Fresh Market Vegetable Production Meeting
Event Details
Date
July 1, 2021
Time
7:00pm - 8:45pm; optional dinner prior to the event
Location
Bowman Farms
1418 Milestrip Rd
Brant (North Collins), NY 14027
Cost
FREE!
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramElizabeth Buck
585-406-3419
email Elizabeth Buck
Organic and integrated pest management strategies will be covered related to fresh market vegetable crop production. Topics include sweet corn scouting and laser scarecrow update, alternatives to Lorsban for cabbage maggot control, foliar sampling for improved fertility management, best practices for biopesticide use, and gauging soil biological activity. 1.25 DEC credit in 1a and 23.
AGENDA
6:05pm Optional dinner for attendees of the Fresh Market Vegetable Production Meeting or the Potato Production Meeting. Pre-registration required by 5pm on June 28 to attend the dinner. Walk-ins accepted for meeting portion only, though pre-registration is appreciated.
6:45 DEC Credit Sign-in
7:00 Foliar Sampling & Fertility Management -- Timac Agro
7:20 Sweet Corn Scouting Tools and Laser Scarecrow Update -- Marion Zuefle, NYS IPM Program
7:50 Biopesticide Mode of Action & Successful Use Discussion -- Amara Dunn, NYS IPM Program
8:20 Alternatives to Lorsban for Cabbage Maggot Control -- Elizabeth Buck, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
8:35 Is Your Soil Biologically Active? -- Elizabeth Buck, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
8:45pm Adjourn, pick up DEC credit certificate
REGISTRATION
Register online or by call 716-652-5400 x176. Pre-register by 5pm on June 28 to be included in head count for the pre-meeting dinner.
COST
Meeting is free to attend thanks to the generous sponsorship of Timac Agro / Laing-Gro.

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