Past Webinar Recording Links
2022
NEWA 3.0 Workshop - Links
Northeast Extension Fruit Consortium Winter Webinar Series presentations were recorded and posted to the UMass Extension Fruit Team(link is external) YouTube channel. Recorded presentations on topics including apple, peach, & cherry cultivars, spotted lanternfly, spotted wing drosophila, fungicide and streptomycin resistance in apple pathogens and many more are available on the 2022 Northeast Extension Fruit Consortium Winter Meeting Series Playlist.
New York State Integrated Pest Management
-Tree Fruit YouTube Playlist - Includes the Apple IPM Intensive Workshop Webinar
Statewide Pink Webinar - https://youtu.be/pOBVnoSEIa8
Petal Fall Meeting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijmoAT0shY&list=PLYLbxsK4pTXUQI-sIWxjr9haKcPsfgZMc
2023 Recordings & Conference Materials
Apple Geneva Rootstocks in Europe - INTERPOMA
Apple Leaf Curling Midge Webinar
WNY Petal Fall Thinning Meeting
Western NY Fruit Conference - pdfs for some conference presentations
Statewide Virtual Pink Meeting
Mating Disruption and Entomopathogenic Fungi for Peach Tree Borer Control
Growing Sweet Cherries Under Rain Cover on Dwarfing Rootstocks
2023 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series
Apples
Apricots
Asian Pears
Blueberries
Cherries
Currants
Gooseberries
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Raspberries / Blackberries
Strawberries
Unusual Fruit
Upcoming Events
2026 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series
February 27, 2026 : Session 1 - The Impacts of Weather on Pome Fruit Quality and Storability: Lessons Learned
The Impacts of Weather on Pome Fruit Quality and Storability: Lessons from 2025 - The first meetup will be conducted live on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 10:30pm (PST)/1:30pm (EST). The webinar will last 90 minutes. The format will include brief presentations by two SPARC scientists, followed by a packer/grower panel of industry leaders across North America. The meetup will conclude with an open discussion in a very inclusive virtual format. Viewers are invited to share solutions, ask questions, and interact with scientists and panelists. The program is free of charge.
June 11, 2026 : Session 2
Details to follow.
June 18, 2026
Details to follow.
June 25, 2026 : Session 4
Details to follow.
2026 Tree Fruit Scouting Online Course
February 25, 2026 : Week 1 - IPM Fundamentals + Tools
This course trains tree fruit growers, orchard employees, industry professionals and interested students on the biology, identification and monitoring of major economically significant orchard pests, using an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. This course is FREE and provides an annual opportunity for growers to refresh their knowledge in advance of the growing season. Register by February 18th.
March 4, 2026 : Week 2 - Insects: Part 1
This course trains tree fruit growers, orchard employees, industry professionals and interested students on the biology, identification and monitoring of major economically significant orchard pests, using an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. This course is FREE and provides an annual opportunity for growers to refresh their knowledge in advance of the growing season. Register by February 18th.
March 11, 2026 : Week 3 - Insects: Part 2
This course trains tree fruit growers, orchard employees, industry professionals and interested students on the biology, identification and monitoring of major economically significant orchard pests, using an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. This course is FREE and provides an annual opportunity for growers to refresh their knowledge in advance of the growing season. Register by February 18th.
March 18, 2026 : Week 4 - Diseases
This course trains tree fruit growers, orchard employees, industry professionals and interested students on the biology, identification and monitoring of major economically significant orchard pests, using an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. This course is FREE and provides an annual opportunity for growers to refresh their knowledge in advance of the growing season. Register by February 18th.
March 25, 2026 : Week 5 - Weeds, Wildlife, + Wrap-Up
This course trains tree fruit growers, orchard employees, industry professionals and interested students on the biology, identification and monitoring of major economically significant orchard pests, using an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. This course is FREE and provides an annual opportunity for growers to refresh their knowledge in advance of the growing season. Register by February 18th.
Northeast Fruit Consortium Winter Webinar Series
February 4, 2026 : Management of Up and Coming Strawberry Diseases in the Northeastern United States
February 11, 2026 : Kiwiberry Production in the Northeast
February 18, 2026 : Apple Color and Sunburn
February 25, 2026 : The Dating Game; Updates in Lepidopteran Mating Disruption