We invite you to enroll in the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program.  When you enroll you have a direct link to the latest information from Cornell and other resources around the country on topics that are important to you as a grape grower, including pest management, vineyard nutrition, crop management and farm business management.  The Lake Erie Regional Grape Program is committed to providing you with important and timely information through a variety of means to help you produce the best crop possible as efficiently as possible.

When you join LERGP you receive the following benefits:

* LERGP electronic Crop Updates

* LERGP Vineyard Notes Newsletters

* Vineyard consultations with viticulture staff

* Important announcements about upcoming meetings and workshops

*Special rates for events and workshops for members

Our program is supported, in part, by 5 Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations: 4 in Western NY (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara) an 1 in Erie PA.  Enrollment discounts are given to those that live and farm in these counties (In region enrollment).  Please visit your local Extension web-site or office to enroll.  Contact information is located below. 

We invite anyone living or farming outside of these areas to enroll as well. (Out of region enrollment).  See form below.

CCE Cattaraugus County 28 Parkside Dr. Ellicottville NY 14731 716-699-2377 ext 100 cattaraugus.cce.cornell.edu	CCE Chautauqua County Carnahan Building 525 Falconer St PO Box 20 Jamestown NY 14702 716-664-9502 chautauqua.cce.cornell.edu CCE-Chautauqua Subscription	CCE of Erie County NY 21 S. Grove St. East Aurora NY 14052 716-652-5400 Ext 176 erie.cce.cornell.edu CCE Erie County Ag Program Enrollment
CCE Niagara County 4487 Lake Ave Lockport NY 14094 716-433-8839 cceniagaracounty.org		Erie PA Penn State Extension Erie County Office 606 West 2nd Street Erie, PA 16507-1111 Phone: (814) 825-0900, Ext. 2 extension.psu.edu/erie-county

Eastern Winery Exposition

March 10 - March 12, 2020

Lancaster, PA

The largest wine and grape trade show and conference east of the Pacific states, EWE will include three single-topic workshops on the first day, followed by two days of multiple sessions on three tracks: enology, viticulture and money/marketing/ management.

Northern Grapes Webinar- Growing Grapes without Glyphosate

March 17, 2020
1:00pm

Lynn Sosnoskie
Assistant Professor - Cornell University
Cornell AgriTech Campus, Geneva, NY

Lynn started as an assistant professor working in Weed Ecology and Management of specialty crops at Cornell AgriTech in September of 2019. Since completing her PhD at Ohio State she has served in research and extension in Wisconsin, Georgia, Washington, and California. Her research primarily focuses on glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth and the biology, ecology, and management of bindweed.

2020 LERGP Winter Grape Growers' Conference

March 19, 2020
8:00am-4:30am
Fredonia, NY

Save the date for March 19, 2020 to come join LERGP, fellow growers, special speakers and vendors in a full day of education and camaraderie.  A full and diverse agenda and delicious food await!  We hope to see everyone there.

Save the Date- 2020 Winter Grape Grower Conference

Thursday, March 19, 2020

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/