In this Issue:
VEGETABLE NEWS
2008 Minnesota Grown Directory Now Available
2008 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers
STRAWBERRY NEWS
APPLE NEWS
Apple and Strawberry Insect Pests to Be Monitored In 2008 by the MDA
WI Eco-Apple IPM and Organic Conference Calls
| Vol 5 No. 1 | May 9, 2008 |
Eco-Apple IPM and Organic Conference Calls
Here is an invitation for MN apple growers from Lisa DiPietro, Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems:
Eco-Apple IPM Grower’s Hour:
This season, the Wisconsin Eco-Apple Project is offering free weekly conference calls with IPM coach John Aue and other IPM experts. The purpose of the calls is to help growers get their pest management questions answered more quickly and easily. The calls are open to any interested grower in the Upper Midwest. The calls are scheduled for Tuesdays from 8 – 9 am this season.
Each week, you will need to submit your questions to John by 10 pm the night before the call. Preferably, please e-mail your questions to John at jgaue@mwt.net. If you do not have access to the internet, you can call John with your questions at 608-604-0234. Before the call, John will review the questions he receives; if he receives more than he can answer in the one hour conference call, he will give first priority to questions he believes are most relevant to the majority of call participants.
We’ll be using a service of freeconferencecall.com to conduct the calls. To call in, dial 712-580-0100, then enter this access code: 516817. If you would like to hear the weekly call recording, dial (641) 715-3436, then enter this access code: 516817.
Organic Apple Grower’s Hour:
In addition, the Wisconsin Eco-Apple Project is offering free weekly conference calls with organic apple orchard consultant Michael Phillips and other apple growing pros.
The calls will be geared for commercial apple growers in the Upper Midwest with intermediate to advanced orchard management skills. Open-minded growers who are interested in a holistic approach to orchard management will get the most out of these calls.
Calls are scheduled every Thursday at 8 am from April 24th through August 28th. There will be no call on July 3.
Each week, send your apple orchard management questions to Michael by 8pm Central time on the Wednesday evening before the call. Preferably, please e-mail your questions to Michael at michael@herbsandapples.com . If you do not have e-mail access, you can leave a message with your questions on Michael Phillips’ answering machine at 603-636-2286. Along with your questions, we encourage you to submit any degree-day tracking information that you have recorded and to contribute any pertinent observations you have made in the field.
We’ll be using a service of freeconferencecall.com to conduct the calls. To call in, dial 712-432-1680, then enter this access code: 868736. If you would like to hear the weekly call recording, dial (712) 432-1284, then enter this access code: 868736.
For more information on both IPM and Organic Conference calls, or to download the call recordings, contact coordinator Lisa DiPietro at ldipietro@wisc.edu, or 608-265-3637. Please note, the schedules could change due to the weather or other scheduling conflicts.
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 Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-201-6217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 625 Robert St. North, St. Paul, MN 55155. 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: www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/ipm/ipmnews.htm
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