37th Annual LI Agricultural Forum
37th Annual LI Agricultural Forum %
2018 SESSIONS
State & Federal Policy Updates
Farmland Preservation Updates Potato
Sustainable Agriculture
Greenhouse / Floriculture Tree Fruit/Small Fruit Vegetable Viticulture Nursery
Environmental Landscaping & Gardening New and Beginning Farmer Farm Loan Opportunities Respirator Training
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January 10 & 11, 2018
Suffolk County Community College Eastern Campus 121 Speonk-Riverhead Road Riverhead, NY 11901
AG FORUM SPONSORS Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Long Island Farm Bureau LI Horticultural Research & Extension Center USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Suffolk Co. Soil & Water Conservation District USDA/Farm Service Agency New York State Department of Labor
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INDEX Wednesday, January 10 Room . . . . . . Page Early Morning: 7:30 – 9:00 AM Check In / Coffee / Trade Show. . . . . . Cafeteria. . . . . 6 Morning Session: 9:00 AM - Noon General Session: Ag Issues . . . . . . . . S101. . . . . . . 5, 6 Lunch Break: Noon – 2:00 PM . . . . . Cafeteria Lunch Time Special Session: 1:00 – 1:45 PM Farm preservation Update . . . . . . . . . S101. . . . . . . . 6 Afternoon: 2:00 – 5:00 PM Potato Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sustainable Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenhouse Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tree Fruit Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental Landscaping & Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S101. . . . . . . 7, 8 M108 . . . . . . . 8 C1. . . . . . . . . . 9 C3 . . . . . . . . . 10 C5. . . . . . . . . . 10
Evening: 5:30 – 9:00 PM Networking Social at The Birchwood of Polish Town. . 5
Thursday, January 11 Room . . . . . . Page Early Morning: 7:30 – 9:00 AM Check In / Coffee / Trade Show. . . . . . Cafeteria. . . . . 6 Morning: 9:00 AM - Noon Beginning Farmer Session . . . . . . . . . Vegetable Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viticulture Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursery Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C3. . . . . . . . . . 11 S101 . . . . . . 11, 12 C1 . . . . . . . . . 12 M107/108 . . 13, 14
Lunch Break: Noon – 2:00 PM . . . . . Cafeteria Special Lunchtime Session: 1:00 – 1:45 PM Loan Opportunities: FSA. . . . . . . . . . . S114 . . . . . . . . 15 Afternoon: 2:00 – 5:00 PM Respirator Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S101. . . . . . . . 15 C – Corchaug Building M – Montaukett Building S – Shinnecock Building
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37th Annual LI Agricultural Forum The Long Island Agricultural Program is a two-day educational forum for all those in the agriculture and ornamental horticulture industries. The Planning Committee has endeavored to develop a program that addresses the current needs of these industries as they pertain to Long Island.
REGISTRATION • Early Registration (before January 6): $40 per person. Additional registrations from the same farming operation $35 per person (before January 6) • Registration beginning January 6 through the day of the event: $55 per person. You must stop by the registration desk to sign in and receive your name tag and any other necessary paperwork before proceeding to the Trade Show and educational sessions. NOTE: PERSONS WITHOUT NAME TAGS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED INTO THE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS.
TRADE SHOW Conference attendees are encouraged to attend the Trade Show in the Peconic Building prior to the start of the program, at coffee and lunch breaks, and after the educational sessions are over. Show Hours: Jan. 10: 7:30 AM - 5 PM & Jan. 11: 7:30 AM - 3 PM
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AG FORUM NETWORKING SOCIAL Please join us on Wednesday evening, January 10 at the Birchwood of Polish Town, 512 Pulaski Street, Riverhead at 5:30 PM for appetizers and hors d’ oeuvres, a silent auction and a chance to meet and chat with our speakers, vendors and other folks in the industry. Tickets are $30 per person. Pre-registration form for this event is in the center of this booklet.
PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS Pesticide recertification credits will be offered at most sessions. To obtain credits you must bring your Pesticide Applicator ID Card with you and attend the whole session.
DIRECTIONS TO SC COMM. COLLEGE From Western LI: Proceed on LIE (495) to Exit 70 (Manorville). Make right turn onto CR 111. Continue 4 miles to CR 51. Make a left onto 51 and continue 3 miles until you reach SpeonkRiverhead Road. Make a right turn; college is on the right. From Orient Point: Proceed West on SR 25 approx. 25 miles to Rt. 105. Make a left onto Rt. 105 S. Continue 2 miles to Rt. 24 (1st light). Turn right and travel 1.3 miles on Rt. 24 North to CR 51 (1/10 mile past the circle). Make a left onto 51 S and continue 2.8 miles until you reach SpeonkRiverhead Road. Make a left turn; college is on the right. From Montauk Point: Take Montauk Hwy. to Sunrise Hwy. Proceed on Sunrise to Exit 62 and take County Rd. 51 North to Speonk-Riverhead Road. Make a right; college is on the right.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 REGISTRATION AND VISIT TRADE SHOW 7:30 AM, Peconic Building GENERAL SESSION: AG ISSUES
Wednesday Morning, January 10 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Co-Chair: Nora Catlin & Rob Carpenter
9:00 AM Welcome
Honorable Steven Bellone, Suffolk County Executive
9:15 AM State and Federal Policy Updates Kelly Young, Deputy Director of Public Policy, New York Farm Bureau
9:45 AM Ag District Vs. Ag Assessment – Do You Know the Difference?
