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Julie Kikkert
Team Leader, Extension Vegetable SpecialistCCE Ontario County
480 North Main Street
585-394-3977 x404
Canandaigua, NY 14424-1049
phone 585-394-3977 x404
cell 585-313-8160
fax 585-394-0377
email Julie
Areas of Interest
Processing Crops
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Snap Beans, Beets, Carrots, Peas, Sweet Corn
Background
Julie Kikkert has had a life-long interest in plant biology and was formally trained in Horticulture and Plant Physiology. She came to Cornell University more than 20 years ago, initially conducting research in plant biotechnology at the Geneva Experiment Station. For the past decade, she has worked for Cornell Cooperative Extension in commercial vegetable production, with a focus on processing vegetables.
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Upcoming Events
Niagara Region Vegetable Meeting
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August 14, 2024
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.
2024 Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting
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August 20, 2024
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!