The Lake Erie Regional Grape Program (LERGP) will be holding a series of meetings to educate local growers interested in crop insurance. Crop insurance has become a significant risk management tool for area growers, particularly specialty crop growers like grapes. Currently over 70% of grape growers rely on crop insurance as a risk management tool in Chautauqua County.

The annual CRAVE (Cornell Recent Advances in Viticulture and Enology) conference features 15 minute presentations by Cornell faculty, extension associates, and graduate students on current extension and research topics of their choice. For this year’s conference, we would like to invite members of the industry to log on for as little or as much time as you want to hear cutting-edge presentations about viticulture, enology, economics and more. Find out what Cornell Research and Extension faculty and staff have been up to this past year.

Let's talk harvest, 2015 year in review and crop insurance. There are Crop Insurance updates that need to be addressed prior to November 20, 2015 and we have updates on 2015 disease and pest issues.

The CLEREL facility will be closed Thursday, November 26, 2015 and Friday, November 27, 2015 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will reopen on Monday, November 30, 2015. Enjoy the holiday!

Learn how to prune grapevines with Cornell Cooperative Extension! This hands-on class will get you sharpening your skills out in the Finger Lakes Teaching and Demonstration Vineyard, so dress warmly, bring your shears, and be ready to put your new pruning prowess into practice.  

The CLEREL facility will be closing on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at end of day, and will remain closed until Monday, January 4, 2016. The team at CLEREL wishes you a very happy holiday season! We look forward to working with you in the New Year!