Robert Somers, PhD, Manager, Farmland Protection Unit, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
10:15 AM Fuel Tank Update: Are You in Compliance?
Sharon Frost, Technician, Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation District
10:25 AM What’s New From Industry 10:30 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 10:50 AM Making Capital Investments? Learn How the Agricultural Capital Equipment Grant Program Can Help Jessie Marcus, Project Associate, Peconic Land Trust
11:00 AM Sustainability of our Water Supply Tony Leung, P.E., MBA, Regional Water Engineer, and Jennifer Pilewski, Engineering Geologist 2, NYS DEC, Division of Water, Region 1.
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11:30 AM Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Planning for Conservation and Farm Viability
Greg Albrecht, Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Coordinator, Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning (CNMP) Specialist, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Land and Water Resources
12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH AND VISIT TRADE SHOW (PECONIC BLDG) ~~ DOOR PRIZES 12:45 PM SPECIAL SESSION
Farmland Preservation Update Wednesday Afternoon, January 10, 1:00 – 1:45 Shinnecock Building, Room 101
POTATO SESSION
Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Chair: Sandra Menasha
2:00 PM Important Diseases of 2017 and Their Management
Margaret McGrath, PhD, Vegetable Pathologist, Cornell University, LIHREC
2:30 PM What’s New in Cornell’s Potato Breeding Program?
Walter De Jong, PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University
2:50 PM Managing Nitrogen in Potato Production
Sandra Menasha, Vegetable/ Potato Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
3:15 PM What’s New From Industry 3:20 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 7
3:45 PM Genetically Engineered Potatoes: Where Things Currently Stand Walter De Jong, PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University
4:05 PM Golden Nematode Update: 2017
Joan Mahoney, Division of Plant Industry, NYS Agriculture and Markets
4:25 PM Identifying, Understanding and Managing Nematode Diseases in Potato
James LaMonida, PhD, Chief Scientist, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory
SUSTAINABLE AG SESSION
Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Montaukett Building, Room 108 Co-Chairs: Anastasia Yakaboski & Ken Johnson
2:00 PM Integrating Cover Crops and Strip Tillage for Organic Vegetables
Ryan Maher, Extension Specialist, Cornell Small Farms Program, Cornell University
2:40 PM Crop Microbial Biostimulants: What, Why, and How
Matthew Kleinhenz, PhD, Professor/ Extension Specialist, Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
3:25 PM What’s New From Industry 3:30 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:50 PM Managing Soil for Intensive Vegetable Production: Summer Cover Crops and Organic Mulches Rebecca Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Sciences and Entomology, University of Rhode Island
4:30PM What’s New in Disease Management Margaret McGrath, PhD, Vegetable Pathologist, Cornell University, LIHREC
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GREENHOUSE/FLORICULTURE SESSION Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Corchaug Building Room 1 Chair: Nora Catlin, PhD
2:00 PM Welcome, General Announcements and Updates
Nora Catlin, PhD, Agriculture Program Director/Floriculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
2:10 PM Mistaken Identities: Tips on Scouting
Leanne Pundt, UConn Extension, University of Connecticut
2:55 PM How to Make the Most of Plant Trials Nora Catlin, PhD, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
3:15 PM What’s New From Industry 3:20 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:35 PM Battling Blights: Botrytis, Boxwood and More
Margery Daughtrey, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University, LIHREC
TREE FRUIT/SMALL FRUIT SESSION Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Corchaug Building, Room 3 Chair: Faruque Zaman, PhD
2:00 PM Update on Current ENY Research: Apple Tree Decline and Mitigating Bitter Pit in Honeycrisp Dan Donahue, Tree Fruit Specialist, ENY Commercial Horticulture Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension
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2:40 PM Protected Culture: Low Tunnels, High Tunnels, Exclusion Netting and how to control SWD in these situations. Laura McDermott, Small Fruit and Vegetable Specialist, ENY Commercial Horticulture Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension
3:20 PM What’s New From Industry 3:25 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:40 PM Apple Scab and Rootstock Infections - Efficacy of Lowrate Coppers, Biologicals, Regalia and SDHI Fungicides Srdjan Acimovic, PhD, Plant Pathologist, Cornell University/ Hudson Valley Research Lab
4:30 PM Plant Growth Regulators Strategies to Improve Fruit Production Practices
Poliana Francescatto, PhD, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Horticulture Section, Cornell University
ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPING & GARDENING Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Corchaug Building Room 5 Chair: Donna Alese Cooke
2:00 PM How Can We Reduce the Inputs to Landscape Maintenance?
