This meeting will focus on evaluating winter injury in vineyards, and how growers can adapt their pruning practices in response.

Pruning Workshop, Friday February 14, 2014
Pre-registration is required and the cost is $30 per person, class limited to 25 people.
Please remember to dress for the weather and bring your own pruning sheers.

A project reporting session is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory located at 6592 West Main Rd. Portland, NY. This location will serve as the satellite location via polycom. The physical presenters will be in Geneva. The meeting will begin at 10:00am and run until approximately 3:00pm. Updates on projects funded by the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program Research and Extension Program, Inc. (the group charged with dispersing the 75 cents per ton voluntary assessment for Concords produced in the Lake Erie Region), New York Wine and Grape Foundation, New York Wine Grape Growers Association and Viticulture Consortium East, will be presented, as well as, short presentations on proposed new projects. The meeting format is designed to encourage discussion between those who are conducting or proposing projects, the funders, and the grower community by limiting presentations to 5 minutes and eliminating the use of visual aids. Lunch is provided for attendees but you must register to reserve a lunch. Please respond to Kate by Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 716-792-2800 x201 or kjr45@cornell.edu.

We are happy to announce that Finger Lakes Grape Growers Conference and Trade Show has merged with Cornell annual NY Wine Industry Workshop to create a new event called B.E.V. NY, which will be held February 27, 28 and March 1, 2014 at the Waterloo Holiday Inn, on Route 414 just north of Routes 5 & 20 in Waterloo, NY.

Click here to go to the B.E.V. NY website for registration and program information.

The "CORE" training session will be held from 9:00am to 12:15pm. This session is designed as a review prior to taking the exam, but is not mandatory. Pre-registration is required for this event.  Please see pdf registration form and flyer for additional information. The Private and Commercial NYS Pesticide Examinations will be given at 1:00pm in the CLEREL Conference room. You must register for this exam by contacting the NYS DEC, Buffalo Office, by calling (716) 851-7220.

Overview of NEWA, including how to access NEWA Home Page and Weather Station information, followed by information on how to access weather and pest model information through NEWA. Class will conclude with discussion on how to develop and implement an IPM strategy using the weather and pest model information that you learned how to obtain through the NEWA website.

Overview of NEWA, including how to access NEWA Home Page and Weather Station information, followed by information on how to access weather and pest model information through NEWA. Class will conclude with discussion on how to develop and implement an IPM strategy using the weather and pest model information that you learned how to obtain through the NEWA website.

We apologize for any inconvenience the rescheduling of this event may have caused.  Please refer to the newly scheduled event for May 20, 2014 for registration and information.