NYCO Meets Virtually or In-Person on February 8 at J Martin Auctions, Waterloo Waterloo, N.Y. The NY Certified Organic (NYCO) Discussion Meetings are back for just one meeting this winter and another this spring. The planning committee felt that we could have a safe winter meeting at J Martin Auctions due to the size of the…Continue Reading Reminder: NY Certified Organic (NYCO) Discussion Meeting coming February 8th
Summary of Stacked Cultivation Trials in New York
Today’s Post comes from NYSIPM’s Dr. Bryan Brown Using several different cultivation implements at once, or “stacking” tools, can improve weed control effectiveness. From my work at the University of Maine, Eric Gallandt and I showed that certain cultivation tools work synergistically together, particularly those combinations that undercut, then uproot, then bury weeds. Unfortunately crop…Continue Reading Summary of Stacked Cultivation Trials in New York
Weed control specialist joins NYS IPM
I’m Bryan Brown, the new Integrated Weed Management Specialist at NYS IPM. I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to work with growers and promote IPM solutions for weed management. I came here from the University of Maine, where I compared the economic and ecological effects of several weed management strategies and tested a new cultivation…Continue Reading Weed control specialist joins NYS IPM