It's going to be a Weed Control Extravaganza at this year's Oswego County Onion Growers Twilight Meeting! Bring weed samples for identification. 2.25 DEC recertification credits will be available (categories 1A, 10 and 23). CCA credits will also be available. This meeting is being organized by Oswego County Vegetable Growers and Improvement Association and CCE Cornell Vegetable Program.

AGENDA:
4:00 Registration, sign up for DEC and CCA credits, visit displays, and get your weed samples identified

4:30 New Onion Fungicide Recommendations for 2021 -- Christy Hoepting, Cornell Cooperative Extension Vegetable Program

4:50 Feasibility of Using Entomopathogenic Nematodes (EPN) for Managing Onion Maggot -- Camila Filgueiras and Denis Willet, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell Agri-Tech

5:10 Pigweed Identification and Why it Matters -- Lynn Sosnoskie, SIPS Horticulture, Cornell Agri-Tech

5:40 Onion Herbicide Mode of Action (MOA) -- Elizabeth Buck, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

6:00 Travel to Herbicide Trial

6:15 Onion Herbicide Trial Tour -- Christy Hoepting and Elizabeth Buck, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

7:00 Fill out evaluations, pick up DEC certificates, and adjourn

7:15 Pulled Pork Dinner catered by Chubby's Sports Bar & Grill -- RSVP by June 18 to Sam Allen. Email Sam or call 315-345-1592.

This meeting is FREE thanks to the generous support of our sponsors!

Contact Christy Hoepting for more information regarding the educational program.