Conference Schedule (Continued from Page 7) 6 45 Annual Fruit and Vegetable Growers Dinner - Nigerian Room - Dinner, recognitions and awards, and entertainment Wednesday Morning, January 26, 2000 Tree Fruit - Aztec Room 8 30 "Efficient Use of Pesticides and Drift Mitigation - Dr Frank Hall, Ohio State University Industry Show and Tell 'Overview of Plum Pox - Dr John Halbrendt, Penn State University Survey Methods and Results - Dr Ruth Welliver, Penna Dept of Agriculture _ 9 00 9 15 9 45 Industry Show and Tell USDA APHIS Involvement and Impact - Gary Clement, USDA •Black Peach Aphid Control (or Control of Vectors of Plum Pox) - Dr Peter Shearer, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Roadside Marketing - Nigerian Room 9 00 Tapping the Big Market—Laurence Yager, Penn Slate University Signs that Sell—Susan Barton, University of Delaware Industry Show and Tell An Overview of Mason Farms —John Mason, Mason Farms Starting Up a Roadside Market Pleasures and Pitfalls—Dale R| ggs 10 15 10 30 10 50 9 30 10 00 10 15 11 00 Providing Quality Customer Service —Susan Barton, University of Delaware Irrigation - Monarch Sultes AC&E 11 30 Types of Irrigation Systems Pros and Cons—Chuck Gooding, O A Newton Company Cost of Different Irngation Systems for Vegetables—Dr Jason Harper, Penn State University Industry Show and Tell 9 00 9 30 1000 Fertigation of Warm Season Vegetables in Michigan—Dr Ron Goldy, Michigan Stale University Instruments for Measuring Soil Moisture —Dr David Ross, University of Maryland 10 15 11 00 Penna Vegetable Marketing and Research Program Update Filtration and Fertilizer Injection Equipment for Drip Irngation—Francis Dellamano, Dellamano Farm Supply Fumigation/Pesticlde Application - Monarch Suites BD&F 9 00 "‘What New Jersey Growers Do (or Soil Fumigation and Possible Alternatives —Dr Wesley Kline, Rutgers Umv “Bubbles, Pulsing Nozzles, and Other New Pesticide Application Technologies - Dr Richard Derksen, USDA-ARS, Wooster, OH Industry Show and Tell 11 30 11 45 9 30 10 00 ***The ABC’s of Fumigation—Victor Lilley, Reddick Fumigants Our Experience with Fumigation of Vegetable Crops—Bob Trax Jr, Trax Farms "The IR-4 Project -Pesticide Tolerances for Minor Crops— Edith Lervey, IR-4 Regional Director 10 15 .11 00 11 30 (f/inan) SUPERFLOW FERTILIZER SPRE /tEmS\ SUPERFLOW SEEDER Spreaders are the most accurate broadcast spreaders in the world. 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