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June 2023
2023 Muck Onion Growers Twilight Meeting in Oswego

June 22, 2023
4:00 pm - 6:50 pm; catered dinner at 7:00 pm
John Dunsmoor Farm -- Lake Elizabeth
Oswego, NY
Open the all Onion Enthusiasts, the 2023 Muck Onion Growers Twilight Meeting will feature new developments in fungicide resistance and efficacy for Stemphylium leaf blight, and roll out of 2023 fungicide cheat sheets. Tour a herbicide trial with demonstrations of what to do if you miss pre-emergent application of Buctril, when it's too dry for Prowl to work properly, and killing big weeds in little onions (post-emergent herbicides). Tour the onion maggot insecticide trial and hear thrips management updates. This educational event is immediately followed by a catered dinner; both are FREE thanks to generous sponsors!
2.0 DEC recertification credits available in categories 1A, 10 and 23, and 0.25 credits in category 4. CCA credits will also be available.
Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Meeting for Auction Growers (Ontario)

June 27, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Amos Zimmerman Farm
Rushville, NY
This meeting is a peer learning event that gathers produce auction growers together to tour another farmer's produce farm. A pest management discussion will be facilitated by Cornell Vegetable Program. Details on each topic will focus on field observations at the farm.
DEC recertification credits will be offered (1.75 credits in categories 10, 1a, 23, 24).
July 2023
WNY Vegetable Field Walk (Chautauqua)

July 11, 2023
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Andy E Yoder's Farm
Frewsburg, NY
Walk from crop to crop, learning hands-on pest, disease and weed ID and scouting techniques. IPM control tactics for both preventative and reactive management will be discussed in group dialogues. 2.0 DEC credits offered (categories 1a, 23).
Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Meeting for Auction Growers (FLPA)

July 12, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Kenneth Hurst Farm
Hammondsport, NY
This meeting is a peer learning event that gathers produce auction growers together to tour another farmer's produce farm. A pest management discussion will be facilitated by Cornell Vegetable Program. Details on each topic will focus on field observations at the farm.
DEC recertification credits will be offered (1.75 credits in categories 10, 1a, 23, 24).
WNY Vegetable Field Walk (Orleans)

July 19, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Johnson Creek Produce
Lyndonville, NY
Walk from crop to crop, learning hands-on pest, disease and weed ID and scouting techniques. IPM control tactics for both preventative and reactive management will be discussed in group dialogues. 2.0 DEC credits offered (categories 1a, 23).
August 2023
Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Meeting for Auction Growers (Seneca)

August 2, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
David Peachey Farm
Romulus, NY
This meeting is a peer learning event that gathers produce auction growers together to tour another farmer's produce farm. A pest management discussion will be facilitated by Cornell Vegetable Program. Details on each topic will focus on field observations at the farm.
DEC recertification credits will be offered (1.75 credits in categories 10, 1a, 23, 24).
Niagara Erie Regional Produce Meeting
August 2, 2023
5:30pm - 7:45pm
Robinson Farms
Lockport, NY

A fresh market vegetable field meeting covering conventional and organic techniques. Must pre-register by noon on 8/2 to attend dinner (585-406-3419). Free to attend.
Topics
- Biopesticide modes of action
- Tomato bacterial disease control
- Soil health practices
- Crop protection updates from BASF
- Field Walk
Pizza & Wings dinner at 5:30
Meeting 6:00 - 7:45 pm
1.25 DEC credits available in 1a, 10, 23
Agronomic Weed Management and Cover Crop Field Session

August 15, 2023
3:30 - 7:15 pm sessions; program followed by dinner
Property across from 5701 Burton Rd
Orchard Park, NY
This field meeting will include talks on emerging problem weed species, dealing with changing herbicide efficacy and the impact of erratic weather, managing spray water to improve herbicide efficacy, and soil health practices. See a demo of calibrating and using a dual seed box drill to establish a cover crop. Learn about Erie County Soil and Water's soil health equipment lending program. We'll have field demos of various cover crops too! DEC credits in CORE, 1a, 10, 21 and 23.
Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting, 2023

August 24, 2023
6:00 - 7:00 pm with dinner to follow
Mahany Farms
Dansville, NY
Learn about updates in insect pest control in potatoes and view this year's chipping potato variety trial! 1.0 DEC credit available.


Upcoming Events
2025 New York State Potato School

February 11 - February 12, 2025
Waterloo, NY
This year's program will feature speakers covering critically important topics like disease management, updates in storage techniques, new varieties, and other production management practices. New for this year will be the Processor Panel where guests will have the chance to interact with some of the major chip processors in the northeast. Your participation will also earn you DEC and CCA points.
Remote Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training
February 12, 2025
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange and Oneida Counties, the Cornell Vegetable Program, Harvest NY, and the Eastern NY Horticulture Team on Feb. 12 for a remote Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) training. Good Agricultural Practices is a voluntary food safety audit program requiring minimum standards for the production, handling, packing, and storing of fresh fruits and vegetables, and is required by some buyers. Trainers will cover food safety best management practices related to worker training, preharvest assessments and wildlife management, water testing, postharvest handling, hygienic equipment design and efficient wash-pack setups, how to write a farm food safety plan, and more. The training will follow the USDA GAPs audit checklist so that farms will be prepared for an audit. A NYSDAM GAPs auditor will join us to discuss audit logistics and answer questions from participants. Following the course, we will offer a series of virtual office hours to follow up with course participants to assist them with writing their farm food safety plan, which is mandatory for the GAPs audit. Participants will receive a certificate of course completion after the training.
Food Safety Lunch and Learn Webinar Series
February 11, 2025 : Part One: What's Going on with Food Safety?
NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets FSMA inspectors are expected to step up farm visits this season. Why are they showing up on the farm asking about FSMA? Aren't we exempt? This noontime hour we will discuss the purpose of the farm visits and what produce farmers need to know.
February 18, 2025 : Part Two: What Counts as Food Processing?
In this session, we will discuss what counts as processing and what doesn't. Stories of inspectors coming to farmers markets and auctions telling some growers certain products can't be sold usually without much explanation. We will try to make some sense of things and clear up some misunderstandings so hopefully the upcoming season goes smoothly.
February 25, 2025 : Part Three: Traceability - Benefits for Food Safety and Beyond
Can having a traceback process for your produce (and other farm products) make good business sense regardless of FSMA regulations? We will (try to) make the case for farms to have some sort of traceability mechanism in place.