Category: IPM
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Survey on Apple Scab Resistance
March 21, 2014- I’m passing this on from some colleagues who are pulling together a grant to develop a rapid fungicide resistance test for apple scab. Please consider spending five minutes to answer the survey. This is important work that is worthy of funding. -TB Apple pathologists in New England and New York would like…
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Courses for instruction on Diversified Farm Management at UVM Summer 2014
March 18, 2014- This series includes my course on Sustainable Orchard and Vineyard Management. -TB UVM Educational Farm Expands Learning Opportunities for Students Catamount Farm to provide dynamic environment for wide range of students By Erica Houskeeper A new farming education endeavor at the University of Vermont will give students the opportunity to learn about…
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2014 New England Tree Fruit Guide is Available Now
March 17, 2014 The 2014 New England Tree Fruit Management Guide is available for order now. 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. There have been…
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CORRECTION re: 2014 Pesticide Certification Review and Exam
CORRECTION: for current VT Pesticide Applicators License holders, this review is good for TWO recertification credits, not six as I mentioned earlier. Sorry for the confusion. -TB 2014 Initial Certification Meeting, a review of the Core Pesticide Manual followed by the Pesticide Applicators exam Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT April 8 ; 9am-4pm Pre-register…
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2014 Pesticide Certification Review and Exam
Spring really is coming -be ready when it finally gets here! All fruit growers, whether retail, wholesale, organic, or IPM, should hold a current Vermont Pesticide Applicator’s License to purchase and safely use pest management materials on your farms. This meeting provides initial training and an opportunity to take the initial certification exam all in…
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NY-PA Grape Pest Management Guidelines now available
March 10, 2014 – The 2014 New York and Pennsylvania Pest Management Guidelines for Grapes are now available at: http://store.cornell.edu/p-186477-2014-new-york-and-pennsylvania-pest-management-guidelines-for-grapes.aspx These will not be made available in an electronic format as has been done in previous years. The guidelines are the best place to get IPM information for grapes in a single source, and every…
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New Organic Fire Blight Publication Released for Apple and Pear Growers Facing Sunset of Antibiotic Oxytetracycline
March 7, 2014 – As Organic Rules Shift for Fire Blight Control, The Organic Center Releases Essential Suggestions for Apple and Pear Growers Organic-Approved Antibiotics Sunsetting – Report Aims to Help Growers Keep Certification WASHINGTON, DC (March 4, 2014) – With approved antibiotics for fire blight control expiring for organic apple and pear growers this…