A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable
News (Volume 16, 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 16:17, use the following link:
http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/volume16/frveg1617.html
Note that a pdf file of this issue is available for those who wish to print it.
In this issue ...
Upcoming Programs
Regional Updates (from Maurice Ogutu)
Food Safety Modernization Act and GAP Plans
Fruit Production Pest Management (2011 Midwest spray guides available online)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management
(declining populations of corn flea beetle,
Capture LFR for root maggot control in Brassicas)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in
Fruit & Vegetable Production & Pest Management
Upcoming Programs
·Webinar: Insuring Diversified and Specialty
Farms: Is USDAs AGR-LITE Insurance Program Right
for You? Thursday, January 20, 2011. Begins at
10:00 a.m. (Free; online preregistration is
required at
<http://attra.ncat.org/webinars2011/agr-lite/>http://attra.ncat.org/webinars2011/agr-lite/.)
·Managing Legal Risks in the Direct Farm Business
Webinars. January 25, 2011, and March 3,
2011. Webinars will be hosted at 20 locations
throughout Illinois. Contact Deborah
Cavanaugh-Grant at
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
or 217-968-5583 or see
<https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=516>https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=516.
·2011 Horseradish Growers Convention, January 27,
2011. Gateway Conference Center, Collinsville,
IL. For more information, contact Elizabeth
Wahle, 618-692-9434; <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
·Webinar: Organic Apple Production and Marketing
(A Beginner's Guide), January 27, 2011. Begins
at noon. (Free, online preregistration
required.) Register at
<https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/282739802>https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/282739802.
·Southern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School,
February 1, 2011. Mt Vernon Holiday Inn, Mt.
Vernon, IL. For more information, contact
Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434; <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
·Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit
School, February 2, 2011. First Presbyterian
Church, Hardin, IL. For more information,
contact Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434;
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
·Southern Illinois Commercial Vegetable School,
February 9, 2011. Mt Vernon Holiday Inn, Mt.
Vernon, IL. For more information, contact
Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434; <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
·Western Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School,
February17, 2011. Adams County Extension
Office, 330 S. 36th, Quincy, IL Contact Mike
Roegge at
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
or the Adams/Brown Extension Unit at 217-223-8380.
·IL-WI Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Conference,
February 21, 2011. Union, IL, contact Maurice
Ogutu at <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
·2011 MOSES Organic Farming Conference, February
24-26, 2011. LaCrosse, WI, see
<http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html>http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html
·Illinois Small Fruit and Strawberry Schools,
March 1-2, 2011. Mt. Vernon, IL. Details to be
provided in the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News.
Rick Weinzierl
Richard A. Weinzierl, Professor and Extension Entomologist
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
S-334 Turner Hall, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
[email protected], Ph. 217-333-6651
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