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SIPS Extension Update: June 23, 2023

If you have extension news to contribute to future updates, please send to SIPS Associate Director for Extension, Awais Khan (awais.khan@cornell.edu) or to Magdalen Lindeberg (ML16@cornell.edu).

Extension updates from Plant Breeding & Genetics (Margaret Smith)

New hiring:

  • Global Vegetable Improvement faculty position (60% research: 40% extension):  Plant Breeding and Genetics section concluded the interview process; offer has been made to the top candidate and negotiations are going on.  This will be the largest extension FTE of any of Plant Breeding and Genetics faculty!
  • Grapevine breeding position (60% research: 40% extension): Horticulture section had interviewed four strong candidates, and top two candidates have been identified. The position will be based in Geneva, NY at the AgriTech campus.
  • Position description for a vegetable pathologist to address the needs of vegetable growers on Long Island is being developed.

Events:

  • The Seed Growers Field Day: The Seed Growers Field Day will be held on Friday 30 June from 9-noon (registration opens at 8:30) at the Foundation Seed Barn on Rt. 366 (just east of the Guterman complex on the edge of campus). Small grains, forage, and cover crop breeding efforts and variety testing will be highlighted. Field day will also honor and celebrate Gary Bergstrom, a regular contributor to this field day, and June 30 will be his last official workday before retiring.
  • NY Soil Health field day series: Hort faculty and staff are featured speakers for the NY Soil Health field day series

Extension updates from Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (Margery Daughtrey)

  • Executive Leadership Conference for CCE Executive Directors on Long Island: Cornell Cooperative Extension recently held its Executive Leadership Conference for CCE Executive Directors on Long Island, during which CCE-Suffolk hosted a 12 June tour of the extension and research at Cornell’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center as well as a barbecue in the garden.  Attendees learned about programs in agricultural stewardship, entomology, floriculture, ornamentals pathology, landscape and nursery horticulture, plant breeding, viticulture and weed science conducted at the Center in Riverhead, NY, where a great deal of collaboration takes place among CCE-Suffolk and Cornell University staff.
people in a greenhouse with flowers
Mark Bridgen describes his alstroemeria and impatiens breeding to assembled county Extension Directors, CCE-Suffolk Association Board members, Director of Extension, Chris Watkins and other statewide CCE staff, in the LIHREC greenhouse.

Cornell Soil Health Program/New York Soil Health Initiative

Soil health flierWe have been organizing another amazing New York Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Field Day series this year across NY and for different commodities. Two have already happened, but there are six left in the field day series this summer.

 

Read more about the whole field day series

Learn about the Rodman Lott event on July 13th

Perennial Weed Management (Lynn Sosnoskie)

2023 Field Meetings: Perennial Weed Management (6/20) & Onion Update (7/6)

CCE Orange County’s 2023 field meetings series will include the following two sessions: Perennial Weed Management on Tuesday, June 20th and Onion Update on Thursday, July 6th.

NYSDEC Recertification Credits are being offered in the following categories:

    • 1.0 Pesticide Recertification Credits offered for Perennial Weeds: 1A, 10, 21, 22, 23, 25
    • 1.0 Pesticide Recertification Credits offered for Onion Update: 1A, 10, 23

Cornell Small Farms Programs (Anu Rangarajan)

Farm Ops to Offer Scholarships for Trainings, Workshops and Conferences by Bailey Colvin / June 20, 2023

Our project for veterans in agriculture, Farm Ops, wants to support our NYS veterans in their agricultural pursuits and our current NYS farmer veteran’s expansion of their farm businesses. If you are a veteran interested in expanding your knowledge on small fruit production, taking a deep dive into grazing management, or increasing your knowledge on…; Read More

Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development (Richard Stup)

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