Important Summer Technical and Sprayer Workshop Updates
Summer Meeting Updates: A full credit recertification for category 90 to private pesticide applicators will be offered at the Sprayer Workshop. A cap has been set for the 2012 Summer Technical and Spray Technology Workshop. If you haven’t already, don’t wait to register and miss out! Information and links to all the events taking place in June are below. Hope to see you this summer! Virginia Vineyards Association Summer Technical -Thursday, June 14, 2012 | 8:00 am-4:30 pm Virginia Vineyards … Continue reading
e-newsletter from Penn State, May 14 2012
The latest newsletter from Mark Chien at Penn State Cooperative Extension is available to read here. This is always a great source of regional information and practical vineyard management techniques. The newsletter references two attachments, Tony Wolf’s latest Viticulture Notes, already posted on our website, and grapevine foliar nutrition recommendations from Alice Wise, Cornell extension viticulture specialist on Long Island, which follows: •Nitrogen – A number of growers manage vineyards with little or no supplemental nitrogen (N). Long term N … Continue reading
Chesapeake Bay TMDL Public Meeting
Shenandoah Valley Phase II WIP Public Meeting May 31, 2012, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. James Madison University, Festival Conference Center: Highlands Room There will be a public meeting to learn more about next steps in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) planning process, and to provide feedback on Virginia’s Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) that was submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency in March. The meeting will be held on May 31st at James Madison University, with … Continue reading
Research update for BMSB control
The Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center recently held a workshop focused on native parasitoids as a control for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. Use this link to read the synopsis of the workshop. Native Parasitoids Hold Promise in Stink Bug Defense
Viticulture Webinar
Innovative Under Vine Management Strategies Webcast Alice Wise and Libby Tarleton, Cornell Viticulture Extension on Long Island, are offering a viticulture webinar on Thursday, 10 May from 3:00 to 4:30 PM with two excellent speakers and topics. First is Dr. Tony Wolf from Virginia Tech presenting Intrarow cover crops and other practices to favorably alter vine growth and canopy architecture, followed by Dr. Ian Merwin from Cornell discussing Vineyard floor management and soil health. Anyone with a computer and (relatively … Continue reading
Summer Technical Meeting Updates
The schedule and the registration materials for the 2012 VVA Summer Technical Meeting and Social have been posted on the site in the Events Calendar. The event takes place June 14th & 15th in Winchester.
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