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NEVBGA & Cooperative Extension 593rd Growers' Meeting

Event date/time: 
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm

There is a $20 registration fee, which is waived for members of NEV&BGA. Lunch buffet is an additional $20.

To register, visit our Eventbrite page: https://goo.gl/p5GwSY

or RSVP to 917-573-5558 or secretary@nevbga.org by December 30

 

PROGRAM  

9:00     Registration

9:30     Alternative Control of Cabbage Aphid in Brussels Sprouts Susan Scheufele, UMass Extension Vegetable Program

10:30   What’s New with Crop Insurance?Tom Smiarowski and Paul Russell, UMass Risk Management Education

11:00   Soil Health AssessmentsDr. Brandon Smith, Northeast Region Team Leader, NRCS Soil Health Division

Noon   Lunch buffet, $20. To reserve a lunch, please contact the Secretary, Lisa McKeag at (917) 573-5558 or secretary@nevbga.org. If you order lunch and cannot attend, please call to cancel. We will have to bill you for unpaid meals.

1:00     Managing Irrigation During Drought – Trevor Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm and Irrigation Supplies

1:45     Low Tunnels for Strawberries and Overwintering OnionsKaitlyn Orde and Becky Sideman, UNH Extension

2:45     Emerging Diseases Management Update: Dickeya and BeyondAngela Madeiras, UMass Plant Diagnostic Lab

3:45     Adjourn

 

** 2 Pesticide recertification credits have been approved for this meeting **

Commercial members are welcome to put up table-top displays.

Co-sponsored by the UMass Extension Risk Management/Crop Insurance Education Program

 

Contact's name: 
Lisa McKeag
Contact's email: 
Contact's phone on day of event: 
917-573-5558
41 Russell Street Hadley MA

The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment and UMass Extension are equal opportunity providers and employers, United States Department of Agriculture cooperating. Contact your local Extension office for information on disability accommodations. Contact the State Center Director’s Office if you have concerns related to discrimination, 413-545-4800 or see ag.umass.edu/civil-rights-information.