MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 3, No. 1

When: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Time: 8:45 am - 3:30 pm
Where: Afton Apple Orchard - Hastings , MN
Registration fee - $75 (first person), Additional people, same farm – $40 per person. Pre-registration due by May 20, 2006. For more information, Contact: Marilyn Johnson, 763-434-0400, Email: mfvga@msn.com

Tentative Schedule:
8:45 Registration and refreshments
9:15 Program

IPM Overview: Getting started and continuous learning
Economics of IPM: A Win-Win for Reducing Your Risk and Making Money
Managing Gray Mold
Insects – Field Identification
Lunch (included with registration)
Managing Anthracnose and Leather Rot
Weeds, weeds, weeds
Wrap up / Questions

Speakers and Participants:
Dr. Mike Ellis – Plant Pathology Professor, Ohio State University.
Dr. Bill Hutchison - University of Minnesota
Dr. Thaddeus McCamant - Northland Community & Technical College
Frank Forcella - USDA - Agricultural Research Service, Morris , MN
Jeanne Ciborowski - Minnesota Department of Agriculture

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison (hutch002@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Management and Development Division, and Suzanne Wold-Burkness (woldx018@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota

The Newsletter is published weekly from May through August, cooperatively, by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Minnesota (U of MN). Reports are posted on the U of MN and MDA web sites on Fridays. If you have suggestions and/or comments, please send your contributions by 4 p.m., Wednesday to Jean Ciborowski, 651-201-6217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us, MDA, 625 Robert St. North, St. Paul, MN 55155-2538. You can access the Newsletter at the U of MN web site in htm format at: www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and at the MDA web site in pdf format at: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/ipm/ipmnews/

Partial funding for this publication is provided through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (MFVGA) and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA). These institutions are equal opportunity providers.

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