MFGA Annual Meeting and UMass Extension Education Program
Thursday, January 10, 2019
9 AM to 3:30 PM
Great Wolf Lodge, 150 Great Wolf Drive, Fitchburg, MA
Registration -- $40 MFGA members, $50 non-MFGA members (includes lunch)
Register (by January 7!) and pay now using a credit card here:
http://massfruitgrowers.org/2019/annualmeeting.html
3 pesticide recertification credits have been approved
PROGRAM - Highlighting UMass research and then some...
Guest Speaker: Dan Donahue, Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Horticulture Program
9 to 9:30 AM - Coffee and check-in
9:30 - Welcome - Joanne Dinardo, MFGA President
9:45 - Biological sprays for fire blight suppression - Daniel Cooley
10:00 - Copper, scab, fire blight, and russet: is there an answer? - Daniel Cooley
10:15 - App Mash-up: MyIPM, NETFMG, Eco Apple App, and Malusim - Jon Clements
10:30 - Precision thinning using the Malusim app: trials and tribulations - Jon Clements
10:45 - NC-140 Honeycrisp rootstock trials: yes, we have a rootstock for you! - Wes Autio
11:00 - Apogee and Honeycrisp bitter pit: yes, we have an answer for you! - Dan Donahue, Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program
11:30 - MFGA Annual Meeting and buffet lunch
1 PM - RAD/SAD? Why are my young apple trees dying? - Dan Donahue, Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program
1:30 - Brevis, the next chemical thinner for apples? - Duane Greene
1:45 - When climate changes the apple scab rules and other such nonsense! - Liz Garofalo
2:00 - Brown marmorated stink bug in 2018, “Here’s Johnny!” - Liz Garofalo
2:15 - Spotted wing drosophila: all over the place, but what can you do? - Jaime Pinero
2:30 - Plum curculio and apple maggot fly: attract and terminate! - Jaime Pinero
2:45 - Swingers at UMass? No, not that kind! - the trellis kind for blackberry! - Sonia Schloemann
3:00 - MFGA election results, pesticide credits, adjourn
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