Expect many pest management updates and a tour of herbicide demonstrations at this year's Muck Onion Grower Twilight Meeting! 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, and visit displays

4:30 New Onion Fungicide Recommendations for 2022 -- Christy Hoepting, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell Vegetable Program

5:00 Onion Insect Pest Management Update -- Brian Nault, Department of Entomology, Cornell Agri-Tech

5:30 Stop the Rot Project Highlights: Progress Towards Managing Bacterial Bulb Rot of Onion -- Christy Hoepting, Emma van der Heide, and Sarah Caldwell, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

6:00 Travel to Herbicide Trial

6:15 Tour of Onion Herbicide Demonstrations --> Post-emergent Control of Volunteer Potatoes and Ragweed, and Pre-Emergent Weed Control -- Christy Hoepting, Emma van der Heide, and Sarah Caldwell, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

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

7:15 Catered Dinner -- RSVP by Monday, June 13 to Sam Allen. Email Sam to RSVP.

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

Contact Christy Hoepting for more information regarding the educational program.