About Program
There are approximately 30,000 acres of vineyard in the Lake Erie region of New York and Pennsylvania grown on 840 farms, making this the largest grape growing region outside of California.
Of this acreage, 98.5% consists of Labrusca (American Grape) varieties such as 'Concord' and 'Niagara' which are used for juice, jam and other fresh or fermented products. The Lake Erie Regional Grape Program consists of Extension Educators and research faculty/staff from Cornell University and Penn State University devoted to projects aimed at increasing yields, product quality, diversity and improvement of cultivars, efficiency of production, profitability and adoption of environmentally sound cultural and pest management strategies.
The Lake Erie Regional Grape Program is supported, in part, by
five
county Cornell Cooperative Extensions including:
Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara Counties in New York
and Erie County in Pennsylvania.
To visit one of these Cornell Cooperative Extension's web sites,
simply click on a county within the map.
Upcoming Events
Virtual Office Hours
March 30 - June 30, 2020
Mondays:10:00am- Noon, Thursdays: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Come! Join the team for answers to questions, chat about what is going on in your vineyard,or just to say hello! Remember to bring your own coffee!Virtual LERGP Coffee Pot Meeting
May 27, 2020
10:00am
Join us Wednesdays May through July, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Register in advance for this meeting:Link to Register for Coffee Pot Meeting
Guest Speaker- Dr. Katie Gold-Early Season Disease Management
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Virtual LERGP Coffee Pot Meeting
June 3, 2020
10:00am
Join us Wednesdays May through July, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Register in advance for this meeting:Link to Register for Coffee Pot meetings
Announcements
Virtual Coffee Pot Meetings every Wednesday
We are excited to offer Virtual Coffee Pot Meeting for NY and PA Pesticide Recertification Credits.
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture approved our Coffee Pot Meeting virtually (online) and, with some modifications. We have been approved to offer one NY and one PA credit for each Coffee Pot Meeting. That is 13 opportunities to receive pesticide recertification credits in 2020!We will discuss timely viticulture, business management, and integrated pest management. We are also setting up special guest speakers in viticulture and enology from all over the country since traveling isn't an issue with the virtual platforms. We are excited to be able to continue to offer recertification credits for our growers and sad that it will not be in person or with coffee and doughnuts.
Join us Wednesdays May through July, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Register in advance for this meeting:
Loaner Sensor Program
The loaner sensor program is an outreach program designed to introduce interested growers to the technology developed by the Efficient Vineyard researchers. It involves a technician from the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program coming out to the farm to install or attach scanners and computers to existing equipment. The subsequent data collection is then completed during normal activity such as pesticide spraying. Once the data is collected it can be sent back to researchers to generate a prescription map. The DualEM soil sensor requires a technician to operate so if you would like to have a soil scan done of your vineyard, please contact the Portland, NY Cornell Extension office and make an appointment.https://efficientvineyard.com/loaner-sensor-program
LERGP Podcasts- check them out!
http://lergp.com/podcasts/
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