Dec. 8: High Tunnel Production Workshop, Rifton, N.Y. (Hudson Valley)
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Woodcrest Community
2032 Route 213, Rifton, NY 12471
8:30am – 2:30pm
$20 per person – You must preregister for this event.
Featuring:
- High Tunnel Raspberries – Marvin Pritts, Professor & Chair of the Department of Horticulture, Cornell University
- High Tunnel Cut Flowers – Chris Wien, Professor Department of Horticulture, Cornell University
- High Tunnel Vegetables – Judson Reid, Cornell Vegetable Program
- High Tunnel Production Budgets – Laura McDermot, Capitol District Vegetable Team and Small Fruit Team
- Cercospora Leaf Spot in High Tunnel Spinach & Caterpillar Tunnel Construction – Molly Shaw, Fruit & Vegetable Specialist, CCE Tioga County
- Organic Potting Media – Neil Mattson, Assistant Professor and Floriculture Extension Specialist Department of Horticulture, Cornell University
- Compost and Microbial Disease Suppression – Allison Jack, Graduate Student, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
- Host Farm High Tunnel Tour, Jeff King, Woodcrest Community
Dec. 12: Getting Started in High Tunnels Conference, Watertown, N.Y.
PRESS RELEASE: Use before December 8, 2009
Cornell Cooperative Extension Contacts: Sue Gwise, Jefferson County, 315-788-8450; Amy Ivy, Clinton County, 518-561-7450
December 12: Getting Started in High Tunnels in NNY Conference in Watertown
Growing season extension done properly can be profitable
Watertown, NY — Extending the growing season for the commercial production of vegetables, berries and cutflowers is attracting more and more growers in Northern New York. To accommodate that interest Cornell Cooperative Extension is hosting a Getting Started in High Tunnels Conference on Saturday, December 12 from 10am to 2:30pmat the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County office at 203 N. Hamilton Street in Watertown, NY. Conference sponsors include the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program and the New York Farm Viability Institute.
Conference Coordinator and Extension Educator Amy Ivy says, “The Getting Started in High Tunnels Conference agenda will help growers who already have a tunnel structure or are considering getting started with one.”
The tunnel structures may be Quonset-style “hoop houses,” Gothic-style peaked roof structures, or caterpillar-style closer-to-the-ground tunnels. Crops grown under these structures out-produce crops grown in the field with less damage and fewer disease problems. Tunnels allow growers to start plants earlier in the spring and harvest later in the fall as well as into the winter season.
New York State Vegetable Specialist Judson Reid and Nelson Hoover of Hoover Family Farm in Penn Yan, NY, are the featured speakers. Topics to be covered include the different types of season-extension structures and soil preparation. An in-depth session will focus on tomato production. A discussion of other possible crops for high tunnel crop production is also on the agenda.
A panel of local and greenhouse growers will share their experiences using tunnels and greenhouses in Northern New York’s cold climate.
Earlier this year, Cornell researchers released economic impact data for high tunnel production. Their report showed a net income per square foot of high tunnel space for some growers of 57 cents/sq. ft. to $1.44/sq. ft. of tomatoes; and $1.51/sq.ft. for raspberries.
The conference cost is $20 per person and includes a catered local foods lunch. Registration is requested by December 8. For a program brochure and registration, contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County at 315-788-8450 or Amy Ivy at adi2@cornell.edu.
Learn more about Northern New York agriculture by contacting your local Cornell Cooperative Extension office or visit the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program website at www.nnyagdev.org.
NY High Tunnel Conference December 8
A wide variety of tunnel topics will be covered at this workshop Tuesday, December 8 at the Woodcrest Community, 2032 Route 213, Rifton, NY. Come hear updates from the CU tunnel team on their projects, funded by the New York Farm Viability Institute.
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High Tunnel Vegetables, Berries and Cut Flowers
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Winter Spinach Production
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Budgeting
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Farm tour of winter greens high tunnels!
Click here for details:
http://blogs.cornell.edu/hightunnels/files/2009/11/2009-High-Tunnel-Workshop-Brochure.pdf
Innovations in Agriculture Conference November 17-18
NYSERDA’s 9th Annual Innovations in Agriculture Conference
November 17-18
Hilton Garden Inn Troy, NY
From Chris Wien:
The conference is a wider look at energy use and farming in New York. The information on alternative fuels could be useful for growers wishing to extend the growing season in high tunnels, and using perhaps a pellet stove to warm the soil under a high tunnel crop to start the season of leafy greens significantly earlier than would be possible with unheated high tunnels.
Video: High tunnel seminar
Sept. 14, 2009 Department of Horticulture seminar on the benefits of high tunnels for extending the season early and late for vegetables, flowers and berries. Presenters: Dr. Marvin Pritts, Dr. Chris Wien, and intern Elizabeth Buck.
High tunnel seminar, Dept. of Horticulture, Cornell University from Cornell Horticulture on Vimeo.
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