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Twilight Meeting for Fruit Growers, Susquehanna,PA
May 30, 2012
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Twilight Meeting for Fruit Growers, Catoctin Mtn Orchard, Thurmont, MD
June 5, 2012
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New Grape Grower Workshop
June 13, 2012
Latest News
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The 2012 Spray Record-Keeping Spreadsheet has been Updated with a New Function to Calculate Season-Long Use of a Product!
May 23, 2012The pesticides listed are the same as they were two months ago, but the spreadsheet now has a new function. A Pivot Table that is located to the right of the spreadsheet, allowing growers to fill in chemical use information, is designed to calculate how many times a grower uses specific sprays throughout a season. -
How Consumers Use Social Networks to Connect with Food Retailers: Blogging and Tweeting
May 21, 2012In this week’s installment of data describing how consumers use social media to engage with food retailers, we are sharing demographic characteristics of participants who indicated they were blogging or tweeting and how this could help your business. -
May 21st Disease Update
May 21, 2012Based on the Sky-Bit Ag E-Weather forecast and the MaryBlyt infection model, there is a potential for fire blight infections May 21st to 24th. Check newly planted and fire blight susceptible blocks for late bloom and apply control measures as needed.
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Disease Infection Status
May 16, 2012The primary scab infection period is almost over. Mature spore release is now down to less than 2% from the 100% peak on April 17. -
Carbon Balance Model Tables for May 5 to 19
May 16, 2012This will be the last posting of the Cornell MaluSim carbon balance tables. Most areas of the state are now beyond the effective thinning fruit size. As you can see all areas are in a carbon surplus meaning fruit is being adequately supplied with carbon and should not respond to thinners. As mentioned yesterday by Jim Schupp, there seems to be a heavy fruit drop in south-central and southeastern PA in response to a carbon deficit back the first week of May.
