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PPE Survey
July 8th, 2020 From: Covid-19 On Behalf Of Jake ClaroSent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 9:32 AMTo: COVID-19@vtfoodatlas.comSubject: [Covid-19] PPE Survey Hi all, Hope everyone is well. Please share the link below regarding a survey to help inform ongoing efforts to assist Vermont employers in securing the masks/face coverings and other PPE they want and need.…
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Input Needed for a New Vision of Farming and Food in Vermont
June 19, 2020 Please consider taking this survey to provide input on future policy direction for Vermont farm and food programs. I have worked with Vermont Farm to Plate quite a bit over the years, and their efforts directly affect the programs available to farmers. From: Paul Costello Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 2:34 PMTo:…
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Webinar on Fungicide Resistance by Dr. Michelle Moyer, Extension Viticulturist, Washington State University, on June 24
June 22, 2020 Inviting everyone to this webinar on fungicide resistance management. While it’s tailored for grapes, this is just as important for apple growers. No VT pesticide recertification credits are available for this. From: Wine Grape Newsletter On Behalf Of psuwineandgrapes@psu.eduSent: Monday, June 22, 2020 11:07 AMTo: WINEGRAPE-L@LISTS.PSU.EDUSubject: [WINEGRAPE-L] Join us for a live…
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Correct link for grape tissue sampling factsheet
June 16, 2014 Here is a link to Joe Fiola’s grape petiole and soil sampling factsheet: https://extension.umd.edu/sites/default/files/_docs/programs/viticulture/TissueSamplingforVineyards060413.pdf 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 label is…
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Introduction to (Commercial) Hard Cider
June 3, 2014 I just wanted to drop a quick note to announce that an article I co-authored with other cider-oriented researchers has been posted to eXtension: http://www.extension.org/pages/70601/an-introduction-to-hard-cider-in-the-us#.U4fbrBbp-DQ This should be just the beginning of things to come. Terence Bradshaw, UVM Tree Fruit and Viticulture Specialist Where trade names or commercial products are used for…
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Green tip apple scab management
April 24, 2014 Orchards in most areas of the state should be showing green tip now, and that means that protection is required to manage apple scab. Many orchards are going into this season with high overwintering inoculum as a result of the wet 2013 growing season, and growers need to be vigilant to manage…
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Silver tip, copper, oil, and cold temperatures
April 19, 2014 Terence Bradshaw, UVM Tree Fruit and Viticulture Specialist By the time I check the UVM orchards on Monday, I expect we’ll be seeing silver tip on many cultivars. By Friday 4/18, I called Empire and Macoun at silver tip, but most others were still looking tight, although buds were swelling on everything.…
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2014 Growing Season Welcome
April 1, 2014 Terence Bradshaw, UVM Tree Fruit and Viticulture Specialist As I write this at the beginning of the first week of April, it looks like Spring will finally be arriving, but in a form I remember as a kid- a long month of fluctuating temperatures, plenty of ice and slush, and trees showing…
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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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Important Meeting on Navigating Federal Laws on Farm Labor
March 6, 2014 – Hello: Please consider attending this workshop – the US Department of Labor has been working with VT Farms and many have been found to be not following regulations. It is important that those of us working with farms know at least a bit about what is required and how to make…