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.
Announcements
Loaner Sensor Program
The loaner sensor program will not be available this growing season in light of the COVID -19 protocols. We offer our sincere apologiesRecorded Coffee Pot Meetings
You may not be able to obtain Pesticide License Recertification points but you can gain plenty of valuable information by watching the coffee pot meetings if you missed them! We have had some special guest speakers over the last month sharing valuable information with us!Click the link below for access to all of the recorded LERGP Coffee Pot Meetings!
https://lergp.com/2020-virtual-coffee-pot-meeting-guest-speakers
Resources for Farm Business Safety Plan
http://agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu/2020/06/01/resources-for-farm-business-safety-plan-required-in-new-york/http://LERGP Podcasts- check them out!
http://lergp.com/podcasts/
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