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 |
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