Week 1: Digging Into Pruning and Soil Health

Friday January 17, 2025 11:00AM-12:30PM

Speakers: Mario Miranda Sazo (CCE LOFP), Dr. Debbie Aller (NYS Soil Health)

Webinar description pending

Register: https://bit.ly/digging-into-soil-health-pruning-2025

Week 2: Cider Apples - Mechanized Harvesting and Patulin Food Safety

Friday January 31, 2025 11:00AM-12:30PM

Speakers: Dr. Greg Peck (Cornell CALS), and Dr. Randy Warobo (Cornell CALS)

Description: Dr. Greg Peck will discuss his lab's experiments with chemical and physical practices for removing fruit from the trees, as well as trials using different scales of harvesting machines. Dr. Randy Warobo will cover factors to consider to meet the patulin regulatory requirements and the Juice HACCP regulation related to patulin.

Register: https://bit.ly/cider-apples-mechanized-harvest-2025

Week 3: The Value of "Eco-Friendly" Marketing - OMRI, Red Tomato, EcoApple, NYS Grown and Certified

Friday February 12, 2025 11:00AM-12:30PM

Speaker: Liz Higgins (CCE ENYCHP) | Panelists: Josh Morgenthau (Fish Kill Farms), Kevin Clark (Rose Hill Farm), and Jim Bittner (Bittner-Singer Orchard)

Description: Liz Higgins will discuss the economic benefits of participating in ecological certification/labeling programs and provide some strategies for evaluating if a specific certification program makes sense for you. The grower panel will discuss their experiences with different labels and the effects they saw on their markets.

0.5 NYSDEC Pesticide Credits are available for categories 10, 1a, and 22

Register: https://bit.ly/eco-friendly-marketing-2025

Week 4: Biopesticides and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) for Berries

Friday February 28, 2025 11:00AM-12:30PM

Speakers: Dr. Samantha Willden (Cornell AgriTech), McKenzie Schessl (Cornell AgriTech), Aleah Butler-Jones (Cornell CALS)

Description: Dr. Samantha Willden will review Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) for berries, and McKenzie Schessl will provide updates on biopesticides in strawberries. Aleah Butler-Jones will discuss common problem weeds in berries and provide management recommendations

1.5 NYSDEC Pesticide Credits are available for categories 10, 1a, and 22

Register: https://bit.ly/berries-Feb28-2025

Week 5: St. Peachtrick's Day - Stone Fruit Insect and Disease Management

Friday March 14, 2025 11:00AM-12:30PM

Speakers: Dr. George Sundin (Michigan State University) and Dr. Brett Blaauw (University of Georgia, Clemson University)

Description: Dr. George Sundin will discuss two diseases - cherry leaf spot and bitter rot. Dr. Brett Blaauw will give an overview of the biology of scale insects and offer tips to identify different species, as well as reviewing current best management practices for these insects in tree fruit.

1.5 NYSDEC Pesticide Credits are available for categories 10, 1a, and 22

Register: https://bit.ly/st-peachtricks-2025