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

9:00-9:45 New Insights on the Biology and Control of Fireblight. Dr. Quan Zeng, CAES

9:45-10:15 New Thinning and Apple Scab Control Products from Valent USA. Jim Wargo, Valent

10:15-10:30 Break – Visit with Vendors

10:30-11:00 Optimizing Insect Pest Management Strategies in Tree Fruit Production. Peter Jentsch, PomaTech Inc

11:00-11:30 Creating a Marketing Plan. Brian Moyer, Penn State University

11:30-12:00 Apple Cold Hardiness, Climate Change and Tree Decline. Dr. Jason Londo, Cornell

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Business meeting, Award presentations

• Apple marketing board update: Erin Windham, CT Department of Agriculture

• Financial report: Erica Teveris

• Award of Merit: Mary Concklin - presenter

• Award of Distinction: Ryan Bishop - presenter

1:30-2:00 Investing in Your Success: Fundamentals of Pricing for Farm Markets. Brian Moyer

2:00-2:15 Crop Insurance Update. Colleen Kisselburgh, Arthur Carroll Insurance

2:15-3:00 Herbicide Alternatives: Grower panel. Trevor Hardy – Brookdale Fruit Farms, Eric Henry – Blue Hills Orchard, Peter Rogers – Rogers Orchards

3:00-3:30 Spotted Wing Drosophila Parasitoid Project Update. Dr. Claire Rutledge, CAES

3:30 Pesticide Credits and Socialize

DIRECTIONS to:
The Middletown Elks Lodge
44 Maynard St, Middletown, CT

From the north via I-91 south:

1. Exit 22 south onto Rt 9 south

2. Exit 13 off Rt 9 south, for State Rt 17 south.

3. Keep right, follow signs for Main St.

4. Turn left onto Main St Extension (before getting to Rt 17)

5. Continue onto Saybrook Rd

6. Turn right onto Clew Dr

7. Turn left onto Maynard St

From the west via I-84 east

1. I-84 east to 691 east

2. Continue on to Rt 66 east

3. Turn right onto Main St in Middletown

4. Continue onto Main St Extension

5. Continue onto Saybrook Rd

6. Turn right onto Clew Dr

7. Turn left onto Maynard St

From the south via Rt 9 north

1. Rt 9 north to exit 12

2. Turn left onto Bow Lane

3. Turn left onto Saybrook Rd

4. Turn right onto Clew Dr

5. Turn left onto Maynard St

From the south on I-91 north

1. I-91 north to Rt 66 east

2. Turn right onto Main St in Middletown

3. Continue onto Main St Extension

4. Continue onto Saybrook Rd

5. Turn right onto Clew Dr

6. Turn left onto Maynard St

From the east via CT-2 west

1. 2 west to exit 18 for CT 16 west

2. Turn left onto Rt 66 west

3. Go across the bridge

4. Turn right onto Main St

5. Continue onto Main St Extension

6. Continue onto Saybrook Rd

7. Turn right onto Clew Dr

8. Turn left onto Maynard St