UPCOMING
EVENTS REMINDER:
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Effective Spraying of Vineyards
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 8:30
AM - 4:00 PM
JCC-North Campus, Dunkirk, NY
Half-day field portion of the course to be scheduled
Effective
Spraying of Vineyards brochure
A new course, developed by Dr. Andrew Landers of Cornell
University and funded by the New York Farm Viability Institute
(NYFVI), is a 1½ day in-depth training course on better spray
application techniques and will:
- improve your knowledge of spraying techniques leading
to better deposition and less drift
- improve your timeliness of application resulting in better
disease and insect control
- reduce off-target drift keeping you within the law
- show you how to modernize your existing sprayer
- inform you of new developments in sprayer design keeping
you up-to-date
- help you potentially reduce pesticide use by 30% - 40%,
improving your profitability.
Thanks to the grant from the NYFVI, there is no fee for the
course. Attendance is limited to 15 people, so make sure to
register ahead of time.
Please contact Linda Aures at 716-672-5296 or laures@netsync.net
to register for this workshop. |
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| Grape
Integrated Pest Management |
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Tim
Weigle |
Spray Smarter With Your Kinkelder
According to Dr. Andrew Landers, the deflectors designed at Cornell
University for the Kinkelder sprayer heads are now available for purchase.
The deflectors put all the spray into the canopy and reduce drift considerably,
thus improving deposition, reducing disease and insect activity. Trials
last summer show tremendous improvements can be made by this simple
addition. The new deflectors are being made by Mercury with twice the
thickness of steel as the original prototypes used at the demonstrations.
They are only suitable for SINGLE curtain trellis. They are available
through Andrew Landers at Cornell University. If you are interested
in purchasing a set, please call Andrew at (315) 406-1448.
If we get 10 orders they will cost $700 each, if we get 6 orders they
will cost $750. As of today Andrew has 3 orders - so tell your friends.
Freight will be extra.
Dr. Landers also has a wealth of information on his web site about
sprayers, calibration, reducing drift and many more subjects that can
be found at: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/faculty/landers/pestapp/grape.htm.
| Grape
Farm Business Management |
|
Barry
Shaffer |
Tips for Getting the Most Bang for the Buck
with Your Chemical and Fertilizer Dollars
I've seen that income is down for most growers for 2006. If money is
tight for 2007, here is a list of worthwhile practices to follow for
low cost juice grape production. Budget for step 1, then step 2, and
down the list as far as funds will allow. Remember, results may vary
depending on the growing season, previous mineral nutrition programs,
insect and disease pressures, etc. In approximate order of importance:
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Under-the-trellis weed management
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Immediate prebloom fungicide spray
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First postbloom fungicide spray
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Insecticide spray for high-risk GBM vineyards
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First 50 lbs. of actual N fertilizer
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Row-middle weed management (dry year)
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Early season fungicide spray
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Second postbloom fungicide spray
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Row-middle weed management (wet year)
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Insect spray for low-risk vineyards (take the time
to scout!)
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| Weather
Facts |
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Tim
Weigle and Edith Byrne |
| Fri.,
3/30 |
Increasing
clouds, with a high near 58°.
Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low near 28°. |
| Sat.,
3/31 |
Partly cloudy, with a high near 53°.
Saturday night: A 50% chance of showers after 8pm.
Mostly cloudy, with a low near 42°. |
| Sun.,
4/1 |
A
50% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58°.
Sunday night: A 50% chance of showers. Partly cloudy,
with a low near 43°.
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| Mon.,
4/2 |
A 40% chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 56°.
Monday night: A 30% chance of showers. Partly cloudy,
with a low near 40°. |
| Tues.,
4/3 |
A 40% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55°.
Tuesday night: A 40% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy,
with a low near 45°. |
| Wed.,
4/4 |
A 40% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52°.
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| Weather
Facts Information: through Wednesday 3/28/2007 |
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High
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Low
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Pct.
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GDDs
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Jan.
GDDs
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Apr.
GDDs
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64
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42
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0
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3
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49
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0
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Jan.
accum. |
Apr.
accum. |
per/day
accum. |
| Average
GDDs: |
17.01 |
0.00 |
1.69 |
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March Precipitation: |
1.84" |
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| Average
Precipitation (March) |
2.60" |
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| Year-to-Date
Precipitation |
9.25" |
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| Average
High |
52.5° |
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| Average
Low |
32.0° |
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You
can follow the DAILY high and low (updated daily) by visiting
http://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/Dailys2007.htm.
Also, from
the main
weather page (http://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/weather.htm)
you can navigate to other weather information/pages that we
maintain for your information and use. |
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| The
weather proverb from the Farmer's Almanac this week is: |
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If the
Sun should set in gray, the next day will be a rainy day. . .
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Sustainable Viticulture Workbook Project
- Update
We have met with growers from Chautauqua, Niagara, Cattaraugus Counties
in New York and several growers from PA. for this project which is
a cooperative effort of growers, processors, the Finger Lakes Regional
Grape Program, Long Island Grape Program and the Lake Erie Regional
Grape Program.
Going over the questions in the workbook typically takes about
90 minutes. Depending on your operation and the type of grapes you
are growing doesn't make any difference either - we are interested
in everyone's input, no matter how many acres you have. Once
you have completed the first phase of going through the workbook and
answering the questions scaled from 1 (best practice) to 4
(should look at this practice to see if it can be improved),
a follow-up visit is scheduled with a member of the SWCD from your
county (they have the money to help with cost sharing) to discuss
how you might be able to move the practices that received a rating
of 4 to a rating closer to 1 - this is the Action Plan meeting and
so far we have completed four of these meetings.
The workbook questions are painless, self-reflective and the
comments made by growers' are very positive - including how going
over the questions makes them think about their total operation, or
how they might be able to do or think about something differently,
etc.
We continue to hear from growers and are still asking for more
volunteers to go through the workbook, answering the questions that
pertain to them (and let us know what questions do not pertain to
their operation). We have appointments set up with more growers through
the month... If you are interested in working with us on this project
please send Edith an email at emb35@cornell.edu
or give her a call at 716.672.6830 so she can schedule an appointment
with you.
Lake
Erie Regional Grape Program Extension Team Members:
| Andy
Muza |
Extension
Agent, Erie County, PA Cooperative Extension |
(814)
825-0900 |
| Barry
Shaffer |
Area
Extension Farm Business Management Educator |
(716)
679-3185 |
| Hans
Walter-Peterson |
Area
Extension Grape Cultural Practices Educator |
(716)
672-2191 |
| Tim
Weigle |
Sr.
Area Extension Educator, Grape IPM |
(716)
672-6830 |
For
any questions or comments on the format of this update
please contact Tim Weigle at: timweigl@netsync.net
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