Mid-Atlantic Fruit, Vegetable Convention Feb, 4-6 (Continued from Page E 4) er Trends on Produce Commodities • TEA 3:00 Consumer Consumption Trends - Joseph Lord, St. Joseph’s Univ. • Wine Grapes - Trinidad Room program to be announced • Vegetable School - Monarch ACE 1:00 Core Credit 1:30 Trickle Irrigation System Design and Management - Steve Bo gash, Franklin Co. Coop. Ext. 2:00 Managing Diseases in Veg etable Plantings - Kathryne Everts, LESRE 315 Insect Management in Veg etable Plantings - Timothy Elkner, Lancaster Co. Coop. Ext. 3:45 Crop Scheduling - Thomas Ford, Blair Co. Coop. Ext. • Season Extension - Monarch BDF 1:30 Mulches for the Future - Dr. Anu Rangarajan, Cornell Univ. 2:00 What Flowers Will Grow in High Tunnels? - Dr. E. Jay Holcomb, Penn State Univ. 2:30 Potato Production in High Tunnels - Dr. William Lamont, Penn State Univ. 3:15 Twelve Month Vegetable Production in Unheated Greenhouses - Steve Moore, Sonnewald Natural Foods • Potatoes - Monarch GIK 1:30 Update on Nonconventional Additives on Potatoes - Dr. Keith Kel ling, Univ. of Wisconsin 2:15 Quality Oriented Potato Management - Dr. Matthew Klein henz, Ohio State Univ. 3:15 Potato Production in Ontario - Dr. Eugenia Banks, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food 4:00 Weed Control in Potatoes including Volunteer’s - Dale Moyer, Cornell Coop. Ext. • Greenhouse Vegetables and Herbs Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 1,2003, Grower & Marketer-E5 Monarch H J 1:30 Overview of Raising Green house Tomatoes - Dr. Richard Snyder, Mississippi State Univ. 2:30 Developing a IPM Program for Greenhouse Crops - Dr. Les Schipp, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 3:15 Marketing Greenhouse Vege tables - Dr. Richard Snyder, Mississip pi State Univ. 4:00 Producing Herbs in the Greenhouse - Dr. Jim Simon, Rutgers Univ. Tuesday Evening February 4,2003 • Social 6:00 Grower Reception - Choco late Lobby 6:45 Annual Fruit and Vegetable Growers Dinner - Nigerian Room Din ner, recognitions, awards and musical entertainment. Wednesday Morning February 5,2003 • Tree Fruits-Aztec Room 9:00 /Pesticide Security Regula tions - Phil Pitzer, PDA 9:30 Control of Black and White Rot in Apples - Dr. James Travis, Penn State Univ. 10:15 Flower and Spur Develop ment in Apple - Dr. Peter Hirst, Pur due Univ. 11:00 Global Positioning System (GPS) for Your Orchard - Lynn Kime, Penn State Coop. Ext. • Direct Marketing Room 9:00 Produce Pricing - Adding Margin - Fred Funk, Funk’s Farm Market 10:15 Promoting Your Direct Marketing Activities - Wen-fei Uva, Cornell Univ. 11:00 Employee Motivation and Incentive Programs - Brenda Brown, Brown’s Orchard and Farm Market • National Peach Council - Trini dad Room 9:00 Welcome from NPC Presi dent - Mr. John Lott 9:15 Ernie Christ Memorial Lec ture: Optimizing Peach Yields Through Training Systems - Dr. Kath ryn Taylor, Univ. of Georgia 10:00 Unique White fleshed Peach Varieties - Jerry Frecon Rutgers, Rutgers Coop. Ext. 10:30 Nematodes in the Stone Fruit System - Dr. John Halbrendt, Penn State Univ. 11:15 Increasing Organic Matter in Peach Orchard Soil - Dr. Robert Belding, Rutgers Coop. Ext. • Greenhouse Ornamentals - Mon arch ACE 9:00 New Annual Varieties - TBA 9:30 New Annual Varieties - Jo seph O’Donovan, Paul Ecke Ranch 10:15 —Fertility-TBA 11:00 - Natural Ventilation - TBA • Weed Control - Monarch BDF 9:00 Non-Chemical Weed Con trol - Dr. Clyde Elmore, Weed Special ist, Univ. of Calif. 10:00 -Herbicide Rotations - Planning Ahead - Dr. William Curran, Penn State Univ. 10:30 Safe Use of Glyphosate - Dr. Clyde Elmore, Weed Specialist, Univ. of Calif. 11:00 -Avoiding the Develop ment of Weed Resistance - Dr. Wil liam Curran, Penn State Univ. 11:30 /Core Credit • Potatoes - Monarch GIK 9:00 Organic Potato Production - Dr. Matthew Kleinhenz, Ohio State Univ. 9:30 Getting the Rocks Out An Innovative Production System - John Twillinger, Huntsinger Farms 10:15 Use of Manure in Potato Production - Dr. Keith Kelling, Univ. of Wisconsin 11:00 -Potato Insect Manage ment-An Update - Dr. Joanne Wha len, Univ. of Delaware (Turn to Page E 6) FARMERS!!! HOP U ON THf MHr ffi.. ym wm to gel rid of that excess weight in those bunk silo tires and the threat of the West Nile virus. I'll come to vour farm and cut the sidewalls out for you or I'll deliver tire pieces already cut to you. The task is simple and the price is reasonable. Call Ron Hoyt RCD TIRE RECYCLING at 607/967-8418 with any questions or appointment. ALSO: Custom-made mats for parlors, stock trailers, shops, etc. Time tested for endurance! Nigerian
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