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Event Offers DEC Credits

Event Details

Date

February 29, 2016

Time

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location

CCE Ontario County (remote location CCE Erie)
Canandaigua and East Aurora, NY

Cost

This event is free.

Host

Cornell Vegetable Program

Carol MacNeil
585-313-8796

Pre-Registration Deadline: February 24, 2016

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Forecasting Potato/Tomato Late Blight Risk for YOUR Farm

February 29, 2016

Forecasting Potato/Tomato Late Blight Risk for YOUR Farm

Learn how to use the late blight forecast tool on your farm. Participants will set up their personal farm accounts on the Late Blight Decision Support System (DSS) website, defining the location of their farm/fields, and their varieties. Users can sign up for email/text alerts regarding when fungicide sprays are needed. Once basic farm/crop information is in a user's account, they can access DSS reports and input fungicide sprays by smartphone or tablet.

A laptop computer capable of wireless internet access is needed for the workshop. If you need to borrow a laptop or have questions about the workshop or the LB Decision Support System contact Carol MacNeil.

* * * * * This event will be hosted at CCE Ontario County, 480 N Main St in Canandaigua. However, the event will also be broadcast at CCE Erie County, 21 S Grove St, East Aurora, NY 14052. If you wish to attend the Erie County location, please contact Eva McKendry at 716-652-5400 x150 or email Eva with your name, phone number and town. * * * * *


AGENDA:
1:00 PM Introductions and sign-up for NYS DEC Pesticide Credits (bring your ID card and stay until the end)

1:15 Brief review of late blight (LB) identification, risk factors, management - Carol MacNeil, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

1:30 Using the LB Decision Support System (DSS) forecast - NYS IPM, Cornell, and Cornell Vegetable Program
- Introduction to the LB DSS
- Logging on - Designating your farm location, varieties & planting date
- Inputting sprays online or by smart phone, choosing a weather station
- Signing up for text/email alerts

Growers/consultants set up their farms on the DSS - with Cornell/CCE assistance

2:20 Break

2:30 Using the LB Decision Support System (DSS) continued:
- DSS outputs, interpretation and using the info on your farm -
- Incorporating irrigation into DSS, simulating alternative spray programs, Infection Risk Tool (from LB confirmations beyond your farm)

  Growers/consultants explore DSS outputs, LB risk from infected fields, irrigation, simulations, etc - with Cornell/CCE assistance

3:20 Your own on-farm weather station for more accurate forecasts - John Gibbons, NYS IPM Program and CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

3:40 Questions and answers

4:00 PM Adjourn and receive DEC pesticide certificates

FREE - but pre-registration is required by February 24. Pre-register online or by contacting Carol MacNeil.

DEC and CCA credits will be available if you have not taken the class before.




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JOB POSTING: Onion Crop Scout

Be a Vital Part of New York Onion Production!

We are looking for someone who appreciates agriculture to scout commercial onion fields in Oswego Co. and/or Wayne Co. for 13 weeks during the summer, maximum 19 hours/week, who would return to the seasonal position annually.

As an Onion Crop Scout for the Cornell Vegetable Program (CVP), you will independently scout 11 commercial onion fields collecting data on insect pests, diseases, weeds and crop stage/quality. Scouting data will be summarized into a preliminary report which is finalized by Cornell's Onion Specialist. Growers use the scouting reports to inform their spray decisions, which enables an integrated approach to pest management. Your hard work will ensure grower engagement, implementation of research-based recommendations, and early detection of emerging issues. It is the "beating heart" of CVP's onion program.

Pay: $18.50/hr. No benefits. Personal mileage will be reimbursed at the federal rate.

Key Qualifications & Skills:
  • High School diploma and 6 months experience in an agriculture setting, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the position and have reliable transportation as well as have and maintain a valid and unrestricted New York State driver's license.
  • Visual concentration and attention to detail are required to detect pests and pest damage.
  • Able to work independently in collecting and summarizing data.
  • Must be able to work outdoors in all types of weather.
  • Proven experience in communicating effectively, both written and oral.
  • Preferred: Experience working with plants, plant disease and other pest identification.
Training will include being accompanied by a veteran onion scout for the first season with the intention of scouting independently in the second year, and ideally for several more years after.

Flexible on start and end dates, day(s) of week you work, and whether Oswego or Wayne or both counties are scouted. Our priority is finding someone who will return to the position annually.

Read details about the Onion Crop Scout position.

To apply (resume and cover letter): http://tiny.cc/Onion_Scout_WDR_00043345