Event Details
Date
September 8, 2016
Time
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
NYS Agricultural Experiment Station
3350 Gates Road farm, Veg Research Farm
Geneva, NY 14456
Cost
$10.00 CVP enrollee
(additional attendee $10.00 ea.)
$15.00 all others
(additional attendee $15.00 ea.)
Includes supper if pre-registered by Sept 6
At the Door
$15.00 CVP enrollee
$20.00 all others
Supper cannot be guaranteed unless you pre-register for this event
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramCarol MacNeil
585-313-8796
email Carol MacNeil
2016 NYS Dry Bean Field Meeting
September 8, 2016
This year the NYS Dry Bean Meeting will be held at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY, to view dry bean research trials there. See directions to each part of the meeting within the agenda below.
Join us to view the Cornell Dry Bean Variety Trial, including 42 varieties/numbered lines of black, light and dark red kidney, cranberry and white kidney beans compared for yield, maturity, plant type and quality. Cornell lines bred for adaptability to NYS weather, pod height and white mold resistance are also included. There will also be updates on white mold and dry bean management research, and the status of the Western bean cutworm infestation in dry beans.
AGENDA:
5:00 pm Gates Rd. Farm - 3350 Gates Rd, Geneva, NY, between Rt. 5 & 20 and County Rd. 4, 2.5 miles west of the city of Geneva; Follow signs to the trial!
Registration, DEC/CCA sign-up, refreshments - Carol MacNeil, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
5:15 Welcome to the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station - Jim Ballerstein, Cornell
5:20 Update on weed management trials - Darcy Telenko, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
5:40 Dry Bean Variety Trial - New varieties compared to standards - Jim Ballerstein, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell - Geneva (42 varieties/numbered lines of black, light and dark red kidney, cranberry and white kidney compared for yield, maturity, plant type and quality)
6:10 Travel to the Vegetable Research Farm - Turn left from the Gates Farm onto Gates Rd. Turn right at County Rd. 4. Turn right into the Cornell Vegetable Research Farm.
6:20 Development and evaluation of dry bean varieties highly adapted for NYS - Phil Griffiths, Cornell
6:40 Update on white mold research in dry beans - Sarah Pethybridge, Cornell
7:00 Travel to Jordan Hall Pavilion - Turn right from the Veg Research Farm onto County Rd. 4. Cross PreEmption Rd. and continue to Jordan Hall, on the left.
7:10 What's new with industry?
7:15 Western bean cutworm update - Carol MacNeil, CCE, CVP, and Keith Waldron, NYS IPM Field Crops Coordinator
7:30 Pick up DEC certificates; Light supper
8:00 Adjourn and safe trip home!
0.75 DEC recertification credits in categories 1a, 10, 21, and 23, and CCA credits will be available.
Cost: $10 Cornell Vegetable Program enrollees; $15 all others, if pre-registered by Tuesday, September 6. Contact Carol MacNeil to pre-register by calling 585-313-8796 or pay online. Special needs, contact Carol MacNeil.
We appreciate the generous support of Gowan, King Cole Bean, and New York Bean for sponsoring this event! Thanks to the NYS Dry Bean Industry for supporting 2016 Dry Bean Research!
