A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 12, number 17)
has been posted on the web.
To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with
links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html
For direct access to issue number 12:17, use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/volume12/frveg1217.html .
Note that a pdf file of this issue is available for those who wish to print it.
Contents of Issue 12:17:
Upcoming Programs (see below)
Notes on the 2007 Illinois Specialty Crops and Agritourism Conference and
Membership in ISGA
Regional Updates (Jeff Kindhart and Bronwyn Aly and from Maurice Ogutu)
Notes from Chris Doll ( cool fall, collar rot, strawberry weed control,
pruning, winter conferences)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (seeding rates of rye covers and
pumpkin yields; identifications of the insects in from issue 16)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in Fruit & Vegetable
Production & Pest Management
Upcoming Programs
· Illinois/Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Conference, November 30, 2006,
Scott County Extension Office, Bettendorf, IA. Contact
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Maurice Ogutu for more information.
· Chicago Farmer Forum, November 30, 2006, Chicago High School for
the Agricultural Sciences. For more information; contact the Mayor's
Office of Special Events 312-744-3315.
· Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo, December 5-7,
2006, Grand Rapids, MI. For more information, consult the Expo web site at
<http://www.glexpo.com/index.php>http://www.glexpo.com/index.php.
· Organic Production and Consumer Driven Marketing for the Farmer
Entrepreneur, December 6-7, 2006, Interstate Center, Bloomington, IL. For
more information, consult the meeting web site at
<http://asap.aces.uiuc.edu/orgconf/>http://asap.aces.uiuc.edu/orgconf/.
· Illiana (Illinois/Indiana) Commercial Vegetable Growers School,
January 4, 2007, Teibels Restaurant, Schererville, IN. Contact
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Maurice Ogutu for more information.
· Illinois Specialty Crops and Agritourism Conference, January
11-13, 2007, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, IL. For more information,
see the article below and the Illinois Specialty Growers web site
at
<http://www.specialtygrowers.org/releases/Pre-conference%20Flyer%202007.pdf>http://www.specialtygrowers.org/releases/Pre-conference%20Flyer%202007.pdf
· Kankakee County Vegetable Growers School, January 30, 2007, at
the Kankakee County Extension Office in Bourbonnais, IL. Contact Maurice
Ogutu (<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]) or James Theuri
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]).
· Western Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School, January 30, 2007,
Quincy, IL. Contact Mike Roegge, University of Illinois Extension,
217-223-8380 or <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
· Southern Illinois Tree Fruit School, February 6, 2007, Mt.
Vernon, IL. Contact Elizabeth Wahle, University of Illinois Extension,
618-288-4584 or <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
· Southwestern Illinois Tree Fruit School, February 7, Hardin,
IL. Contact Elizabeth Wahle, University of Illinois Extension,
618-288-4584 or <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
· Southern Illinois Vegetable School, February 15, Mt. Vernon, IL.
Contact Elizabeth Wahle, University of Illinois Extension, 618-288-4584 or
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
· Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting,
February 22-25, Hilton Hotel, downtown Springfield. Each day will focus on
a particular aspect of the grape and wine industry: Thursday will be
marketing; Friday, enology; Saturday, viticulture; and Sunday will be
reserved for the IGGVA business meeting. Details, as they become
available, will be posted on the IGGVA
website:
<http://www.illinoiswine.com/index.html>http://www.illinoiswine.com/index.html
· Small Fruit & Strawberry Schools, February 27-28, 2007, Mt.
Vernon, IL. Contact Jeff Kindhart
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Bronwyn Aly
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]), 618-695-2444.
Rick Weinzierl
Rick Weinzierl
Richard A. Weinzierl, Professor and Extension Entomologist
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
S-522 Turner Hall, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Ph. 217-333-6651