Rusty Schmidt, Landscape Ecologist, Waterdrop Design Consulting
2:30 PM Tree Selection for the Increase of Severe Storms
Rusty Schmidt, Landscape Ecologist, Waterdrop Design Consulting
3:00 PM What’s New From Industry
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3:05 PM Break And Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:30 PM Landscaping for Pests
Daniel Gilrein, Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
4:00 PM Edible Landscapes: Helping the Environment One Bite at a Time Tamson Yeh, PhD, Pest Management/Turf Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
37th Annual Ag Forum ~ Networking Social Wednesday Evening, January 10, 5:30 PM The Birchwood of Polish Town 512 Pulaski Street, Riverhead
Thursday, January 11, 2018 REGISTRATION AND VISIT TRADE SHOW 7:30 AM, Peconic Building NEW AND BEGINNING FARMER SESSION Thursday, January 11 Corchaug Building, Room 3 Co-chairs: Dan Heston and Jessie Marcus
9:00 AM Farms for the Future – Resources Available to Beginning Farmers
Dan Heston, Senior Manager of Agricultural Programs, and Jessie Marcus, Project Associate, Peconic Land Trust
9:30 AM Equipment Basics – the “Must Haves” for Beginning Farmers
Dan Heston, Senior Manager of Agricultural Programs, Peconic Land Trust
10:00 AM Financing Options
Carol Ronne, Farm Loan Manager, FSA and Steve Weir, Vice President, Farm Credit East
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10:30 AM What’s New From Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 11:00 AM Planning for Success: Social, Environmental, and Economic Questions to Consider from Day One Crystal Stewart, Regional Vegetable Specialist, Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program, CCE and Jean Paul Cortens, Co-owner Roxbury Farm, NY
VEGETABLE SESSION
Thursday Morning, January 11 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Chair: Sandra Menasha
9:00 AM Identifying, Understanding and Managing Nematode Diseases in Vegetables
James LaMonida, PhD, Chief Scientist, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory
9:30 AM Soil Health and Productivity in the High Tunnel, Now and Later
Matthew Kleinhenz, PhD, Professor/ Extension Specialist, Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University
10:00 AM Diamondbacks, Earworms, Cabbage Maggot and Other Problem Pests Dan Gilrein, Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk and Faruque Zaman, PhD, Associate Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:30 AM What’s New From Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building
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11:00 AM Progress in Developing Broccoli Adapted to the East, and Opportunities for Long Island Thomas Bjorkman, PhD, Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
11:30 AM Effectively Managing Significant Diseases on Long Island
Margaret McGrath, PhD, Vegetable Pathologist, Cornell University, LIHREC
VITICULTURE SESSION
Thursday Morning, January 11 Corchaug Building, Room 1 Chair: Alice Wise
9:00 AM The Three Musketeers – Grape Mealybug, Scale, and Spotted Wing Drosophila
Faruque Zaman, PhD, Associate Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
9:45 AM Strategies for Managing Cluster Rot: Anti-transpirants to Reduce Cluster Compactness & Evaluation of Biofungicides
Alice Wise, Viticulture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:30 AM What’s New From Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 10:45 AM Production of Virus-free Grapevines under New York State Certification Standards Rick Dunst, Viticulturist, Double A Vineyards Inc., Fredonia, NY
11:30 AM Practical Uses of Aerial Drones in the Vineyard
Jim Meyers, Viticulture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Eastern New York
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NURSERY SESSION
Thursday Morning, January 11 Montaukett Building, Room 107/108 Chair: Mina Vescera
9:00 AM Persistent Pests
Dan Gilrein, Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
9:30 AM Rose Rosette: No Longer Someone Else’s Problem
Margery Daughtrey, Senior Extension Associate, Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University Mina Vescera, Nursery/ Landscape Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:00 AM The Best Tests to Monitor Container pH and Soluble Salts
Nora Catlin, PhD, Agriculture Program Director/Floriculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:30 AM What’s New from Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 11:00AM Increasingly Prevalent Problems in California Privet Production Mina Vescera, Nursery/ Landscape Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH AND VISIT TRADE SHOW (PECONIC BLDG) ~~ DOOR PRIZES 12:45 PM
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SPECIAL SESSION
Loan Opportunities: Farm Service Agency Thursday Afternoon, January 11, 1 – 1:45 Shinnecock Building, Room 114 Speaker: Ms. Carol Ronne, Farm Loan Manager, USDA Farm Service Agency Information on farm loan programs, Q & A session and meet with potential applicants
RESPIRATOR TRAINING SESSION Thursday Afternoon, January 11 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Chair: Sandra Menasha
2:00 PM Respirator Use and the Worker Protection Standard: What You Need to Know Melissa Horsman, PPE Project Coordinator, Bassett Healthcare Network, NYCAMH
3:00 PM Respirator Fit Testing
