You must be enrolled in the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program to benefit from the expertise of our Grape Specialists. Enrollment includes 6 issues of The Vineyard Notes newsletter, weekly electronic Crop Updates, telephone/email consultations, reduced registration fees for our educational meetings, ability to participate in applied research projects and on-farm educational opportunities.

In 2017, our program is supported, in part, by 5 county Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations in Western NY: Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and, Niagara, Counties and Erie County in Pennsylvania*. Enrollment discounts are given to those that live, farm or conduct agricultural services in those counties (In-Region Enrollment). However, we still welcome those that do not live, farm or conduct agricultural services in those counties to enroll in our program (Satellite Enrollment).

****Please note: Chautauqua County growers are required to enroll through CCE Chautauqua County, using the following link: http://chautauqua.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/agriculture-program-subscription. All other counties may use the online enrollment form below. If you have any questions, please contact Kate Robinson. 

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/