8:00   Registration, Socialize, coffee, pastries, Visit with vendors

9:00     New Fruit Crops that ‘Haskap-tured’ People’s Interest.  Evan Elford, OMAFRA New Crop Development Specialist. Via zoom

9:30   Precision fertilizer applications. Eric Henry, Blue Hills Orchards and Gregory Pipczynski, Helena Agri 

10:15   Break – Visit with Vendors

10:30   Plasticulture for Improved Berry Production. Trevor Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm 

11:00   Stone Fruit Management Options for Thrips. Peter Jentsch, Poma Tech Inc 

11:30   Crop insurance update. Colleen Kisselburgh, Arthur Carroll Insurance 

11:50   Re-Establishing UConn’s Orchard. Evan Lentz, UConn

12:00   Lunch

1:00     Business meeting, Award presentations

1:15   Spotted Lanternfly Update. Dr. Victoria Smith, CAES 

1:45    Honeycrisp – Fine Tuned Management for the Apple We Love to Hate! Jon Clements, UMass 

2:15     Utility of Biologicals in 'Honeycrisp' Apple Production. Jeremy Green, Technology Development Specialist, Stoller USA 

2:45     Pome and Stone Fruit Management Options of Fruit and Trunk Boring Insects. Peter Jentsch, Poma Tech Inc  

3:30         Pesticide Credits and Socialize