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2018 LI AGRICULTURAL FORUM COMMITTEE Sandra Menasha, Chair Marie Boulier Margaret McGrath Shannon Moran Ann Marie Calabro Liz Camps Katherine Poulos Susan O’Dell Robert Carpenter Nora Catlin Sarah Osborn Donna Alese Cooke Andrew Senesac Mina Vescera Melissa Elkins Sharon Frost Alice Wise Anastasia Yakaboski Dan Gilrein Tamson Yeh Corey Humphrey Kenneth Johnson Faruque Zaman Dom Zapatella Kimberly Krupski
PESTICIDE TRAINING CREDITS The following pesticide categories have been applied for. For exact number of credits for a particular session call 631-727-7850 X 341 after Dec. 1. Date Session
Categories Applied For
1/10 General 1/10 Potato 1/10 Sustainable Ag 1/10 Greenhouse/Flor 1/10 Tree Fruit 1/10 Environ. Landscape/Garden
10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 1a, 3a 23,1a, 10, 9 23,1a, 10 24, 1a, 10, 3a 22, 1a, 10
1/11 1/11 1/11 1/11
23, 1a, 10, 9 22, 1a, 10 1a, 3a, 25, 10 CORE
Vegetable Viticulture Nursery Respirator Training
3a, 9, 10
Certification Categories 1a – Commercial Agriculture Plant 3a – Commercial Turf & Ornamentals 3b – Turf 9 – Regulatory 10 – Demonstration 21 – Private; Field & Forage 22 – Private; Fruit 23 – Private; Vegetable 24 – Private; Greenhouse and Florist 25 – Private; Nursery, Ornamentals & Turf
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2018 LI AG FORUM EXHIBITORS Crop Production Services 235 Milton Turnpike, Milton, NY 12547 www.lovelandproducts.com Tom Mackerer, (518) 369-3179 [email protected] DeBeauchamp Landscapes, Inc 2650 Willard Ave., Baldwin, NY 11510 [email protected] Peter DeBeauchamp, 516-319-7376 Farm Credit East ACA 1281 Route 58, Riverhead, NY 11901 www.farmcrediteast.com [email protected] Krista Flammia, 631-727-2188 Farm Family – Long Island Agency 859 Connetquot Ave., Ste II, Islip Terrace, NY 11752 Vincent Daley, 631-277-7770 Green Island Distributors 730 W. Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901 www.greenislanddistributors.com [email protected] Tom Germano, 631-727-4993 Island Bio Greens 1448-1 Riverhead-Speok Road, Speonk, NY www.islandbiogreens.com [email protected] Ken Kraus, 516-658-8318 Gary Baumann, 631-902-4242 Lee Rain Inc. 2079 E. Wheat Rd., Vineland, NY 08361 www.leerain.com [email protected] Lee Fiocchi, 856-207-5408 Long Island Cauliflower Association 139 Marcy Ave., Riverhead, NY 11901 www.licassoc.com [email protected] John Bokina, 631-727-2212 Monosem Inc. 453 Five Mile River Rd., Putnam, CT 06260 www.monosem-inc.com [email protected] Pete Everson, 860-377-0799
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Pete’s Tire Barns 1341 Rt. 14, White River Junction, VT 05001 www.petestire.com [email protected] Lennie Jones, 802-291-9216 Plant Food Company Inc 38 Hightstown-Cranbury Station Rd, Cranbury, NJ 08512 www.plantfoodco.com [email protected] Mike Giovanelli, 609-448-0935 Progressive Grower 1283 South Road, Wakefield, RI 02879 www.progressivegrower.com Steve Gardiner, 401-474-1410 Safety-N-Compliance Services, Inc. 115 D Marine Street, Farmingdale NY 11763 www.safetyncomplianceservices.com 516-690-SAFE (7233) Syngenta Crop Protection 759 Elk Road, Monoroeville, NJ 08343 Nick Visalli, 856-630-8060 [email protected] Valent USA Corp 200 Rollingwood Rd. Eliot, ME 03903 www.valent.com [email protected] Steve Zimmer, 827-696-7036
NON-PROFIT & AGENCY EXHIBITORS Farm Service Agency www.fsa.usda.gov [email protected] Kimberly Krupski, 621-727-5666 LI Disbute Resolution Center – EAC Network 175 Fulton Ave., Suite 400, Hempstead NY 11550 [email protected] Gregg Scheiner, 516-489-7733x160 Long Island Farm Bureau www.lifb.com [email protected] Rob Carpenter, 631-727-3771 LI Invasive Species Management Area [email protected] Josh Rudder, 347-322-6932
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Peconic Land Trust www.peconiclandtrust.org [email protected] Melanie Cirillo, 631-283-3195x27 NY Center for Agricultural Medicine & Health [email protected] Karen Anderson, 607-547-6023 NYS Department of Ag & Markets www.agriculture.ny.gob [email protected] James Schmitt, 631-288-2379 NY FarmNet – Long Island www.nyfarmnet.org [email protected] Bill Sanok, 631-298-5078 NY Farm Viability Institute www.nyfvi.org [email protected] Dave Grusenmeyer, 315-453-3823 NYS Department of Environmental Conservation www.dec.ny.gov [email protected] Joyce Rodler, 631-444-0340 Suffolk Co. Soil & Water Conservation District www.suffolkcountyny.gov [email protected] Corey Humphrey, 631-852-3285 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service www.nass.usda.gov [email protected] Blair Smith, 518-457-5570 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services www.nrcs.usda.gov [email protected] Liz Camps, 631-590-0097 US Department of Labor / Wage & Hour www.dol.gov [email protected] Janese Gonzalese, 516-876-6371
AG FORUM SPONSORS
Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk Long Island Farm Bureau LI Horticultural Research & Extension Center USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Suffolk Co. Soil & Water Conservation District USDA/Farm Service Agency New York State Department of Labor
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423 Griffing Avenue, Suite 100 Riverhead, NY 11901-3071
Current Resident or
NonProfit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Riverhead, NY Permit No. 21
2018 SESSIONS
State & Federal Policy Updates
Farmland Preservation Updates Potato
Sustainable Agriculture
Greenhouse / Floriculture Tree Fruit/Small Fruit Vegetable Viticulture Nursery
Environmental Landscaping & Gardening New and Beginning Farmer Farm Loan Opportunities Respirator Training
