This is a reminder that we will be hosting Dr. Andrew Landers from Cornell’s Pesticide Application Technology Lab on Friday, June 15 for a sprayer technology workshop. If you are interested in attending the workshop, I strongly suggest that you preregister to guarantee your space. More details and registration forms can be found in my earlier post.
Category Archives: Meetings, workshops, and other events
Orchard and Vineyard Sprayer Technology Workshop – June 15
Dear Commercial Tree Fruit Producers:
Dr. Andrew Landers, Application Technology Specialist based at Cornell University, will be presenting at a workshop we have titled: Effective Spraying of Fruit Crops. The workshop will be held on Friday, June 15th (9:00am-4:15pm) at the Alson H. Smith AREC at 595 Laurel Grove Road, Winchester, Virginia. This workshop is being held in conjunction with the Virginia Vineyard Association’s (VVA) Summer Technical Meeting on June 14th. The VVA will be handling the registration for the event and additional information is attached in two pdf files accompanying this email. You are more than welcome to register for the social as well. It will be on the evening of June 14th with dinner, live music, and held at the Alson H. Smith AREC.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Mark Sutphin
Sprayer Calibration Flyer (pdf)
Registration form (pdf)
Associate Extension Agent
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Horticulture
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Frederick County Office
107 North Kent Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone – 540.665.5699
Fax – 540.722.8380
Cell – 540.398.8148
mark.sutphin@vt.edu
April 12 Breakfast Meeting Slides — Winchester
I’ve uploaded the slides that I presented at the Breakfast Meeting at the AREC on April 12. The slides include the MaluSim carbohydrate model that I ran for Winchester on April 11. The model is dependent upon local weather data, so it may have minimal relevance for conditions in other parts of the state. The model is best used to predict the activity of thinning chemicals immediately after they have been applied. In other words, the future prediction of carbohydrate balance is more important than what the model shows for the past carbohydrate balance. I’ll run the model again early next week as we get closer to the 8-12 mm fruitlet size.
I also show data for fruitlet sizes at the AREC, and rainfall to date. Needless to say, the soil is already very dry and newly planted trees should be irrigated as soon as possible to reduce transplant shock. In Winchester, there’s only a minimal chance of rain predicted for the next 10 days.
Proposed Schedule for 2012 Orchard Meetings in Central Virginia
Contact: Michael LaChance
email: lachance@vt.edu
Nelson County Office
P.O. Box 298
8445 Thomas Nelson Hwy.
Lovingston, VA 22949
Tel 434-263-4035
Drs. Yoder, Pfeiffer, Bergh, and Peck have shared their available dates so we can be assured that two or more of these resources will be present.
- April 3 HENRY CHILES / CROWN ORCHARD (Packing Facility in Covesville)
- April 17 RICHARD SEAMAN & CARTER PARR / SEAMAN ORCHARD
- May 1 JOHN & TOM BRUGUIERE / DICKIE BROS. ORCHARD
- May 15 KEVIN DRUMHELLER / DRUMHELLER ORCHARD
- May 29 HENRY CHILES / CROWN ORCHARD (Spring Valley Orchard. Heards Mtn.)
2012 Rappahannock County VCE Office In-Orchard Meetings
2012 Rappahannock County VCE Office In-Orchard Meetings
Contact: Kenner Love
Rappahannock County VCE Office
P. O. Box 119
Washington, Virginia 22747-0119
540/675-3619 FAX: 540/675-3232
e-mail: klove@vt.edu
- March 14th Grafting Workshop: Madison Extension Office, War Memorial Building, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
- April 4th James Jenkins, Jenkins Orchard, Woodville
- April 25th Williams Orchard, Tommy and Eddie Williams, Flint Hill
- May 9th Lee’s Orchard, Bryant Lee
- May 23th Sunnyside Organic Orchard, Emily Cook mgr., Washington
- June 13th Stribling Orchard, Robert Stribling, Markham
- July 18th Graves’ Mountain Farm, Jimmy Graves, Syria
Directions and more details are located in this flyer:
Winchester In-Depth Meeting Schedule
Below are the dates for the upcoming commercial fruit meetings. Drs. Keith Yoder, Chris Bergh, Shimat Joseph, and Greg Peck will be providing updated information and will be available for discussions and concerns regarding the upcoming season.
Thursday, March 29. In-Depth Meeting 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates
Program: “A Rundown of Early Season Disease Management” – Dr. Keith Yoder
Thursday, April 12. Breakfast Meeting 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates and Breakfast Provided
Thursday, April 26. In-Depth Meeting 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates
Program: “Managing Apple Crop Load in 2012” – Dr. Greg Peck
Thursday, May 10. Breakfast Meeting 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates and Breakfast Provided
Thursday, May 24. In-Depth Meeting 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates
Program: “All Bugs Considered” – Drs. Chris Bergh & Shimat Joseph
All meetings will be held at the Alson H. Smith AREC at 595 Laurel Grove Road, Winchester, Virginia. Directions from I-81: take Stephens City exit (Exit 307). Go west into Stephens City on Fairfax Street and proceed straight through traffic light onto Rt. 631 (Fairfax Street becomes Marlboro Rd.) and continue west approximately 3.5 miles. Turn right (north) onto Middle Road (Rt. 628) at “T”. Go 1.5 miles north on Middle Road and turn left (west) onto Laurel Grove Road (Rt.629). Go 0.8 miles to AREC on left.
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Mark Sutphin, Frederick County Extension, at (540) 665-5699/TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
PDF version: Winchester Commercial Fruit Meetings 2012
Virginia/West Virginia Tree Fruit Conference
Click on the link below for the 2012 VSHS Annual Meeting Program. We will be meeting Jan 22-26 at the Holiday Inn-Koger Center in Richmond, VA.
Grow Local, Buy Local: Networking Event
From Mark Sutphin, VCE agent, Frederick County. Please contact Mark for more details.
Dear Producers:
The Frederick County, Virginia Cooperative Extension Office is joining forces with Francie Kennedy, Project Coordinator for the Shenandoah Valley Farm-to-Table Project, to hold a networking event for producers and buyers (restaurant and institutional) in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. We have titled the event: GROW LOCAL, BUY LOCAL:
OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY IN THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. Our goal is to foster relationships between local producers and buyers to grow the local foods movement in our area. It will be held at the George Washington Hotel on Monday, February 6th from 9am-4pm.
Please register by February 1st at www.growlocalbuylocal.eventbrite.com
There is a great lineup of speakers scheduled to highlight local food initiatives that are occurring in the Northern Shenandoah Valley (Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren). We will enjoy a lunch prepared from food produced in the Shenandoah Valley.
Attached is a flyer with information. There are also more details posted at www.growlocalbuylocal.eventbrite.com, and you may contact Francie Kennedy directly at 540.432.6029 ext. 107. Feel free to contact me as well for assistance.
Please pass this information along to others you believe would be interested in attending. I look forward to seeing you there!
Mark Sutphin
Associate Extension Agent
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Horticulture Virginia Cooperative Extension Frederick County Office
107 North Kent Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone – 540.665.5699
Fax – 540.722.8380
mark.sutphin@vt.edu
For more details:
Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
On January 26, I will be conducting a hands-on fruit tree pruning workshop in collaboration with John Allison of VCE, of the Charles City & New Kent County offices.
Please see the Fruit tree pruning clinic flier for time, location, and other details.
The information will be targeted towards those with small to medium commercial orchards or large home plantings.