Author: Terence Bradshaw

I don’t have a lot more to say than I said last time- if you’re expecting rain, expect to protect your orchard from apple scab. We are entering the accelerated phase of primary apple scab season now, and given how wet it was last year I expect there is a fair amount of inoculum out…

SPRING ORCHARD PEST AND POLLINATOR SHOWCASE Offered at two locations: Sweetland Farm 97 Kerwin Hill Road, Norwich, VT 05055 Thursday May 9, 2024 from 4:30-7:00pm UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center (HREC) and Catamount Educational Farm 65 Green Mountain Drive, South Burlington, VT 05403 Friday May 10, 2024 from 4:30 to 7:00pm Join the Vermont…

Good morning: The NEWA system that most of us rely on for pest models and forecasting is not importing data from any stations right now because the data centers at the National Weather Service that process the data are experiencing outages. Until it is back up, we’ll need to rely on some rules of thumb…

Wine Sensory Evaluation Workshop April 25, 2024, 9:00am – 12:00pm Miliea Estate Vineyard, 450 Hollow Rd, Staatsburg, NY 12580 Attendance Fee : $20.00/person In collaboration with Jeremy Schuster, Viticulture Specialist at the ENYCHP, Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield and Chris Gerling, Enology Extension Specialists with the Cornell Craft Beverage Institute, will be presenting a wine production-focused,…

Passing this in from the Agency of Agriculture. -TB Hello, The Agency of Agriculture is excited to announce that the Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) grant details will be released very soon! We’re reaching out to partners, TA providers, and those who supported our stakeholder engagement to offer a “heads up” that the RFA will…

At this time of the year, we should always be keeping an eye on the weather in the week ahead, and the shift toward warmer temperatures this week means that we may be seeing the first signs of green tissue on trees in many sites in Vermont. Green tip indicates the beginning of the growing…

A grower in Northern New Hampshire is retiring and selling his full line of commercial cider pressing equipment, including: · Greefa apple sorter with outfeed tables · Tew apple washer with infeed conveyor · Oesco Sanifeed with conveyor · 18" Oesco stainless table rack press (upgraded), with new cloths · 250 gallon stainless bulk tank…

I hope it’s not another nail biter of a season, but this ‘winter’ has many of us concerned about early bud break and spring frost risk on vines, again, for many. I want to highlight this webinar offered on 9:00-12:00 AM Thursday, March 14 by Michigan State University Extension Grape program that should be of…

I need this information by the end of the day Thursday, 2/29!!! Good evening: https://go.uvm.edu/23freezedamage I will be testifying Friday afternoon on VT House Bill H.813 that would provide funds to tree fruit growers affected by the May 18, 2023 freeze event. As written, the bill is restricted to tree fruit (mainly apple) growers, yet…

Sending this on behalf of the Duttons and the industry overall. The VT House Agriculture Committee is taking testimony Thursday on a bill to provide financial relief to farmers affected by last year’s freeze. Please se the information below if you’d like to participate. -TB Hello, fellow apple growers of Vermont, I am emailing you…