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January 10 & 11, 2018
Suffolk County Community College Eastern Campus 121 Speonk-Riverhead Road Riverhead, NY 11901
AG FORUM SPONSORS Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Long Island Farm Bureau LI Horticultural Research & Extension Center USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Suffolk Co. Soil & Water Conservation District USDA/Farm Service Agency New York State Department of Labor
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INDEX Wednesday, January 10 Room . . . . . . Page Early Morning: 7:30 – 9:00 AM Check In / Coffee / Trade Show. . . . . . Cafeteria. . . . . 6 Morning Session: 9:00 AM - Noon General Session: Ag Issues . . . . . . . . S101. . . . . . . 5, 6 Lunch Break: Noon – 2:00 PM . . . . . Cafeteria Lunch Time Special Session: 1:00 – 1:45 PM Farm preservation Update . . . . . . . . . S101. . . . . . . . 6 Afternoon: 2:00 – 5:00 PM Potato Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sustainable Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenhouse Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tree Fruit Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental Landscaping & Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S101. . . . . . . 7, 8 M108 . . . . . . . 8 C1. . . . . . . . . . 9 C3 . . . . . . . . . 10 C5. . . . . . . . . . 10
Evening: 5:30 – 9:00 PM Networking Social at The Birchwood of Polish Town. . 5
Thursday, January 11 Room . . . . . . Page Early Morning: 7:30 – 9:00 AM Check In / Coffee / Trade Show. . . . . . Cafeteria. . . . . 6 Morning: 9:00 AM - Noon Beginning Farmer Session . . . . . . . . . Vegetable Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viticulture Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursery Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C3. . . . . . . . . . 11 S101 . . . . . . 11, 12 C1 . . . . . . . . . 12 M107/108 . . 13, 14
Lunch Break: Noon – 2:00 PM . . . . . Cafeteria Special Lunchtime Session: 1:00 – 1:45 PM Loan Opportunities: FSA. . . . . . . . . . . S114 . . . . . . . . 15 Afternoon: 2:00 – 5:00 PM Respirator Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S101. . . . . . . . 15 C – Corchaug Building M – Montaukett Building S – Shinnecock Building
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37th Annual LI Agricultural Forum The Long Island Agricultural Program is a two-day educational forum for all those in the agriculture and ornamental horticulture industries. The Planning Committee has endeavored to develop a program that addresses the current needs of these industries as they pertain to Long Island.
REGISTRATION • Early Registration (before January 6): $40 per person. Additional registrations from the same farming operation $35 per person (before January 6) • Registration beginning January 6 through the day of the event: $55 per person. You must stop by the registration desk to sign in and receive your name tag and any other necessary paperwork before proceeding to the Trade Show and educational sessions. NOTE: PERSONS WITHOUT NAME TAGS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED INTO THE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS.
TRADE SHOW Conference attendees are encouraged to attend the Trade Show in the Peconic Building prior to the start of the program, at coffee and lunch breaks, and after the educational sessions are over. Show Hours: Jan. 10: 7:30 AM - 5 PM & Jan. 11: 7:30 AM - 3 PM
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AG FORUM NETWORKING SOCIAL Please join us on Wednesday evening, January 10 at the Birchwood of Polish Town, 512 Pulaski Street, Riverhead at 5:30 PM for appetizers and hors d’ oeuvres, a silent auction and a chance to meet and chat with our speakers, vendors and other folks in the industry. Tickets are $30 per person. Pre-registration form for this event is in the center of this booklet.
PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS Pesticide recertification credits will be offered at most sessions. To obtain credits you must bring your Pesticide Applicator ID Card with you and attend the whole session.
DIRECTIONS TO SC COMM. COLLEGE From Western LI: Proceed on LIE (495) to Exit 70 (Manorville). Make right turn onto CR 111. Continue 4 miles to CR 51. Make a left onto 51 and continue 3 miles until you reach SpeonkRiverhead Road. Make a right turn; college is on the right. From Orient Point: Proceed West on SR 25 approx. 25 miles to Rt. 105. Make a left onto Rt. 105 S. Continue 2 miles to Rt. 24 (1st light). Turn right and travel 1.3 miles on Rt. 24 North to CR 51 (1/10 mile past the circle). Make a left onto 51 S and continue 2.8 miles until you reach SpeonkRiverhead Road. Make a left turn; college is on the right. From Montauk Point: Take Montauk Hwy. to Sunrise Hwy. Proceed on Sunrise to Exit 62 and take County Rd. 51 North to Speonk-Riverhead Road. Make a right; college is on the right.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 REGISTRATION AND VISIT TRADE SHOW 7:30 AM, Peconic Building GENERAL SESSION: AG ISSUES
Wednesday Morning, January 10 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Co-Chair: Nora Catlin & Rob Carpenter
9:00 AM Welcome
Honorable Steven Bellone, Suffolk County Executive
9:15 AM State and Federal Policy Updates Kelly Young, Deputy Director of Public Policy, New York Farm Bureau
9:45 AM Ag District Vs. Ag Assessment – Do You Know the Difference?
