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CONNECTICUT VEGETABLE & SMALL FRUIT GROWERS CONFERENCE
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Tolland County Agricultural Center, 24 Hyde Avenue (Route 30), Vernon, CT
Sponsored by: University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System & Plant Science Department
8:15-9:00 Registration: $20 at the door - Coffee & donuts/Trade Show
** Lunch & coffee/donuts are included in registration fee as a 4-H Club benefit **
PROGRAM:
Morning (Moderator: Jude Boucher, UConn)
9:00 Blueberry Pests: Insects, Diseases, Weeds - Lorraine Los, UConn
9:30 Management Options for Reducing Deer Damage to Agricultural Crops - Howard Kilpatrick, CT DEP
10:00 Bt Sweet Corn: How Does It Fit Into IPM? - Galen Dively, University of MD
10:30-10:45 Break (Coffee & donuts/Trade Show)
10:45 Growing Grapes for Connecticut Wineries -
Gary Crump, CT Farm Wine Development Council/Priam Vineyard, Colchester, CT
11:00 Vineyard Establishment - William Nail, CT Ag Experiment Station
11:15 Monitoring Corn Earworm Resistance to Pyrethroids - Galen Dively, University of MD
11:45 What Produce Buyers Need From Growers - David Yandow, Fowler & Huntting
12:15-1:15 Lunch break/Trade Show (Lunch included in registration fee as a 4-H Club benefit)
Afternoon (Moderator: Lorraine Los, UConn)
1:15 A Tour of Pesticide Storage and Mixing Facilities on NH Farms - George Hamilton, University of NH
1:45 Cow Pots: A "Green" Alternative to Jiffy Pots - Matt Freund, Freund's Farm Market, E. Canaan, CT
2:15-2:30 Break (Trade Show)
2:30 Upgrading Facilities to Save Energy and Labor - John Bartok, Ashford, CT
3:00 Sweet Corn & Cucurbit Pest Control: Problems & Solutions - Jude Boucher, UConn
3:30 Recertification Credits: 3 Hours
Directions: Take Exit 67 off I-84. Take Route 31 north to junction of Route 30 at first traffic light. Turn right onto Route 30. Tolland County Agricultural Center is on the right just after Rockville Savings Bank.
Contact: Tolland County Extension Center at (860) 875-3331 or email jude.boucher@uconn.edu if you have any questions.
The University of Connecticut is an equal opportunity program provider and employer. Please call three weeks prior to this event if special accommodations are needed.
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