Event Details
Date
February 25, 2015
Time
8:00 am - 4:15 pm
Location
PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: Best Western Sovereign Hotel
1228 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
Cost
$30.00 ENYCHP enrollee
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)
$50.00 Non-ENYCHP Enrollee
(additional attendee $50.00 ea.)
Host
Cornell Vegetable Program
Pre-Registration Deadline: February 26, 2015
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Capital District Commercial Vegetable Growers' School and Mini Trade Show!
February 25, 2015Capital District Commercial Vegetable Growers' School and Mini Trade Show!
Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 8:00 am to 4:15 pm (PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION)
Best Western Sovereign Hotel
1228 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203
Cost: $30 per person (includes lunch and all meeting materials) for enrolled ENYCHP members, $50 for non-enrolled participants. Must be pre-registered by February 18, 2015
Meeting agenda:
8:00 Registration, DEC Recertification Sign-up, coffee and visit with our sponsors!
8:50 Introduction and announcements - Chuck Bornt, CCE Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program
9:00 Thrips Management and Subterranean Mites and Insects— Brian Nault- Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva
9:30 Cover Crops for Cash—Aaron Gabriel, CCE Capital Area Agricultural Horticulture Program
10:00 Root Crop Diseases Revisited - Dr. Sarah Pethybridge, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva
10:30 Industry Updates & Coffee Break
11:00 Soil Health for Weather Resiliency — Carol MacNeil, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
11:30 Irish Potato Variety Trial Results - Chuck Bornt, CCE ENYCHP
11:45 Hudson Valley Farm Link—Tim Biello, American Farmland Trust
12:00 Hot Buffet Lunch, Visit with Sponsors
12:50 Bio-Pesticides Products from Certis-, H. Brett Highland, PhD. Field Development Manager,
Certis USA
1:20 Bio-Pesticides Products from BioWorks- John Francis, Technical Services Manager, BioWorks Inc.,
Victor, NY
1:50 Bio-Pesticides Efficacy Trials- Margaret McGrath, Cornell University, Long Island Horticultural
Research & Extension Center
2:20 Oomycete Panel Discussion - Crystal Stewart CCE ENYCHP, Margaret McGrath, Cornell University
and Brian Leckie, Cornell University, Dept. Plant Breeding
3:05 Break
3:15 Sweet Onion Variety Trial - Brian M. Leckie, Cornell University, Dept. Plant Breeding
3:30 Leek Moth - Amy Ivy, CCE ENYCHP
3:45 Tomato Bacterial Diseases—Teresa Rusinek, CCE ENYCHP
4:15 Evaluations, pick up DEC Sheets and Adjourn
We have received 4.5 DEC Recertification credits for this location in Categories 1A, 23 and 10.
Agenda (PDF; 283KB)
Vegetable School Registration Form (PDF; 50KB)
