Author: Terence Bradshaw

Passing this on from another colleague at UVM Extension. -TB Subject: Agritourism Operation Checklists and Self-Assessment — Tuesday at 7pm Agritourism Operation Checklists and Self-Assessment Tuesday, May 11, 7-8pm Eastern Time No charge but you must register in advance. Register HERE Are you ready to welcome visitors to your farm during the evolving pandemic? Join…

Forwarding from our Cornell colleagues across the lake. -TB Dr. Terence Robinson, Dan Olmstead, and others will continue to present the detailed and practical implications for bloom thinning with and without the use of the Pollen Tube Growth Model in apples. There will be ample time for questions and discussion. At meeting time, please click…

Passing this on from the VT AAgency of Agriculture, Food & Markets. -TB Good morning Terry, Please share the upcoming COVID-19 related sessions with fruit growers as you see fit. Thanks, Ollie Ollie Cultrara (they/them) Produce Program Outreach & Education Coordinator Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets | agriculture.vermont.gov Cell: (802) 461-5128 | 94…

I may be a little late in getting this out, but everyone in the state should be prepared for the expected scab infection event that will be occurring Wednesday – Friday of this week. The NEWA model for some sites is still reading low for ascospore maturity- they are working on that in the back…

Buds are swelling in Vermont vineyards. At the UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center in South Burlington, yesterday, bud stages sorted into two general categories. Most ‘Minnesota’ cultivars (Marquette, Brianna, Itasca, Frontenac) are at the ‘wool’ bud stage; and most of the newer Plocher cultivars (also from Minnesota- Petite Pearl, Crimson Pearl, Verona) are a…

I’ve been getting a lot of questions- interestingly, none from growers- about the effect of this weather on fruit buds in the state. My answer has been consistent: I’m not concerned about what we’ve seen so far, but I am concerned about what we may see ahead. Dr. Rob Crassweller at Penn State wrote a…

Sharing this meeting from colleagues at University of New Hampshire. The weed management discussion should be especially of interest. -TB Tree Fruit [Virtual] Twilight Meeting Wed, 04/28/2021 6:00pm – 7:45pm Topics: Early Season Disease Management Considerations, NEWA Updates and Tree Fruit Weed IPM Dr. Cheryl Smith, Plant Health Specialist with UNH Extension will cover early-season…

It’s looking like we have a likely apple scab infection period coming midweek in most parts of the state. Anyone who went into the rain / snow with copper or a fungicide, that’s likely gone. We’re also getting into the window where more spores are maturing (aside from cooler upland / inland sites, you probably…

Sharing from VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets. -TB Registration (free) is open for the Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (VORS), an annual event celebrating compost and other forms of organics recycling. This year, VORS is a weeklong series of webinars, discussions, and virtual tours May 3-7. Sessions of particular interest for farmers include: On-Farm…

April 14, 2021: The forecast for the end of this week keeps looking worse- or better, depending on your point of view. Many of us are concerned about the advanced bud development on trees, which is about two weeks ahead of normal in some sites. We had McIntosh at tight cluster over the weekend on…