Conference Schedule

Attendees may attend ANY session that interests them

Sunday,  January 3

Apple

Track

Room I

Berry

Track

Room E/C

Grape

Track

Room G/H

Ag Tourism

Track

Room F

Vegetable

Track

Room B/D

Noon—1:00pm

Conference Registration

1:00—2:30pm

"Ag Tourism at Honeysuckle Hill Farm, Tennessee"

Jeff & Julie Alsup

Room 1

“High Tunnel Production”—Terry Nennich, Minnesota Extension

Carl Rosen, Univ of Minnesota

Room G/H

2:30—3:30pm

WAGA Annual Meeting

w/refreshments

“Berry Issues for 2010: Labor, Minimum Wage, Varieties”

Grower Panel

“Grape Grower/Winemaker Panel”

Bill Exner, Lois Sterling, Eric Schmiling

WATA Annual Meeting

w/refreshments

“Battling Mildew in Cucumbers”

Amanda Gevens

UW Plant Pathology

3:45—5:00pm

“Apple Issues for 2010”

Grower Panel

Eco-Berry Update

Michelle Miller - UW CIAS

5:00pm WBGA Annual Meeting w/refresh.

WGGA Annual Meeting w/refreshments

“Meet the Alsups for a Sit & Chat”

Jeff & Julie Alsup

WFMVGA Annual Meeting

w/refreshments

6:30—??

WGGA Wine Pairing Dinner at Chula Vista - Cost is $50 per person, Register in Advance

Monday, January 4

8:30—9:15am

“Fire Blight Management in 2010”

George Sundin

Michigan State Univ.

“Integrated Weed Control in Strawberries”

Jed Colquhoun

UW Horticulture

“Viticulture Development in Wisconsin and Seedless Table Grape Preliminary Reports”

Judith Reith-Rozelle

West Madison Ag Station

Dick Weidman

UW Peninsular Res. Station

“Bringing Schools To Your Destination”

Jeff & Julie Alsup

Honeysuckle Hill Farm

“Pest Management Practices that Protect Native and Domestic Pollinators”

Russ Groves

UW Entomology

9:15—10:00am

“Promising New Apple Cultivars for Direct Marketing”

Duane Greene

Univ of Massachusetts

“Berry Disease Control & Fungicides” Cost vs. Efficacy”

Annemiek Schilder

Michigan St. Univ

“Wisconsin IPM Overview”

Dean Volenberg

UW Extension-

Door County

“Slow Money”

Anne Pfeiffer

UW Extension

Beth Gehred
Town & Country
R.C & D

“Understanding and Managing Tomato & Potato Late Blight”

Amanda Gevens

UW Plant Pathology

10:00

Trade Show Opens

General Sessions:

10:30—11:15am

“Using the Internet to Market”

Ryan Prellwitz

Vines & Rushes Vineyard

“In Defense of Growers-Tackling New Food Safety Requirements”

Barbara Ingham

UW Dept of Food Science

“Worker Protection Standards”

Mark McCloskey

WI DATCP

“Making Your Business Structure Work for You”

Phil Harris

UW Agriculture Economics

“Starting A CSA”

Kay Jensen

JenEhr Family Farm

11:15—Noon

“PRiME-A New Online Pesticide Evaluation Tool”

Tom Green

IPM Institute

“Local Food Processing Possibilities”

Rick Terrien

Iowa Co. Area Econ Development Corp.

“Disease Management in Organic Grape Production”

Annemiek Schilder

Michigan State Univ.

“The Culture in Agriculture”

Donna Neuwirth

Wormfarm Institute

“Herbicide Use Near Sensitive Sites”

Jed Colquhoun

UW Horticulture

Noon—2:15pm

Light Lunch Served in Trade Show Area - Potatoes provided by Jack's Fresh Produce & Paul Miller Farms

General Session:

2:15—3:15pm

“Should You Consider a Certified Kitchen?”

Anne Pfeiffer

UW Ag Innovation Center

Partnership and Regional Marketing

Lois Federman, Mineral Point School Gift Box Program

Kent Gustafson, Great River Road Wine Trail

3:30—4:15pm

“Bits and Pieces from the Bug Guy”

Dan Mahr

UW Entomology

3:30-4:00pm "Growing Strawberries at Bauer Berry Farm" - Bill & Nancy Bauer, Champlin, MN

4:00 - 4:30pm

“Blueberry Virus Spread” Considerations for New Plantings”

Annemiek Schilder - MSU

4:30 - 5:00pm

“Raspberry Cultivar Selection—What & Where to Plant”

Brian Smith - UW River Falls

“Cold Hardy Wine Grapes from Minnesota”

Peter Hemstad

Univ of Minnesota

“I Buy Local-Monroe County Program”

Amy Nemitz

IBuyLocal.com Coordinator

“What's New in Onions”

Mike Havey

Onion Breeder

USDA/UW Madison

4:15—5:00pm

“Update on the EcoApple Project”

UW CIAS Staff

"Growing Asparagus"

Terry Nennich,

MN Extension

8:00 - 8:45am

“Chemicals & Strategies to Thin Apples & Enhance Return Bloom”

Duane Greene

“Berries: Understanding Nitrogen”

Rebecca Harbut

“Vineyard Safety and Insurance Issues”

“Social Media, Making it Work for You – Let’s Create a Buzz”

Melanie Platt-Gibson

Director of Marketing & Communications

 “Selling Produce Through a Distributor

What You Need to Know”

Philip Brooks

8:45 - 9:30am

“Resistance to Strobilurin Fungicides in the Apple Scab Pathogen Venturia inaequalis in Michigan”

George Sundin

“State of the State Address: Results of 2008 Berry Growers Survey”

“Spray Drift Investigations and Limitations”

Al MacKenzie & Mark McCloskey

“Grant Opportunities to Fund your Ag Tourism Venture”

“Managing Soil Fertility for Optimal Fresh Market Vegetable Yield and Quality”

Matt Ruark

9:30 - 11:00am

11:00 - 11:45am

“Fruit Tree Mineral Nutrition: Food for Thought”

Rebecca Harbut

“Wisconsin Insects, Thresholds and Control”

“Pruning and Training for the Beginner”

Tim Rehbein

“Accessing Entrepreneurial Resources around the State”

Kim Kindschi &

Ashwini Rao

“I Know Grocers Who Want Your Produce”

Greg Lawless

Thrive/UW Extension

11:45 - 12:30

“Organic Tree Fruit Research in Wisconsin”

Matt Stasiak

“Small fruit Research in Wisconsin: 2009 Update”

Brian Smith

“Starting a Winery”

Conference Adjourns