A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 16, number 17) has been posted on the web. 

In this issue ...

Upcoming Programs
Regional Updates (from Maurice Ogutu)
Food Safety Modernization Act and GAP Plans
Fruit Production Pest Management (2011 Midwest spray guides available online)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (declining populations of corn flea beetle, Capture LFR for root maggot control in Brassicas)

Source: Iowa State University

University of Illinois Extension Specialists in Fruit & Vegetable Production & Pest Management

Upcoming Programs

·Webinar: Insuring Diversified and Specialty Farms: Is USDA’s AGR-LITE Insurance Program Right for You? Thursday, January 20, 2011.  Begins at 10:00 a.m.  (Free; online preregistration is required at http://attra.ncat.org/webinars2011/agr-lite/.) 

·Managing Legal Risks in the Direct Farm Business Webinars.  January 25, 2011, and March 3, 2011.  Webinars will be hosted at 20 locations throughout Illinois.  Contact Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at cvnghgrn@illinois.edu or 217-968-5583 or see https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=516 . 

·2011 Horseradish Growers Convention, January 27, 2011.  Gateway Conference Center, Collinsville, IL.  For more information, contact Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434; wahle@illinois.edu.

·Webinar: Organic Apple Production and Marketing (A Beginner's Guide), January 27, 2011.  Begins at noon.  (Free, online preregistration required.)   Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/282739802.

·Southern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School, February 1, 2011.  Mt Vernon Holiday Inn, Mt. Vernon, IL.  For more information, contact Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434; wahle@illinois.edu.

·Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School,  February 2, 2011.  First Presbyterian Church, Hardin, IL.  For more information, contact Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434; wahle@illinois.edu. 

·Southern Illinois Commercial Vegetable School, February 9, 2011.  Mt Vernon Holiday Inn, Mt. Vernon, IL. For more information, contact Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434; wahle@illinois.edu.

·Western Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School, February17,  2011.  Adams County Extension Office, 330 S. 36^th, Quincy, IL Contact Mike Roegge at roeggm@illinois.edu or the Adams/Brown Extension Unit at 217-223-8380.

·IL-WI Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Conference, February 21, 2011.  Union, IL, contact Maurice Ogutu at ogutu@illinois.edu.

·2011 MOSES Organic Farming Conference, February 24-26, 2011. LaCrosse, WI, see http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html

·Illinois Small Fruit and Strawberry Schools, March 1-2, 2011.  Mt. Vernon, IL.  Details to be provided in the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News.