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Annual Summer Meeting of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association, Inc. |
in cooperation with University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension
Register and pay today ($25 per person, tour, lunch, speaking program, and pesticide recertification credits included) using your credit card:
PROGRAM
10:00 AM Tour of Cold Spring Orchard Research & Education
Center.
Some topics include: vineyard progress, powdery mildew in grapes, abscisic
acid for thinning, Harvista, Inspire, fall blackberries, potato leafhopper,
rootstocks, tall-spindle training system, enhancing return bloom.
12:15 PM Lunch. The lunch will include a spectacular meal from Outlook Farm in Westhampton, Massachusetts. Several barbequed specialties will be available, along with all the fixings.
1:30 PM Welcome, Introductions, and Brief Remarks.
Andre Tougas, President, Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association
1:35 PM Update
on Endowment Development
Wes Autio, for the Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association
Steve Goodwin, University of Massachusetts
1:40 PM Ronald J. Prokopy Award for
Outstanding Support of Massachusetts Agriculture Presented to MaryMcClintock
of the Greenfield Recorder.
Andre Tougas & Tom Clark, Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association
Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association Award of Gratitude Presented in Memory
of Hamilton Tony Lincoln, Jr.
Andre Tougas & Ken Nicewicz, Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association
1:45
PM An Update on Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Activities.
Scott Soares, MDAR
2:00 PM GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) in Massachusetts,
the Future and a Survey of Growers.
David Nyachuba & Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts
2:45 PM Adjourn.
Registration for this meeting will be $25 and will include the tour, educational program, pesticide recertification credit, and the meal.
Register and pay today using your credit card:
To ensure the availability of your meal:
We must receive pre-registrations by Monday, July 14 at noon.