Thursday, December 17

Trade Show, 8am-2pm

Morning Program

9:30 – 12:00, Five Concurrent Sessions

Brambles
Location: Salon A
Moderator: David Handley
Pesticide credits: 2.0, CCA credits: 2.0 crop, 0.5 pest

  • 9:30 Getting Started with Raspberries
    Dr.David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
  • 10:00 Raspberry Varieties for the Cold
    Pam Fisher, Ontario Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  • 10:30 Raspberries in High Tunnels: Opportunites & Challenges
    Kathy Demchak, Pennsylvania State University
  • 11:00 Raspberry Insect Management
    Pam Fisher, Ontario Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  • 11:30 What About Blackberries? Options for the Northeast
    Kathy Demchak, Pennsylvania State University

Brassica
Location: Curriers
Moderator: Ruth Hazzard
Pesticide credits: 1.0, CCA credits: 0.5 crop, 0.5 pest

  • 9:30 Improve your cash-flow with winter vegetables
    Jan van der Heide, Bejo Seeds, Inc.
  • 10:00 Winter sprouting broccoli: new crop for early spring
    Becky Sideman, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
  • 10:15 In search of the perfect brussels sprout
    Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
  • 10:30 Downy mildew, Alternaria and other diseases
    Ann Hazelrigg, University of Vermont
  • 11:00 Growing broccoli and cauliflower from spring through fall
    Jim Golonka, Golonka Farm
  • 11:30 Selecting brassicas for freeze-hardiness and yield
    Brett Grohsgal, Evenstar Farm

Nutrient Value of Plants for Human Health
Location: Frost/Hawthorne
Moderator: Martin Gent
CCA credits: 2.0 crop, 0.5 nutrient

  • 9:30 Production of Hydroponic Tomatoes Rich in Flavor and Bioactive Compounds
    Chieri Kubota, University of Arizona
  • 10:00 Changes with season of nutrients in salad greens grown in high tunnels
    Martin Gent, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
  • 10:30 Phenolic Phytochemicals in Fruits & Vegetables are Linked to Health Benefits
    Kalidas Shetty, University of Massachusetts
  • 11:00 Post-harvest changes in Squash
    Dr. Brent Loy, University of New Hampshire
  • 11:30 Improving carotenoid phytochemical concentrations in vegetable crops
    Dean Kopsell, University of Tennessee

Tomatoes
Location: Armory
Moderator: George Hamilton
Pesticide credits: 2.0, CCA credits: 1.5 pest, 0.5 nutrient

  • 9:30 The ABC's, I mean NPK's, of tomato production
    Dean Kopsell, University of Tennessee
  • 10:00 Properly Identifying Tomato Diseases
    Dr. Cheryl Smith, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
  • 10:30 How to Develop a Season-Long Disease Control Program
    Meg McGrath, Cornell University
  • 11:00 Late Blight: What Happened in 2009
    Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
  • 11:30 Late Blight Discussion Session: What worked and what didn't
    Dr. Cheryl Smith, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Meg McGrath, Cornell University, Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Viticulture I
Location: Salon BCD
Moderator: Sonia Schloemann
Pesticide credits: 1.5, CCA credits: 1.5 crop, 1.0 pest

  • 9:30 Managing Insect Pests in Grapes
    Greg Loeb, Cornell University
  • 10:00 Powdery and Downy Mildew; major problems in eastern vineyards
    Peter Oudemans, Rutgers University
  • 10:30 Wine and Table Grape Varieties for New England
    Bruce Reich, Cornell University
  • 11:00 Winegrape Cultivar Trials in CT
    William Nail, Connecticut AG Experiment Station
  • 11:30 New Technology in Vineyard Spraying
    Andrew Landers, Cornell University

 


Afternoon Program

2:00 – 4:30, Five Concurrent Sessions

Greenhouse Tomato
Location: Armory
Moderator: Martin Gent
Pesticide credits: 1.0, CCA credits: 0.5 crop, 0.5 pest, 1.0 nutrient

  • 2:00 Review of Instrumentation to Control the Greenhouse Environment
    Chieri Kubota, University of Arizona
  • 2:30 IPM Methods for Insect management
    Margaret Skinner, University of Vermont
  • 3:00 Growing Greenhouse tomatoes at Holmberg Orchards
    Russ Holmberg, Holmberg Orchards
  • 3:30 Organic Greenhouse Tomato Nutrient Management
    Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont
  • 4:00 Reciculating used Nutrient Solution for Greenhouse Tomato
    Martin Gent, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Irrigation
Location: Frost/Hawthorne
Moderator: Rich Bonanno
Pesticide credits: 0.5, CCA credits: 2.0 soil

  • 2:00 Basics of an Adaptable Irrigation System
    Fran Dellamano, Belle Terre Irrigation LLC
  • 2:30 Moving to a Mostly Drip System and Why
    Trevor Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm
  • 3:00 Finally Filtering the Pond Water for Drip
    Rich Bonanno, Pleasant Valley Gardens
  • 3:30 What's Everybody Up to Out There
    Dan Lenthall, NRCS
  • 4:00 A Fixed Spray System for Fruit Crops
    Andrew Landers, Cornell University

Marketing
Location: Curriers
Moderator: Frank Mangan
Pesticide credits: 1.0, CCA credits: 1.0 crop

  • 2:00 Market Trends: Organic, Local and Eco
    Michael Rozyne, Red Tomato
  • 2:30 Extending your Markets with High Tunnels
    Michael Orzolek, Pennsylvania State University
  • 3:00 Going from 3 to 40 Farmer’s Markets in Four Years
    Maria Moreira, Flats Mentor Farm
  • 3:30 Using Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification for your marketing
    Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
  • 4:00 How to Get Locally-grown Fresh Produce into the Boston Food System
    Frank Mangan, University of Massachusetts

Vine Crops
Location: Salon A
Moderator: Becky Sideman
Pesticide credits: 1.5, CCA credits: 2.0

  • 2:00 Evaluation of pickling and slicing cucumbers varieties
    Mark Hutton, University of Maine
  • 2:30 Cucumber-tomato intercropping production system
    Heather Bryant, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
  • 3:00 Pests and Partners: the effects of cucumber beetles on pollinators, mycorrhizal fungi and yield in cucumbers
    Nick Barber, University of Maine
  • 3:30 Growing Cantaloupes in Cool Climates!
    Mark Guzzi, Peacemeal Farm
  • 4:00 What's New with Vine Crop Diseases and their Management
    Meg McGrath, Cornell University

Viticulture II
Location: Salon BCD
Moderator: Sonia Schloemann
Pesticide credits: 2.0, CCA credits: 1.0 crop, 0.5 pest

  • 2:00 Canopy Management for Quality
    Justin Scheiner, Cornell University/NY Ag Expt Station
  • 2:30 Table Grapes- a growing market
    Dennis Rak, Double A Vineyards
  • 3:15 Vine Training and Pruning for New England
    William Nail, CT Ag Exp Station
  • 3:45 IPM for Cold Climate Viticulture
    Sonia Schloemann, University of Massachusetts

 

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