Event Details
Date
March 6, 2018
Time
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Location
First United Methodist Church
8221 Lewiston Rd (Rt 63)
Batavia, NY 14020
Cost
$25.00 CVP enrollee
(additional attendee $25.00 ea.)
$35.00 Non-CVP enrollee
(additional attendee $35.00 ea.)
Includes lunch if pre-registered by March 1
At the Door
$25.00 CVP enrollees
$35.00 All others
Lunch cannot be guaranteed unless pre-registered.
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramJulie Kikkert
585-394-3977 x404
email Julie Kikkert
2018 NYS Dry Bean Meeting - Sponsorship Opportunities
March 6, 2018
Join us for research and production updates on dry bean varieties and bean breeding, weed management, Western bean cutworm, and white mold disease. A market analysis will be provided as well. We will review research priorities and gather suggestions for future educational programs. DEC recertification credits and CCA credits will be available.
Agenda Topics:
- Market analysis update - John McCreedy, New York Bean LLC
- Weed management roundtable discussion and review of industry concerns form the 2017 growing season - Julie Kikkert, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program, and John Wallace, Cornell
- Towards a durable management strategy for white mold in dry beans in NY - Sarah Pethybridge, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell - Geneva
- Breeding, evaluation and development of dry bean varieties that are highly adapted to NYS growing environments and markets - Phil Griffiths, Cornell
- Comparison of new and standard dry bean varieties at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station Research Farm - Jim Ballerstein, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell - Geneva
- What's new from industry?
- Crop insurance education project update - Daniel Welch, NY FarmNet
- Cool school food: Encouraging the use of dry beans in school lunches, and promoting the health aspects of dry bean consumption - Amie Hamlin, Coalition for Healthy School Food
- The magnitude and distribution of western bean cutworm and the risk to dry bean production - Marion Zuefle, NYS IPM Program
- Report on the NYS Dry Bean Endowment for dry bean research - Shelly Vaccaro, NYSAES, Cornell - Geneva
- 2:10 PM - Adjourn educational meeting and pick up DEC certificates
- 2:15-2:30 PM - NYS Dry Bean Industry Advisory Committee Meeting - John McCreedy
This event is sponsored by New York Bean LLC.
Sponsor opportunities are available.
Questions or special needs, contact Julie Kikkert. In case of bad weather, call 585-313-8160.
Sorry, the opportunity to sponsor this event has passed.

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