Robert Somers, PhD, Manager, Farmland Protection Unit, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
10:15 AM Fuel Tank Update: Are You in Compliance?
Sharon Frost, Technician, Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation District
10:25 AM What’s New From Industry 10:30 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 10:50 AM Making Capital Investments? Learn How the Agricultural Capital Equipment Grant Program Can Help Jessie Marcus, Project Associate, Peconic Land Trust
11:00 AM Sustainability of our Water Supply Tony Leung, P.E., MBA, Regional Water Engineer, and Jennifer Pilewski, Engineering Geologist 2, NYS DEC, Division of Water, Region 1.
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11:30 AM Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Planning for Conservation and Farm Viability
Greg Albrecht, Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Coordinator, Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning (CNMP) Specialist, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Land and Water Resources
12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH AND VISIT TRADE SHOW (PECONIC BLDG) ~~ DOOR PRIZES 12:45 PM SPECIAL SESSION
Farmland Preservation Update Wednesday Afternoon, January 10, 1:00 – 1:45 Shinnecock Building, Room 101
POTATO SESSION
Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Chair: Sandra Menasha
2:00 PM Important Diseases of 2017 and Their Management
Margaret McGrath, PhD, Vegetable Pathologist, Cornell University, LIHREC
2:30 PM What’s New in Cornell’s Potato Breeding Program?
Walter De Jong, PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University
2:50 PM Managing Nitrogen in Potato Production
Sandra Menasha, Vegetable/ Potato Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
3:15 PM What’s New From Industry 3:20 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 7
3:45 PM Genetically Engineered Potatoes: Where Things Currently Stand Walter De Jong, PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University
4:05 PM Golden Nematode Update: 2017
Joan Mahoney, Division of Plant Industry, NYS Agriculture and Markets
4:25 PM Identifying, Understanding and Managing Nematode Diseases in Potato
James LaMonida, PhD, Chief Scientist, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory
SUSTAINABLE AG SESSION
Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Montaukett Building, Room 108 Co-Chairs: Anastasia Yakaboski & Ken Johnson
2:00 PM Integrating Cover Crops and Strip Tillage for Organic Vegetables
Ryan Maher, Extension Specialist, Cornell Small Farms Program, Cornell University
2:40 PM Crop Microbial Biostimulants: What, Why, and How
Matthew Kleinhenz, PhD, Professor/ Extension Specialist, Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
3:25 PM What’s New From Industry 3:30 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:50 PM Managing Soil for Intensive Vegetable Production: Summer Cover Crops and Organic Mulches Rebecca Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Sciences and Entomology, University of Rhode Island
4:30PM What’s New in Disease Management Margaret McGrath, PhD, Vegetable Pathologist, Cornell University, LIHREC
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GREENHOUSE/FLORICULTURE SESSION Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Corchaug Building Room 1 Chair: Nora Catlin, PhD
2:00 PM Welcome, General Announcements and Updates
Nora Catlin, PhD, Agriculture Program Director/Floriculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
2:10 PM Mistaken Identities: Tips on Scouting
Leanne Pundt, UConn Extension, University of Connecticut
2:55 PM How to Make the Most of Plant Trials Nora Catlin, PhD, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
3:15 PM What’s New From Industry 3:20 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:35 PM Battling Blights: Botrytis, Boxwood and More
Margery Daughtrey, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University, LIHREC
TREE FRUIT/SMALL FRUIT SESSION Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Corchaug Building, Room 3 Chair: Faruque Zaman, PhD
2:00 PM Update on Current ENY Research: Apple Tree Decline and Mitigating Bitter Pit in Honeycrisp Dan Donahue, Tree Fruit Specialist, ENY Commercial Horticulture Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension
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2:40 PM Protected Culture: Low Tunnels, High Tunnels, Exclusion Netting and how to control SWD in these situations. Laura McDermott, Small Fruit and Vegetable Specialist, ENY Commercial Horticulture Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension
3:20 PM What’s New From Industry 3:25 PM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:40 PM Apple Scab and Rootstock Infections - Efficacy of Lowrate Coppers, Biologicals, Regalia and SDHI Fungicides Srdjan Acimovic, PhD, Plant Pathologist, Cornell University/ Hudson Valley Research Lab
4:30 PM Plant Growth Regulators Strategies to Improve Fruit Production Practices
Poliana Francescatto, PhD, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Horticulture Section, Cornell University
ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPING & GARDENING Wednesday Afternoon, January 10 Corchaug Building Room 5 Chair: Donna Alese Cooke
2:00 PM How Can We Reduce the Inputs to Landscape Maintenance?
