Events - month view
earlier monthsJune 2024
Indoor Mushroom Cultivation, Post-Harvest Handling, and Food Safety
June 6, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Flat #12 Mushrooms
Buffalo, NY
This workshop is intended for mushroom producers and those considering mushroom production. Hosted by CCE Wyoming County, the workshop includes a tour and discussion of Flat #12 Mushrooms production process, from substrate to sales, including their food safety plan creation, implementation, and the audit process. Alternative production methods will also be discussed.
Tour, Tarps & Talk!
June 12, 2024
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Kirby Farm Market
Brockport, NY
We will view two tarping demos to see the effect of overwinter tarping on nitrogen availability and best practices for terminating large cover crops using a tarp. Chad Kirby will then give us a short tour of his production spaces near the market, which include vegetable, tree fruit and floriculture crops. Then it is time to snack, network, and talk shop with other growers!
2024 Muck Onion Growers Twilight Meeting in Oswego
June 20, 2024
4:00 pm - 6:50 pm meeting; catered dinner at 7:00 pm
Dunsmoor Farms
Oswego, NY
Open to all Onion Enthusiasts, the Muck Onion Growers Twilight Meeting will feature new fungicide recommendations for 2024, and onion insect pest management updates featuring seed treatment combinations for onion maggot control. View our onion herbicide trial with pre- and post-emergent control of marsh yellowcress, Lamb's quarters and ragweed. 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 0.5 credits in category 5. CCA credits will also be available.
July 2024
Chautauqua Produce Auction Vegetable Growers Meeting
July 9, 2024
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
vegetable farm at the top of the hill near
Conewango Valley, NY
A field walk will include aggressive pepper anthracnose, potato management, slugs, corn earworm, and more. 2.0 DEC credits in categories 1a and 23 (veg).
Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Field Meetings for Auction Growers
July 12, 2024 : Yates County
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Mahlon Hoover Jr.'s farm
Himrod, NY
A hands-on demonstration of weed, insect and disease identification in vegetables including management options such as inter-row cover crops, grafting and where appropriate, spray options will be used to educate growers. Details on each topic will focus on field observations at the farm. 1.75 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, 23, and 24.
WNY Vegetable Summer Field Walk (Orleans)
July 15, 2024
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Lloyd Stauffer's farm
Lyndonville, NY
Rescheduled from 7/10/24 due to weather. Meeting starts in the field. We will progress 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. The group will return to the pack-house for research update presentations. 2.0 DEC credits will be available in categories 1a and 23.
Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Field Meetings for Auction Growers
July 16, 2024 : Ontario County
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Daniel Nolt's farm
Stanley, NY
A hands-on demonstration of weed, insect and disease identification in vegetables including management options such as inter-row cover crops, grafting and where appropriate, spray options will be used to educate growers. Details on each topic will focus on field observations at the farm. 1.75 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, 23, and 24.
Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Field Meetings for Auction Growers
July 24, 2024 : Seneca County
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Levi Esh's farm
Romulus, NY
A hands-on demonstration of weed, insect and disease identification in vegetables including management options such as inter-row cover crops, grafting and where appropriate, spray options will be used to educate growers. Details on each topic will focus on field observations at the farm. 1.75 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, 23, and 24.
Lake Erie Region Vegetable Meeting
July 25, 2024
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Yerico Farms LLC
Dunkirk, NY
We'll take a look at sprayers, pepper anthracnose, and walk the fields discussing other crop production issues. 2.0 DEC credits in categories 1a, 10, and 23.
August 2024
Niagara Region Vegetable Meeting
August 14, 2024
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
starts at Root Down Farm
Clarence Center, NY
We'll start this meeting off at Root Down Farm to hear late season disease management updates in peppers and cole crops, plus current best management practices to limit fungicide resistance. Potato variety recommendations and disease control questions in potatoes will be addressed.
Then we'll head to Kreher's beet field to view and discuss alternative weed control technologies. The beet field is an on-farm demonstration of various flame weeding protocols in comparison with stacked tool cultivation equipment. One or two weeding robots will be on-hand for live demonstrations and discussion of the technology's current abilities and future potential. We'll also cover industry updates and a review of late summer disease management in squash.
2.0 DEC credits will be available in categories 23, 1a, and 10. Pre-registration requested.
2024 Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting
August 20, 2024
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, dinner follows
Mahany Farms
Dansville, NY
Join us for a brief, on-farm meeting including insect pest updates and viewing of the chipping potato variety trial. 1.0 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, and 23 will be offered. Dinner follows!
Upcoming Events
2025 Finger Lakes Auction Winter Growers Meeting
January 2, 2025
Penn Yan, NY
At this grower-focused meeting, ag industry experts will discuss pest control in vegetables, weed management strategies and best practices, seed germination, an introduction to foliar nutrient uptake in vegetables, and grouping flowers by growth needs. Plus we'll hear from a grower panel from Kutztown Produce Auction, moderated with NYS specific pest control from Judson Reid.
2.25 DEC recertification credits will be offered in categories 10, 1a, 23, and 24.
2025 Ontario Produce Auction Winter Growers Meeting
January 15, 2025
Stanley, NY
This grower-focused meeting will include information about pesticide applicator recertification and record keeping requirements, disease control in cole crops and vine crops, and using biocontrols for insect management in greenhouses. Several seed and ag input companies will be on-hand to share product news.
2.75 DEC recertification credits will be offered in categories 10, 1a, 23 and 24. CORE credits (0.5) offered too!
Intro to Food Safety and GAPs Training
February 19, 2025
via Zoom,
This virtual workshop will serve two purposes:
- For produce farms just interested in learning about farm food safety, this program will introduce principles and best practices.
- For produce farms look for a GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) training needed to meet buyer demands for audit/certification, this program will provide that as well.