New York Berry News CORNELL UNIVERSITY Volume 07, Number 1 January 21, 2008 February 7- 8, 2008. 2008 Farmers' Direct Market Association Conference Holiday Inn, Waterloo, NY. For more What’s Inside information: http://www.nysfdma.com/. 1. Currant Events February 8, 2008. Bookkeeping Basics For Farms, 10 am a. 2008 Cornell Pest Management Guidelines 2:30 pm, Cornell Cooperative Extension Center, 480 North For Berry Crops Now Available Main Street, Canandaigua. Learn the essential points of farm record keeping and accounting, do-it-yourself software options, b. Introduction to Berry Growing farm asset inventories, profit and loss statements, enterprise c. Berry Pest Management Workshop Scheduled accounting for half-baked ideas and ash flow management. Most suitable for smaller farms with less than $100,000 in d. Berry Topics at the Ontario Fruit and gross revenue. Charge: $15/person and $10 for second person Vegetable Conference from the same farm, includes lunch. Contact Jim Ochterski at 585-394-3977 ext. 402 or email at [email protected]. e. Diagnosis, Visual Assessment And Management Of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Of February 7-9, 2008. Pennsylvania Association For Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) 17th Annual Farming For The Vegetables And Small Fruit In The Northeast Future Conference, Penn State Conference Center, State f. New Department Of Homeland Security Rules College, PA. For more information visit www.pasafarming.org. Can Affect Crop Farmers February 19, 2008. Ontario Berry Growers Annual g. Farmers Get Temporary Reprieve On Chemical Meeting, Four Points Sheraton, St. Catharines, Ontario, Reporting Requirements Canada. See news brief below for more information. h. Crop Groupings Ease Regulatory Burdens For February 20, 2008. Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Pesticides Used On Minor Crops Convention: Berry Day, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. See news brief below for more information. i. EPA Authorizes Critical Uses Of Methyl Bromide for 2008 February 26, 2008. Introduction to Berry Growing, Livingston County CCE, Mount Morris, NY. For more 2. Viruses Uncovered in Blueberries in New York information see news brief below. in 2007 – Juliet Carroll February 28, 2008. The 2008 Hudson Valley Fruit Grower 3. Blueberry Nutrition – Laura McDermott School - Berry Session, Holiday Inn, Kingston, NY. Tree Fruit sessions will take place on February 26th & 27th. There will be 4. The Gall of That Midge! - Jan Suszkiw a Trade Show on the evening of the 26th. Information will be 5. Things You Should Know About Weights and made available at our web site Measures – Sandy Buxton (http://hudsonvf.cce.cornell.edu/calendar.html#fruitschool), or contact Steve McKay for more information. 6. Solution Sought for Black Raspberry Decline – Laura McGinnis March 6-8, 2008. Professional Farmers Market Training Workshop, Rochester, NY. Scholarships are available for market managers to participate in Professional Farmers CURRANT EVENTS Market Training Workshops. Deadline for scholarship applications is January 15, 2008. For more information on the February 2, 2008. Beginning Farmer workshop. This Professional Farmers Market Managers Training Workshop, workshop will focus on the business elements of starting your call the Farmers Market Federation of NY at 315-475-1101 or own rural enterprise. Location and more details to be posted log onto www.nyfarmersmarket.com/workshops.htm to view soon! CNY Presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of the workshop program, download the registration form and the Chenango, Fulton-Montgomery, Herkimer, Otsego and scholarship application. Schoharie Counties. For more information, contact Rebecca Hargrave, [email protected], 607-334-5841. March 8, 2008. Beginning Berry Grower Seminar, Ontario County CCE, Canandaigua, NY. Contact Russell Welser for February 12-14, 2008. Empire State Fruit and Vegetable more information at: 585-394-3977 or [email protected]. Expo – “Growing for the Health of New York”. Oncenter Convention Center, Syracuse, NY. Program and registration March 25, 2008. Berry Pest Management Workshop – information: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/expo/. For Taking the Pain Out of Berry Pest Management 8:30 am -4:15 general Expo information, please contact Jeff and Lindy pm, Jordan Hall Auditorium, NYS Agricultural Experiment Kubecka, New York State Vegetable Growers Association, PO Station, Geneva, NY. See brochure insert below for more information. New York Berry News, Vol. 7, No. 1 - 1 - Tree Fruit & Berry Pathology, NYSAES 2008 CORNELL PEST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR BERRY CROPS NOW AVAILABLE he 2008 edition of the Pest Management Guidelines for Berry Crops is now available. This annual publication provides up-to-date pest management T information for blueberry, bramble (raspberry and blackberry), strawberry, and ribes (currant and