Wisconsin Fresh Fruit &
  Vegetable Conference

Grape Program Schedule

Times/Topics subject to change

Sunday, Jan 2nd
1:00 - 4:00pm

Beginning Grape Growing Session—UW Extension Staff
5:00pm WGGA Wine Pairing Dinner at Chula Vista (Cost $65/person)

Monday, Jan 3rd

7:30- 8:30am

 Conference Registration

8:30- 9:30am

 General Sessions

9:45- 10:30am

Frosts, Freezes and Fretting
- Rebecca Harbut, UW Horticulture

10:45- 11:15am

Research Trials Update
- Judy Reith-Rozelle, West Madison Research Station
  Dick Weideman, UW Peninsular Research Station

 

 

11:15- Noon

WGGA Annual Mtg & Lunch

Noon- 2pm

Dessert Bar in Trade Show area

2:00- 2:45pm

Alternative Marketing Strategies
- Teresa Engel, WI DATCP:  Lynn Pitman UW Center for Cooperatives

3:00- 3:45pm

Grape Canopy Management I
- Justine Vanden Heuvel, Asst.  Professor, Horticulture, Cornell University

 

4:00- 4:45pm

Grape Canopy Management II
- Justine Vanden Heuvel,  Asst. Professor, Horticulture,  Cornell University

4:45-5:00pm

 

5:30- 7pm

 Wine & Cheese Reception in Trade Show Area
Tuesday, Jan 4
7:30am Coffee in Trade Show Area
8:30-9:30am

Use of Weather Stations and Models for Apple and Grape Disease Management
- Patty McManus and Steve Jordan, UW Plant Pathology

 
9:45 - 10:30am
10:45 - 11:30am

Developing a Spray Program - Steve Jordan, UW Plant Pathology

  
11:30am -1:00pm Baked Potato Bar lunch in Trade Show Area
1:00 - 1:45pm

 

Worker Protection Standards
- Pat Kandziora, WI DATCP

 

 
2:00 - 2:45

Grower Panel:Harvest & Post-Harvest Handling
- Wisconsin Grape Growers