More and more homeowners and small-gardeners are choosing to reduce or end their use of pesticides. Not just for the health of their family and pets, but to reduce the risk of harming pollinators. Growers and farmers have multiple reasons to reduce pesticide use: reduced cost, reduced health risk to their families and employees,…Continue Reading Pollinator Protection Resources
April Was the Cruelest Month: Hard Freeze in Fruit Orchards
Imagine a winter rather like this past one. A winter where February behaved like March (mostly) and March impersonated April. A delight to be sure. But not for the fruit grower with an eye on the weather. Not in New York; not anywhere in the Northeast or parts of the upper Midwest, for that matter….Continue Reading April Was the Cruelest Month: Hard Freeze in Fruit Orchards
IPM Rewards Excellence — the Ten Eyck Connection
Each year we seek nominees for our Excellence in IPM awards. We look for people who make a difference, whether on farms, in communities, or at research sites across New York; people who care about human and ecological health and resilience. Sometimes the abundance of stellar candidates amazes us. This was one of those years….Continue Reading IPM Rewards Excellence — the Ten Eyck Connection
Back to School for Fruit Growers | IPM and More
Kicking off February, two Lake Ontario Winter Fruit Schools back to back: February 2, 2015 8:00 am 4:00 pm Niagara County CCE Training Center, 4487 Lake Ave., Lockport, NY 14094 February 3, 2015 8:00 am 4:00 pm Wayne County, Quality Inn, 125 North Main St., Newark, NY 14513 You’ll learn about recent research results, new…Continue Reading Back to School for Fruit Growers | IPM and More
For New Invasive Lanternfly, Best IPM Tool is Your Eyes
Spotted lanternfly, aka Lycorma delicatula — put it on your radar now. True, as far as we know it’s not in New York. Yet. And with winter blowing in, any likelihood of seeing it this year is grows smaller by the day. But considering the havoc this new invasive could wreak if it breaks through…Continue Reading For New Invasive Lanternfly, Best IPM Tool is Your Eyes