Between the Vines

 Join Jennifer and Andrew as they discuss grower interactions and Coffee Pot Meetings starting up again in May. They also chat about getting on a regular podcast schedule as well as making a request for advisory committee members that help direct educational programming efforts by tailoring them to grower needs. 

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 Jennifer is joined by Andrew to discuss the 2024 season and look forward to 2025. 

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Jennifer and Terry discuss the effects of the frost event earlier this year and best vineyard management moving forward.

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Jennifer welcomes Bob Betts of Betts Farm to talk about the Soil Health Day to be held at his farm on Wednesday, June 12th.
She also discusses other upcoming programming including a Precision and Digital Viticulture Field Day on Thursday, June 6th with some exciting demonstrations of upcoming technology.
We ask that you register for each of these events at https://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/ 

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Jennifer talks with Terry Bates about the recent frost/freeze event that occurred April 23rd and 24th of this year.  Terry shows how the differences can be seen using an NDVI scan of the vineyards at the lab.

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Lake Erie Regional Grape Program presents Spotted Lanternfly Updates for the Grape and Wine Industry on May 1, 2024.  Discover SLF biology, life cycle, population dynamics, vineyard and non-vineyard research, management strategies, its influence on the grape/wine sector, quality effects, and 2023 population trends. This material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Northeast Extension Risk Management Education and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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Jennifer and Megan talk about upcoming winter and spring educational programming both virtually and in person for the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program.

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Jennifer is joined this week by Cain Hickey, Assistant Teaching Professor of viticulture at PSU.  In addition Cain and Jennifer are joined by three industry consultants with years of experience in the viticulture field.
Jeanette Smith, VineSmith Vineyard Services in Virginina, Mark Chien has a viticulture consulting business in Pennsylvania, and Fritz Westover is located in Texas, Westover Vineyard Advising as well as Virtual Viticulture Academy.
These five will be discussing the 2024 harvest from each of their perspectives.

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Jennifer, Megan and German discuss the upcoming spray program meeting on December 5th where Megan and Bryan Hed will talk about putting together a program for next year in light of changing regulations and products.  
There will be NY and PA Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credits available. To register go to https://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=583.

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 Jennifer is joined by Megan Luke and German Vargas to give you an opportunity to meet the team! We are still working on the business management specialist, but are excited to be able to be that much closer to a full team. 

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