gooseberry) production in New York State. Supplemental information on wildlife management and harvesting, handling, and transporting berries is also included. It has been designed as a practical guide for berry crop producers, crop consultants, ag chemical dealers, and others who advise berry crop producers. In addition to annually revised pesticide and crop production information, highlighted changes in the 2008 Berry Guidelines include: • New examples on calculating pesticide rates for small plantings and the amount of fertilizer to apply. • Addition of biological control guidelines for root weevils in strawberry. • Discussion on newly approved use of herbicides containing pendimethalin on strawberries. The 2008 Pest Management Guidelines for Berry Crops can be obtained through your local Cornell Cooperative Extension office or directly from the Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) Educational Resources Distribution Center at Cornell University. To order from the PMEP Educational Resources Distribution Center, call (607) 255-7282 or send an email to [email protected]. The new 2008 guidelines are also available on line at: http://ipmguidelines.org/BerryCrops/. Paul Baker, Agricultural Affiliates INTRODUCTION TO BERRY GROWING Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Livingston County Cornell Cooperative Extension, 158 Main Street, Mt Morris, NY 1 pm-3 pm So You Want to Be a Berry Farmer? ornell Berry Extension Support Specialist Cathy Heidenreich from the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca will C present a program on berry growing on Tuesday, February 26 at the Cornell Cooperative Extension building in Mt Morris from 1 to 3pm. The program will point out the keys to successful commercial and non-commercial berry farming including marketing, startup costs, site selection, preparation and layout, cultivar selection and planting, crop production and management, labor, and profitability. Strawberries, brambles, blueberries, currants and gooseberries will be included in discussions. Topics include nutrient management, weed, insect and disease management, trellising, irrigation and more. Printed materials are included in the presentation and production guides for brambles, highbush blueberries and strawberries will be available to examine for ordering. There is no fee, but registration is suggested to assure notification of any change in scheduling. Phone 585-658-3250 for registration or questions. New York Berry News, Vol. 7, No. 1 - 2 - Tree Fruit & Berry Pathology, NYSAES Polycom Locations: Allstar Cast of Speakers Oneida County CCE Dr. Juliet Carroll 121 Second Street, Oriskany, NY 13424 Fruit IPM Coordinator More information: Jeff Miller, 315-736-3394-ext NYS IPM Program 120, [email protected] Geneva, NY 14456 Registration: Cindy Craven, 315-736-3394 ext 124, Dr. Kerik Cox [email protected] Tree Fruit and Berry Pathology Department of Plant Pathology Chautauqua County CCE NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456 3542 Turner Rd Suite 1, Jamestown, NY 14701 Dr. Greg Loeb More information: David Munsee, 716-664-9502 ext Grape and Small Fruit Entomology 202, [email protected] Department of Entomology NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456 Registration: Emily Runge, 716-664-9502 ext 209, Dr. Andrew Landers [email protected] BERRY PEST MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP WORKSHOP PEST MANAGEMENT BERRY Taking the Pain Spray Application Technology Department of Entomology Essex County CCE out of Berry Pest NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456 3 Sisco Street, Westport, NY Management Bruce Wadhams More information: Anita Deming, 518-962-4810, Spray Application Technology [email protected] Department of Entomology NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456 Date: March 25, 2008 Dr. Beth Gugino Other polycom locations pending Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Nematology Department of Plant Pathology Sponsored by: NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456 Dr. Robin Bellinder Weed Science Department of Horticulture CALS, Ithaca, NY 14456 Jordan Hall Auditorium Chris Benedict New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Weed Science 630 West North Street Department of Horticulture Geneva, NY 14456 CALS, Ithaca, NY 14456 Morning Session Berry Pest Management Workshop Registration Form 8:30 AM Registration 9:00 AM IPM Elements for Berry Crops Name(s) of those attending 9:30 AM Berry Insect Management Overview Name(s) of those attending Name(s) of those attending 10:00 AM TRAC Berry Software Overview Name(s) of those attending 10:20 AM Break rowers, extension person- Company/Farm G nel, and consultants alike 10:30 AM Research Update, Berry Insects Address will benefit from the information Program Details Program 11:00 AM Diagnosis, Visual Assessment and Man- presented in this day-long berry agement of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of Small