Recording Links below:
Developers Conference for Precision Crop Load Management of Apples Playlist - 2024
PACMAN Briefing - 2023








Pollinator Resouces

Now available Pollinator Resource Links


Meeting Recordings Now Available

Did you miss the recent meeting?  Check and see if we recorded it and added it to our website or Lake Ontario Fruit Program YouTube Channel.

Honeycrisp Meetup recordings available here.

Why are my trees growing so poorly? recording available here.

Additional Recorded Webinars listing with recording and resource link are available at
https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=838&crumb=crops|crops|apples|crop*38



New Publication on Growing Pawpaws

Are you a fan of pawpaws? These custardy fruits can be hard to come across, so this guide provides information on how to grow your own pawpaw from seed, and how to care for grafted seedlings. Pdf on growing now available.​ https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=799&crumb=crops|crops|unusual_fruit|crop*50

New Weed Management Technology Survey

Want to move away from herbicide reliance? Are you using novel technologies to manage weeds? We want to know about it to inform our weed science research. A team of weed scientists from University of California Davis, Oregon State University, and Cornell University are asking berry, tree fruit, tree nut, and vine crop growers to take 5 to 10 minutes and answer this short and anonymous survey. Weed Technology Survey link: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bEpfAijoP7puQDP

For more information on this survey please visit http://blogs.cornell.edu/swd1/2020/12/02/new-weed-management-technology/


Pollinator Webinar Series - Summer 2020

The Pollinator Webinar Series presented by Penn State cover bee health and pollination services.



Bloom Pesticides for Pollinator Health

A reference table created by Janet van Zoeren and Anna Wallis, is now available at https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=711&crumb=pests|pests.

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