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New England Vegetable & Berry Growers Winter Meeting

Event date/time: 
Saturday, December 3, 2016 - 9:00am to 4:00pm

FIVE HUNDRED and NINETY-SECOND MEETING

The New England Vegetable and Berry Growers’ Association and New England Cooperative Extension present an ALL-DAY MEETING

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Holiday Inn Portsmouth, 300 Woodbury Ave, Portsmouth, NH 03801


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


To register: CLICK HERE

or contact Lisa McKeag at 917-573-5558 or secretary@nevbga.org by **November 28**
 

9:00     Registration: There is a $20 registration fee. This fee is waived for members of NEV&BGA

                                    Lunch buffet is an additional $20.

            Sign-in for pesticide credits – George Hamilton

PROGRAM  

9:25     Welcome – Lisa McKeag, NEVBGA Secretary-Treasurer

9:30     What’s New with Crop Insurance?Tom Smiarowski and Paul Russell, UMass Extension Risk Management/Crop Insurance Education Program

9:45     Pumpkin and Butternut Varieties EvaluationDr. Rebecca Brown, Associate Professor, Plant Sciences, University of Rhode Island

10:45   Wildlife Services: Protecting Agriculture and Livestock from Wildlife - David Allaben, NH/VT State Director USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services; Agriculture Damage Reimbursement Program for Deer, Bear, & Moose - NHFG, Robert Calvert, Wildlife Biologist

 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     NEVGBA Announcements – New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Officers

1:30     Nutrition and Nutrient Management Recordkeeping for Small Fruit Mary Concklin, Visiting Associate Extension Educator, Fruit Production & IPM UConn Extension

2:30     2016 Weather, Insect & Disease Pest Issues in Fruits & VegetablesGeorge Hamilton, Extension Field Specialist, UNH Cooperative Extension

3:30     Managing Irrigation during Drought Trevor Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm Inc. Irrigation and Row Crop Supplies

4:00     Adjourn

 

** 4 pesticide 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
300 Woodbury Ave, Portsmouth NH

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