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2025 UMass Cranberry Pesticide Safety Meeting (4 credits)

Event date/time
Wed, Apr 30, 2025 : 8am - 12pm
Event Type
Online
In-person
Event location
Cranberry Station

AD Makepeace Meeting Room
UMass Cranberry Station
1 State Bog Road
Easte Wareham, MA 02538
United States

Price
$60 per person before 4/18/25 ($75 per person after 4/18/25) cash or check
TENTATIVE AGENDA

7:30 Check in starts, in-person coffee chat

7:45 Frost Update – Peter Jeranyama

8:00 WPS Requirements and Pesticide Safety – Marty Sylvia

8:25 Biopesticide Available in Cranberry – Crysta Taylor, Ocean Spray

8:50 Pesticide and Regulatory Updates – Katie Ghantous 

9:10 New Insects, Old Insects – Marty Sylvia

9:40 Keeping Quality Forecast & Optimizing Fruit Rot Fungicides– Leela Uppala

10:00 **Coffee Break**

10:15 Strategies Against Cranberry Fruit Rot, Upright Dieback & Phytophthora Root Rot– Leela Uppala

10:45 Herbicide Use Patterns – Katie Ghantous

11:15 Pesticide reminders: spray intervals, zone II, and restrictions! – Marty Sylvia

11:30 Chemigation - Brian McGrath, AD Makepeace

How to Participate
TO ATTEND THE 2025 UMASS CRANBERRY PESTICIDE SAFETY MEETING:
  • Registration fee $60 per person (must be postmarked by 4/18/25)
  • After 4/18/25 please contact Robyn Hardy by phone or email to register and cost will be $75 per person.

Please contact Robyn Hardy at 508-970-7635 or rmhardy[at]umass[dot]edu (rmhardy[at]umass[dot]edu). for an email registration form to be sent to you to complete and return as soon as possible. In-person seating will go fast due to room capacity allowance. Once your form and payment are received, a confirmation email will be sent to each person confirming your selection of attendance via Zoom or in-person.  The Zoom confirmation email will have a link to register online. All meeting attendees MUST pay to attend whether receiving credits or not. 

Registration Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2025 - 5:00 pm
Contact's name: Robyn Hardy
Contact's email: rmhardy@umass.edu
Contact's phone on day of event: 508-970-7635
This event will be recorded: No

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