Rusty Schmidt, Landscape Ecologist, Waterdrop Design Consulting
2:30 PM Tree Selection for the Increase of Severe Storms
Rusty Schmidt, Landscape Ecologist, Waterdrop Design Consulting
3:00 PM What’s New From Industry
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3:05 PM Break And Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 3:30 PM Landscaping for Pests
Daniel Gilrein, Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
4:00 PM Edible Landscapes: Helping the Environment One Bite at a Time Tamson Yeh, PhD, Pest Management/Turf Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
37th Annual Ag Forum ~ Networking Social Wednesday Evening, January 10, 5:30 PM The Birchwood of Polish Town 512 Pulaski Street, Riverhead
Thursday, January 11, 2018 REGISTRATION AND VISIT TRADE SHOW 7:30 AM, Peconic Building NEW AND BEGINNING FARMER SESSION Thursday, January 11 Corchaug Building, Room 3 Co-chairs: Dan Heston and Jessie Marcus
9:00 AM Farms for the Future – Resources Available to Beginning Farmers
Dan Heston, Senior Manager of Agricultural Programs, and Jessie Marcus, Project Associate, Peconic Land Trust
9:30 AM Equipment Basics – the “Must Haves” for Beginning Farmers
Dan Heston, Senior Manager of Agricultural Programs, Peconic Land Trust
10:00 AM Financing Options
Carol Ronne, Farm Loan Manager, FSA and Steve Weir, Vice President, Farm Credit East
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10:30 AM What’s New From Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 11:00 AM Planning for Success: Social, Environmental, and Economic Questions to Consider from Day One Crystal Stewart, Regional Vegetable Specialist, Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program, CCE and Jean Paul Cortens, Co-owner Roxbury Farm, NY
VEGETABLE SESSION
Thursday Morning, January 11 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Chair: Sandra Menasha
9:00 AM Identifying, Understanding and Managing Nematode Diseases in Vegetables
James LaMonida, PhD, Chief Scientist, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory
9:30 AM Soil Health and Productivity in the High Tunnel, Now and Later
Matthew Kleinhenz, PhD, Professor/ Extension Specialist, Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University
10:00 AM Diamondbacks, Earworms, Cabbage Maggot and Other Problem Pests Dan Gilrein, Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk and Faruque Zaman, PhD, Associate Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:30 AM What’s New From Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building
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11:00 AM Progress in Developing Broccoli Adapted to the East, and Opportunities for Long Island Thomas Bjorkman, PhD, Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
11:30 AM Effectively Managing Significant Diseases on Long Island
Margaret McGrath, PhD, Vegetable Pathologist, Cornell University, LIHREC
VITICULTURE SESSION
Thursday Morning, January 11 Corchaug Building, Room 1 Chair: Alice Wise
9:00 AM The Three Musketeers – Grape Mealybug, Scale, and Spotted Wing Drosophila
Faruque Zaman, PhD, Associate Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
9:45 AM Strategies for Managing Cluster Rot: Anti-transpirants to Reduce Cluster Compactness & Evaluation of Biofungicides
Alice Wise, Viticulture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:30 AM What’s New From Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 10:45 AM Production of Virus-free Grapevines under New York State Certification Standards Rick Dunst, Viticulturist, Double A Vineyards Inc., Fredonia, NY
11:30 AM Practical Uses of Aerial Drones in the Vineyard
Jim Meyers, Viticulture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Eastern New York
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NURSERY SESSION
Thursday Morning, January 11 Montaukett Building, Room 107/108 Chair: Mina Vescera
9:00 AM Persistent Pests
Dan Gilrein, Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
9:30 AM Rose Rosette: No Longer Someone Else’s Problem
Margery Daughtrey, Senior Extension Associate, Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University Mina Vescera, Nursery/ Landscape Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:00 AM The Best Tests to Monitor Container pH and Soluble Salts
Nora Catlin, PhD, Agriculture Program Director/Floriculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
10:30 AM What’s New from Industry 10:35 AM Break and Visit Trade Show - Peconic Building 11:00AM Increasingly Prevalent Problems in California Privet Production Mina Vescera, Nursery/ Landscape Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk
12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH AND VISIT TRADE SHOW (PECONIC BLDG) ~~ DOOR PRIZES 12:45 PM
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SPECIAL SESSION
Loan Opportunities: Farm Service Agency Thursday Afternoon, January 11, 1 – 1:45 Shinnecock Building, Room 114 Speaker: Ms. Carol Ronne, Farm Loan Manager, USDA Farm Service Agency Information on farm loan programs, Q & A session and meet with potential applicants
RESPIRATOR TRAINING SESSION Thursday Afternoon, January 11 Shinnecock Building, Room 101 Chair: Sandra Menasha
