Hudson Valley Commercial Vegetable Growers’ School & Mini Trade Show

February 24, 2015


Hudson Valley Commercial Vegetable Growers' School & Mini Trade Show
Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 8:30 am to 4:15 pm
Villa Venezia, 2257 Goshen Turnpike
Middletown, NY 10941

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:
8:30 Registration, DEC Recertification Sign-in, coffee and visit with our sponsors!

9:10 Welcome and Announcements—Teresa Rusinek, CCE Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program

9:15 Soil Health for Weather Resiliency — Carol MacNeil, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program

9:45 Root Crop Diseases Revisited - Dr. Sarah Pethybridge, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva

10:15 Industry Updates & Coffee Break

10:45 Farmworker Issues Update - Mary Jo Dudley- Cornell University, Cornell Farmworker Program

11:15 Business Management Updates—Maire Ullrich, CCE Orange County/ENYCHP

11:30 Irish Potato Variety Trial Results - Chuck Bornt, CCE ENYCHP

11:45 Oomycete Panel Discussion - Crystal Stewart CCE ENYCHP, Margaret McGrath, Cornell University
and Brian Leckie, Cornell University, Dept. Plant Breeding

12:15 Hot Buffet Lunch, Visit with Sponsors

1:10 Bio-Pesticides Products from Certis-, H. Brett Highland, PhD. Field Development Manager,
Certis USA

1:40 Bio-Pesticides Products from BioWorks- John Francis, Technical Services Manager, BioWorks Inc.,
Victor, NY

2:10 Bio-Pesticides Efficacy Trials- Margaret McGrath, Cornell University, Long Island Horticultural
Research & Extension Center

2:40 Leek Moth Update - Amy Ivy, CCE ENYCHP

2:55 Break

3:10 Sweet Onion Variety Trial - Brian M. Leckie, Cornell University, Dept. Plant Breeding

3:30 Thrips Management and Subterranean Mites and Insects— Brian Nault- Cornell University,
NYSAES, Geneva

4:15 Surveys, Adjourn and pick up DEC sheets

This meeting has received 3.50 NYS DEC Pesticide Recertification credits in Categories 1A, 23, and 10.





Agenda (PDF; 304KB)

Vegetable School Registration Form (PDF; 50KB)