Category: IPM

The 2015 edition of the New England Tree Fruit Management Guide is in and may be ordered at: https://www.regonline.com/newenglandtreefruitmanagementguide. This guide represents the work of IPM professionals throughout New England, and is our primary resource for IPM and general production information available to growers. If you think your old guide will cut it, it won’t.…

Cornell Cooperative Extension will host two IPM trainings for Apple Growers later this month: Champlain Valley: April 21st, Clinton County CCE Office (Plattsburgh) Upper Hudson Valley: April 22nd, Saratoga County CCE Office (Ballston Spa) This training will provide a review of the basics of Integrated Pest Management in a classroom style setting. Multiple presentations will…

Users of the NEWA weather and pest modeling website (and that should be all of you) should consider joining the ‘You are NEWA’ blog run by Julie Carrol, Director of NEWA and Cornell IPM Specialist. You can subscribe by visiting the blog site (https://blogs.cornell.edu/yourenewa/) and entering your email in the box on the right. This…

Less than four weeks away: Please see the attached agenda and registration form for the 119th Annual Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association & UVM Apple Program Annual Meeting. This year, the meeting will be hosted by Citizen Cider at their new facility at 316 Pine Street in Burlington, VT. Agenda highlights include: Discussions on thinning…

Dr. Dave Rosenberger recently posted on his tree fruit pathology about observations of trunk cankers on ‘Crimson Topaz’ trees. You can view his comments at: http://blogs.cornell.edu/plantpathhvl/2015/01/05/trunk-disease-problems-on-crimson-topaz/. TB

Please see the attached agenda and registration form for the 119th Annual Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association & UVM Apple Program Annual Meeting to be held on February 12, 2015. This year, the meeting will be hosted by Citizen Cider at their new facility at 316 Pine Street in Burlington, VT. Agenda highlights include: Discussions…

The Northern Grapes Project Webinar Series “Stuck on You – Sulfur Spray Residues in the Vineyard and Winery” Chris Gerling                     Gavin Sacks                      Jillian Jastrzembski Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 12:00 Noon Eastern (11:00 am Central) 7:00 pm Eastern (6:00 pm Central) Chris Gerling, Gavin Sacks, and Jillian Jastrzembski of Cornell University are teaming up to bring…

August 4, 2014 Dr. Annemiek Schilder summarizes options for post-infection disease management in vineyards in a recent post: http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/what_to_do_when_you_start_seeing_disease_in_the_vineyard_post_infection_tre?utm_source=Pest+Management+-+MSU+Extension+News+-+8-4-14&utm_campaign=Pest+Management+8-4-14&utm_medium=email Terence Bradshaw, UVM Tree Fruit and Viticulture Specialist Where trade names or commercial products are used for identification, no discrimination is intended and no endorsement is implied. Always read the label before using any pesticide. The…

by Terence Bradshaw Doug McBride of Brook Farm Vineyards recently invited me down for a consultation at his farm in Proctorsville, VT. After several weeks (months?) of trying to make it happen, we agreed on a date, and he indicated that some neighboring growers were interested in participating. I asked Doug to set up an…

July 25, 2014 Although it seems that I’ve been absent a bit in the past month, I was tied up teaching my undergraduate Sustainable Orchard & Vineyard Management course which enrolled twelve very interested students, some of who you will interact with as they enter the Vermont tree fruit industry. Now I’d like to drop…