New Issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News

A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 19, number 4) has been posted on the web.  To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link: 

http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/

For direct access to issue 19:4, use the following link:

http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/contents.php

In this issue:

Upcoming Programs

Regional Observations (from Mike Roegge in western Illinois and Ellen Phillips in northern Illinois)

Notes from Chris Doll (rain, thinning, and crop progress)

Fruit Production and Pest Management (NAA or ethrel for return bloom, peach scab, honey bee kills)

Fruit and Vegetable Production and Pest Management (organic production guides)

Local Foods Issues (new Local Food Systems and Small Farms Extension Educators, GAPs and flooding, FieldWatch, and transplant production decision tool)

University of Illinois Extension educators and specialists in fruit and vegetable production and pest management

A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News has been posted

A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 19, number 2) has been posted on the web.  To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link: 

http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/

For direct access to issue 19:2, use the following link:

http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/contents.php

In This Issue:

Upcoming Programs
Regional Observations (from Mike Roegge in western Illinois and James Theuri and Russ Higgins in northern Illinois)
Notes from Chris Doll (crop development, weather, fungicide resistance, and orchard efficiency)
Fruit Production and Pest Management (corrected data on raspberries, fruit thinning, Apple Proliferation Phytoplasma)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (quick link to the 2013 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide)
Local Foods Issues (comment period for Food Safety Modernization Act, roles of organic inspectors)
University of Illinois Extension educators and specialists in fruit and vegetable production and pest management

Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News

A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 17, number 1) has been posted on the web.  To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link: 

http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html


In this issue ...

Upcoming Programs
Regional Updates (from Elizabeth Wahle and Maurice Ogutu)
Notes from Chris Doll (spring weather and fruit development, dormant and delayed-dormant oil sprays, peach rootstocks)
Specialty Crops and Local Foods Issues (Central Illinois Sustainable Farming Network workshops, MarketMaker newsletter)
Fruit Production and Pest Management (vineyard cropload balance, caring for new trees before planting, general guidelines for using degree-day models)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (sweet potato varieties for Illinois)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in Fruit & Vegetable Production & Pest Management

Upcoming Programs

• Grape Growers Workshop, April 2, 2011.  Pittsfield Community Center, Pittsfield, IL.
• Central Illinois Sustainable Farming Network field days and workshops include Propagating High Yields: How Producing Transplants On Farm Bring Higher Yields In Hoop Houses and in the Field, April 2, 2011, 9:30-noon (registration starting at 9:00 am), PrairiErth Farm, 2047 2100 Road, Atlanta, Illinois, Growing Small Fruit and Developing Value-Added Products, April 16, 2011, 1:30-3:30 pm (registration starting at 1:00 pm), Teresa’s Aronia Acres, 1566 CR 400 N, Congerville, and Teresa’s Fruits and Herbs, Eureka, Illinois, and Equipment for Small Farmers, May 21, 2011, 1:00-3:30 pm (registration starting at 12:30 pm), Spence Farm, 2959 N 2100 E, Fairbury, Illinois. 
• Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Workshop, April 7, 2011.  Kankakee County Extension Office.
• SW Illinois Orchard Twilight Meeting, April 14, 2011.  Backwoods Berry Farm (Dale &  Becky Conrady), 27244 Hettick Scottville Road, Hettick, IL. 
• Grape Growers Workshop, May 14, 2011.  Lazy L Grape Ranch, near Mechanicsburg, IL.
• SW Illinois Orchard Twilight Meeting, May 19, 2011.  Broom Orchard, located 2.3 miles south of Carlinville/IL-108 on the Alton Road/Shipman Road. 

Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News

A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 16, number 20) has been posted on the web.  To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link:

http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html

For direct access to issue 16:20, use the following link:

http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/volume16/frveg1620.html

Note that a pdf file of this issue is available for those who wish to print it.

In this issue ...

Upcoming Programs
Illinois Driftwatch Site Now Available
Regional Updates (from Elizabeth Wahle … note the several upcoming program opportunities)
Notes from Chris Doll (temperatures and bud survival, wet soils, strawberry and tree fruit acreages, reasons fruit trees die, rainfastness of pesticides)
Specialty Crops and Local Foods Issues (registering your business on MarketMaker)
Fruit Production and Pest Management (traps for monitoring fruit insects
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (monitoring corn earworm flights)
High Tunnel Production Systems (steps to reduce moisture accumulation in high tunnels)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in Fruit & Vegetable Production & Pest Management

Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News

The latest issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News is now available.

In this issue ...

Upcoming Programs ... note the IL Small Fruit and Strawberry School, March 1-2.
Regional Updates (from Elizabeth Wahle [notes on fungicides and fertilizers] and Maurice Ogutu)
Notes from Chris Doll (warmer temps, wet soils, Japanese beetle’s preference for specific fruit cultivars)
Specialty Crops and Local Foods Issues (notes on upcoming programs, MarketMaker)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (early-season insect pests)
High Tunnel Production Systems (tomato transplants; support systems for determinate vs. indeterminate types)

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.

Illinois Pest News: Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News

A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 16, number 3) has been posted on the web. To reach the home page for the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all issues and additional resources), use the following link:

http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html

For direct access to issue 16:3, use the following link:

http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/volume16/frveg1603.html


In this issue ...

Upcoming Programs
Transactions of the Hort Society and 13^th Annual Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Crop Research Report
Regional Updates (from Elizabeth Wahle, Jeff Kindhart, and Maurice Ogutu)
Notes from Chris Doll (fruit set and thinning)
Fruit Production and Pest Management (frost injury to grapes, grape phylloxera, Rimon label expanded to include peaches, other fruit crops)
Vegetable Production and Pest Management (downy mildew of basil, herbicides that contain 2,4-D or dicamba)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in Fruit & Vegetable Production & Pest Management