2026 UMass Cranberry Management Update Meeting

2026 UMass Cranberry Management Update Meeting 

This will be a hybrid meeting; you can choose to join via Zoom or in-person. Meeting will be held in the AD Makepeace Meeting Room, at the UMass Cranberry Station. In-person seating may fill up fast due to room capacity allowance. Registration deadline is 1/23/26.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

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

7:40 Zoom Info Starts – Marty Sylvia

7:50 Station Update – Angie Jagiello

8:00 Insect Challenges in 2025 and options for 2026 – Marty Sylvia

8:45 Virus Review and FDB and fast-moving bloom! – Lindsay Wells Hanson, NJ OS

9:15 Weed Management, Research, and Pesticide Updates – Katie Ghantous

9:45 Coffee and Stretch Break

10:00 Weed Management, Research, and Pesticide Updates – Katie Ghantous 

10:30 Disease Management in 2025 and options for 2026 – Leela Uppala 

11:00 Late Water and other management options – Salisu Sulley

11:30 Drones in Ag update – Giverson Mupambi, Marty Sylvia and invited growers

12-1 Lunch Break on your own: Zoom takes a break, in-person may want to bring your lunch!

1:00 Deer Management in and around Cranberry – Martin Feehan, Mass Wildlife

1:30 Free Energy Audits – Griffin Pelaia – UMass Ag and Energy Engineer

2:00 Tailwater recovery – Casey Kennedy, USDA-ARS

2:30 New Cultivar and Drone Research - Giverson Mupambi

3:00 Peter Jeranyama

3:30 Dave Millar, USDA-ARS