Ontario Produce Auction Winter Growers Meeting

January 9, 2019


This meeting is our annual winter educational event for Ontario Produce Auction growers. This year we focus on disease management in high tunnel tomatoes, vine crops and greenhouse flowers. Grower and buyer panels will be presented as well irrigation and plastic mulch.

DEC pesticide applicator recertification credits have been requested.

Tentative Agenda:
9:30am  Coffee and Registration

10:00 Introduction -- Jonas Burkholder, Ontario Produce Auction board of directors

10:15 High Tunnel Tomato Pest and Disease Management -- Judson Reid, Cornell Cooperative Extension

10:45 Auction Overview and Grower Viewpoint -- panel
  
11:15 Vine Crops for Auction -- Ontario Produce Auction farmer

11:45 Lunch, provided by Ontario Produce Auction

12:45pm Seed, products and Varieties -- Harris Seed Rep

1:00 Greenhouse Flowers and Spring Transplants-Disease Management -- Brian Eshenuar, NYS IPM Ornamentals

1:45 Irrigation of Vegetable Crops on Plastic Mulch -- Ontario Produce Auction farmer

2:00 Buyer Panel and Q&A

2:30 Adjourn

Attendees will present an ID and record their certification ID number, print name and sign the Recertification Training Roster. The roster will be secured by a Cornell Vegetable Program representative and only the attendees who sit for the entire course will be awarded a certificate.  

For more information, contact Judson Reid.