January 15, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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Good morning: The full schedule for the 2025 Eastern Viticulture and Enology webinar series is out: Fifth Annual Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum Webinar Series. Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum Series (EVEF) is a collaborative effort between the Penn State … Continue reading
January 6, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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Happy New Year: I have news of two exciting educational opportunities coming up in the next few months. First, the Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association will hold their 129th (!) annual meeting in conjunction with the UVM Fruit Program on … Continue reading
January 4, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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The Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum Webinar Series is a collaboration among programs from fourteen universities and will offer four educational webinars this winter on important vineyard management topics. Please join us January 21, 12:00-1:30 PM for a discussion on … Continue reading
December 12, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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Passing this on from our Cornell colleague Liz Higgins. -TB I am emailing this directly to our entire program email list because we just learned about a new USDA FSA payment program for specialty crop farms to help offset their … Continue reading
December 10, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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Live Webinar Series on Farm Succession and Transfer starting January 9th 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 … Continue reading
December 2, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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I have two ‘save the dates’ to get on your calendars for the 2025 winter meeting season: The Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association / UVM Fruit Program 129th Annual meeting will be held at the American Legion in Middlebury, VT … Continue reading
July 17, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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While this meeting is based around apples, the concepts apply just as much to vineyards, so I am sharing to both lists. -TB Eastern NY Orchard Soil Health and Beneficial Fungi Workshop Northern Orchards Walker Farm 688 River Rd, Peru … Continue reading
July 14, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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I hope everyone is doing okay after the already wet season and this past week’s damaging rain event. Unfortunately, these events are too common, such that UVM Extension has a resource page ready to go: https://www.uvm.edu/extension/disaster-resources. I know that orchards … Continue reading
June 19, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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Since the Vermont House of Representatives and Senate voted to override the Governor’s veto of H.706, An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, I have received a number of questions about the bill’s impact on fruit growers. … Continue reading
June 19, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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Representatives from Monarch Electric Tractor Company will be in Vermont on June 20 (tomorrow) to demonstrate their driver-optional MKV electric tractor at Shelburne Vineyard, 6308 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT. Due to the expected heat conditions, we will be cancelling the … Continue reading