There is a $20 registration fee, which is waived for members of NEV&BGA. Lunch buffet is an additional $20.
To register, please visit our Eventbrite page: https://goo.gl/Zsg7Cn,
or contact the secretary at 917-573-5558 or secretary@nevbga.org by January 27
PROGRAM
8:30 Registration
9:00 Bird Management in Fruit & Vegetable Crops – Dr. Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire Extension
9:45 Grower Roundtable on Bird Management in Sweet Corn – Paul Gove, Gove Farm, Leominster, MA; Steve Clegg, 4 Town Farm, Seekonk, MA; Patrick Usher, Usher Farm, Bristol, RI
10:30 Crop Insurance Update – Tom Smiarowski & Paul Russell, University of Massachusetts Extension Risk Management/Crop Insurance Education
11:00 Optimizing Spring Cover Crop Nitrogen Utilization on Vegetable Farms – Rebecca Maden, University of Vermont Extension
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 NEVBGA Business Meeting & Elections
1:30 Small Fruit Production and Weed Management at Nourse Farms - Nate Nourse, Nourse Farms, S. Deerfield, MA
2:15 Neonicotinoid Label Registrations: Update from Nate Nourse on Congressional Meeting in D.C.
2:30 Food Safety Modernization Act Update: What to Expect in Massachusetts – Lisa McKeag, University of Massachusetts Extension
3:00 2016 Bell Pepper, Butternut Squash, Sweet Corn & Strawberry Evaluations – David Handley & Mark Hutton, University of Maine Extension
4:00 Adjourn
** 3 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
