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Berry Growers of Ontario Annual Meeting

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The Berry Growers of Ontario virtual annual meeting is coming up on February 16 – February 17th. The meeting is being held via zoom. There is a great line up of speakers joining so don’t miss out!

The agenda is below and available here:

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Berry Growers of Ontario Virtual Meeting

Tuesday February 16, 2021

8:45am EST
Log On- Introduction – Kevin Schooley, Berry Growers of Ontario & Erica Pate, OMAFRA
9:00am EST
Grower Profile – Kevin Howe, Howe Family Farm
9:30am EST
Rainfastness, Persistence & Performance Attributes of Insecticides for Berry Crop IPM – John Wise, Michigan State University
10:00am EST
Blueberry Disease Management – Tim Miles, Michigan State University
10:30am EST
Annual General Meeting
11:15am EST
Intro to New Specialty Crops Researcher – University of Guelph- Melanie Kalischuk, University of Guelph
11:30am EST
Neopestalotiopsis: An Emerging Disease for North American   Strawberry Growers – Katie Goldenhar, OMAFRA
12:00pm EST
Strawberry Substrate Production Systems – Brian Zimmermann, Meteor Systems
12:30pm EST
Bio Panel – Biological Fungicides for Controlling Botrytis and Biocontrol for Strawberry Insect Pests – Surendra Dara, University of California, and Braden Evans, Sir Sanford Fleming
Wednesday February 17, 2021
8:45am EST
Log On- Introduction – Kevin Schooley, Berry Growers of Ontario & Erica Pate, OMAFRA
9:00am EST
Thrips and Potato Leafhopper Management – Erica Pate, OMAFRA
9:30am EST
Long Cane Raspberry Production – Eric Boot, BVB Substrates
10:00am EST
Where Are We After 10 years of Spotted Wing Drosophila – Hannah Burrack, North Carolina State University
10:30am EST
Trolling in a Pandemic – Managing Tough Issues on Social Media – Kelly Ward, Foodland Ontario
11:00am EST
Weed Management in June Bearing Strawberries – Gavin Graham, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
11:30am EST
GrowerPanel: How We Managed COVID on our Farm – Paul Brooks, Brooks Farms, Susan Judd, Heeman’s, and Cathy Dentz, Dentz Orchards and Berry Farm
The Berry Growers of Ontario virtual annual meeting agenda

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