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| Crop Update - 8/9/2007 | |||
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UPCOMING EVENTS REMINDER:
Lake Erie Winemaker and Winegrower Roundtable: Sensory Outcomes of Vineyard/Winery Practices - Featuring Tasting of Lake Erie Wines And Discussions of Current Crush Practices Friday, August 10, 2007- 09:00-12:00 Mercyhurst North East in the Culinary Dining Room 16 West Division Street, North East, PA The meeting will be in the Culinary Dining Room located at the northwest corner of campus. The parking area off of Pearl Street is closest to the meeting site. Registration is required. Register by Wednesday, August 8, by calling Penn State Cooperative Extension in Erie County at (814) 825-0900. Twilight Meeting and Pig Roast - NYS DEC, NYS Department of Labor and Border Patrol Updates Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Thompson Ag, Silver Creek, NY The meeting is free of charge but Reservations are required for the pig roast to ensure that we have enough dinners for everyone. Please contact Linda at the LERGP Fredonia Office at (716) 672-5296 no later than August 8 to let her know you will be attending. NY Agriculture Commissioner to Speak at Sustainable Agriculture Tour Friday, August 17, 2007 Tour will begin: 10:00 a.m. at the Dutch Road Dairy, operated by Matthew and Nancy Beckerink in Findley Lake; lunch, to be held at 12:30 p.m. at Cross Roads Farm & Craft Market in Westfield; 2:30 p.m., the tour will visit the Betts Farm, operated by Robert and Dawn Betts in Westfield. There is a $7.50 registration fee for lunch. Menu choices include Italian sausage, hamburgers, or cheeseburgers, along with salads, vegetables, fruit, and beverage. Advanced reservations are required for lunch by calling (716) 664-2351, extension 102 on or before August 14. Succeeding with Cabernet Franc 2007 Tuesday, August 21, 2007, 9AM - 4:30PM Berks County Extension Office, 1238 County Welfare Road, Suite 110 Berks County Ag Center Leesport, PA 19533-9709 Science-Based Organic Grape Production Field Day The Lake Erie Regional Grape Research and Extension Center (the Penn State lab at North East) would like to invite all interested growers to attend a field day on September 6. This event will focus on the results of research trials conducted over the last 5 years on the production of both processing (Concord and Niagara) and wine grapes utilizing organic pesticides and practices. Some of the topics that will be presented include; the effectiveness of organic fungicides on managing common grape diseases (emphasis on black rot), utilizing mating disruption to manage grape berry moth, the impact of long term use of compost on grape vine disease management and productivity, a discussion of the importance of clean (disease free) vines in establishing new grape vine plantings, novel weed control methods, the basics of organic transition and certification, sprayer modification for drift mitigation, as well as marketing and grower panels to discuss the economics and grower experiences of organic grape production in our wet climate. After some brief introductory remarks, the program will begin at 10 am and continue until about 4:30 pm. Lunch will be provided. |
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| Update from North East, PA | Bryan Hed |
| Here is a brief update from the lakeshore in North East PA. |
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Weather: |
| Phenology: Vignoles is at 5.7 brix and a few berries are beginning to soften. Early varieties like Foch, Aurore, and Fredonia have been softening and changing color for the past several days. |
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Diseases: As for bunch rots on tight cluster wine varieties, we are already seeing some Botrytis development in Vignoles and Chardonnay before veraison. We are finding it on clusters in dense areas of the canopy where air movement is restricted and wetness after rainfall is prolonged. Leaf pulling in the cluster zone offers tremendous advantages in bunch rot control, especially on susceptible varieties when weather turns wet during ripening. No one can control the weather, but, through cultural treatments like leaf pulling, growers can control how much influence the weather has on their disease management efforts. |
| Weather Facts | Tim Weigle and Edith Byrne |
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| The weather proverb this week is: |
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Sustainable Viticulture Workbook Project
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)! Please let us know if you are interested by emailing Edith (emb35@cornell.edu or grape@netsync.net)! We would love to hear from you.
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.
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 have appointments set up with more growers through the month for both the workbook portion and Action Plan meetings... If you are interested in working with us on this project please send Edith an e-mail 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 |
| Tim Weigle | Sr. Area Extension Educator, Grape IPM | (716) 672-6830 |
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any questions or comments on the format of this update please contact Tim Weigle at: timweigl@netsync.net |
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