2:00 PM Respirator Use and the Worker Protection Standard: What You Need to Know Melissa Horsman, PPE Project Coordinator, Bassett Healthcare Network, NYCAMH
3:00 PM Respirator Fit Testing
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2018 LI AGRICULTURAL FORUM COMMITTEE Sandra Menasha, Chair Marie Boulier Margaret McGrath Shannon Moran Ann Marie Calabro Liz Camps Katherine Poulos Susan O’Dell Robert Carpenter Nora Catlin Sarah Osborn Donna Alese Cooke Andrew Senesac Mina Vescera Melissa Elkins Sharon Frost Alice Wise Anastasia Yakaboski Dan Gilrein Tamson Yeh Corey Humphrey Kenneth Johnson Faruque Zaman Dom Zapatella Kimberly Krupski
PESTICIDE TRAINING CREDITS The following pesticide categories have been applied for. For exact number of credits for a particular session call 631-727-7850 X 341 after Dec. 1. Date Session
Categories Applied For
1/10 General 1/10 Potato 1/10 Sustainable Ag 1/10 Greenhouse/Flor 1/10 Tree Fruit 1/10 Environ. Landscape/Garden
10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 1a, 3a 23,1a, 10, 9 23,1a, 10 24, 1a, 10, 3a 22, 1a, 10
1/11 1/11 1/11 1/11
23, 1a, 10, 9 22, 1a, 10 1a, 3a, 25, 10 CORE
Vegetable Viticulture Nursery Respirator Training
3a, 9, 10
Certification Categories 1a – Commercial Agriculture Plant 3a – Commercial Turf & Ornamentals 3b – Turf 9 – Regulatory 10 – Demonstration 21 – Private; Field & Forage 22 – Private; Fruit 23 – Private; Vegetable 24 – Private; Greenhouse and Florist 25 – Private; Nursery, Ornamentals & Turf
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2018 LI AG FORUM EXHIBITORS Crop Production Services 235 Milton Turnpike, Milton, NY 12547 www.lovelandproducts.com Tom Mackerer, (518) 369-3179 [email protected] DeBeauchamp Landscapes, Inc 2650 Willard Ave., Baldwin, NY 11510 [email protected] Peter DeBeauchamp, 516-319-7376 Farm Credit East ACA 1281 Route 58, Riverhead, NY 11901 www.farmcrediteast.com [email protected] Krista Flammia, 631-727-2188 Farm Family – Long Island Agency 859 Connetquot Ave., Ste II, Islip Terrace, NY 11752 Vincent Daley, 631-277-7770 Green Island Distributors 730 W. Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901 www.greenislanddistributors.com [email protected] Tom Germano, 631-727-4993 Island Bio Greens 1448-1 Riverhead-Speok Road, Speonk, NY www.islandbiogreens.com [email protected] Ken Kraus, 516-658-8318 Gary Baumann, 631-902-4242 Lee Rain Inc. 2079 E. Wheat Rd., Vineland, NY 08361 www.leerain.com [email protected] Lee Fiocchi, 856-207-5408 Long Island Cauliflower Association 139 Marcy Ave., Riverhead, NY 11901 www.licassoc.com [email protected] John Bokina, 631-727-2212 Monosem Inc. 453 Five Mile River Rd., Putnam, CT 06260 www.monosem-inc.com [email protected] Pete Everson, 860-377-0799
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Pete’s Tire Barns 1341 Rt. 14, White River Junction, VT 05001 www.petestire.com [email protected] Lennie Jones, 802-291-9216 Plant Food Company Inc 38 Hightstown-Cranbury Station Rd, Cranbury, NJ 08512 www.plantfoodco.com [email protected] Mike Giovanelli, 609-448-0935 Progressive Grower 1283 South Road, Wakefield, RI 02879 www.progressivegrower.com Steve Gardiner, 401-474-1410 Safety-N-Compliance Services, Inc. 115 D Marine Street, Farmingdale NY 11763 www.safetyncomplianceservices.com 516-690-SAFE (7233) Syngenta Crop Protection 759 Elk Road, Monoroeville, NJ 08343 Nick Visalli, 856-630-8060 [email protected] Valent USA Corp 200 Rollingwood Rd. Eliot, ME 03903 www.valent.com [email protected] Steve Zimmer, 827-696-7036
NON-PROFIT & AGENCY EXHIBITORS Farm Service Agency www.fsa.usda.gov [email protected] Kimberly Krupski, 621-727-5666 LI Disbute Resolution Center – EAC Network 175 Fulton Ave., Suite 400, Hempstead NY 11550 [email protected] Gregg Scheiner, 516-489-7733x160 Long Island Farm Bureau www.lifb.com [email protected] Rob Carpenter, 631-727-3771 LI Invasive Species Management Area [email protected] Josh Rudder, 347-322-6932
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Peconic Land Trust www.peconiclandtrust.org [email protected] Melanie Cirillo, 631-283-3195x27 NY Center for Agricultural Medicine & Health [email protected] Karen Anderson, 607-547-6023 NYS Department of Ag & Markets www.agriculture.ny.gob [email protected] James Schmitt, 631-288-2379 NY FarmNet – Long Island www.nyfarmnet.org [email protected] Bill Sanok, 631-298-5078 NY Farm Viability Institute www.nyfvi.org [email protected] Dave Grusenmeyer, 315-453-3823 NYS Department of Environmental Conservation www.dec.ny.gov [email protected] Joyce Rodler, 631-444-0340 Suffolk Co. Soil & Water Conservation District www.suffolkcountyny.gov [email protected] Corey Humphrey, 631-852-3285 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service www.nass.usda.gov [email protected] Blair Smith, 518-457-5570 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services www.nrcs.usda.gov [email protected] Liz Camps, 631-590-0097 US Department of Labor / Wage & Hour www.dol.gov [email protected] Janese Gonzalese, 516-876-6371
AG FORUM SPONSORS
Cornell Cooperative Extension/Suffolk Long Island Farm Bureau LI Horticultural Research & Extension Center USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Suffolk Co. Soil & Water Conservation District USDA/Farm Service Agency New York State Department of Labor
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