Category: Risk Management
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Follow up: Anticipating frost and preventative measures to protect from it
I’ve received more than one inquiry about what one can do now to help alleviate potential frost damage hat may occur in the next week or two. The specific question has come up about the application of kelp extract pre-bloom to provide some level of frost protection. I must confess that I am quite skeptical…
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More information on use of Promalin to manage early-season frost damage on blossoms
Passing this information on from Valent representative Jim Wargo. Keep in mind, the successful use of PGRs to offset frost damage is dependent on many factors, but ultimately hinges on sending a hormonal signal to receptive ovaries at the base of flower blossoms. Therefore application would be made later when trees are in early bloom.…
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2025 Agriculture Drought Impact Survey closes on 12/15
Passing this on from the VT Agency of Agriculture. -TB We have less than one month to collect survey responses to the Agriculture Drought Impact Survey. Please encourage the Vermont agricultural community to complete and submit a response to the survey with their impacts before the survey closes on December 15, 2025. We have 168…
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Live Webinar Series on Farm Succession and Transfer starting January 8th
Live Webinar Series on Farm Succession and Transfer starting January 8th Mike Ghia, VT Farm Viability Program What is the future of your farm? If you are like most farmers, you are so busy with the day-to-day business of farming you find it difficult to take the time to plan long-term, particularly planning for a…
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Interested in orchard pest scouting in 2025?
I think burying my call for folks interested in receiving traps for orchard monitoring at the bottom of my first email last week left it unseen, so I’m resending on its own. Scouting season is almost here in Vermont orchards. We have some funds available to distribute traps to growers around the state to help…
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Apple Crop Insurance Deadline November 20
By Terence Bradshaw Passing along the word from Jake Jacobs, UVM Agricultural Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education Program, on the impending crop insurance deadline for apples: Please pass along a reminder to apple growers that the crop insurance sales closing date is November 20. RMA has recently re-vamped their website and the most current…
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UVM Apple / VT Tree Fruit Growers Assn meeting Feb 15, Middlebury, VT
By Terence Bradshaw The 122nd Annual UVM Apple Program and Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association educational meeting will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at the American Legion Hall, 49 Wilson Rd, in Middlebury, VT. The meeting focus this year is on insect management in Vermont orchards. Those include not only traditional pest insects…
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Federal crop insurance deadlines
From: Jake Jacobs To: Terence Bradshaw Subject: RE: Crop insurance deadlines? Hi Terry, You are correct – sales closing date for crop insurance for apples and peaches is November 20. I am waiting for reply on an updated Vermont fact sheet for apple growers. In the meantime, there’s info available from RMA. I have attached…
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Petal Fall and Hail Damage Management
May 27, 2014 I’ve heard reports of possible hail damage from today’s storms, particularly in Addison County (although I would appreciate word from any other affected areas). Mary Conklin from UConn Extension just offered this advice to growers similarly hit recently in Connecticut: 1. Fireblight susceptible pears and apples should receive a strep spray within…