Sponsored by New England Vegetable and Berry Growers’
Association
and New England States Cooperative Extension
Park Inn at the Parwick Centre, 450 Memorial Drive,
Chicopee, MA. (Next to Exit 5 off I-90)
Registration: $10.00. Registration fee is waived for members of New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Assn.
10:00 How To Choose the Best Pesticide; Meg Mc Grath, Cornell University, Riverhead, NY
10:30 New Seed Treatments; Gaucho, Bioyield, Alan Taylor, NYAES, Geneva, NY
11:15 Managing Cucurbit Diseases; Meg McGrath, Cornell University
11:50 Report on the Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group, Ruth Hazzard, UMass
12:00 Lunch. Reservations are required.
Contact the Secretary, John Howell at 413-259-1203 or email to:
howell@umext.umass.edu
Reservations must be RECEIVED by January 2, 2005 so meals can be
ordered on time.
1:10 Business meeting
1:15 Culinary Herbs: What CustomersAre Looking For–Lynn Hartman, Barre, MA
1:45-3:15 Results Of the Pesticide Use Survey Conducted by NEV&BGA, Rich Bonanno
Herbicide Update–Rich Bonanno, UMass
Fungicide/Bactericide Update–RobWick,
UMass Insecticide Update–Ruth Hazzard, UMass
NOTE: You will receive 4 hours of credit toward pesticide recertification in any New England state by attending this meeting.