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Project Leader(s): Terry Lavigne,
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County Program Assistant
Cooperator(s): Tom Gallagher,
Agriculture Program Leader in Albany and Schenectady Counties; Tom Kilcer,
area Extension Agronomy Specialist from Cornell Cooperative Extension
of Rensselaer County; Ken Wise, Regional Field Crop/Livestock IPM Specialist
housed in Schoharie County.
Project location(s): Wagner Farm,
Rensselaer County.
Abstract: Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Albany County received $3,300.00 to prepare and put on
four (4) IPM education workshops in the tri-county area. They were held
at Wagner Farm in Poestenkill, Rensselaer County. There were an average
of nine (9) participants at the three on farm workshops. The fourth
meeting is scheduled for Tuesday February 26, 2002 at Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Albany County. We had hoped for 12-15 participants each.
Workshops were very well received by both farmers and agency personel.
The on farm workshops concentrated on the pests active at that time.
No. 1: June 26, 2001, No. 2: August 3, 2001 and No. 3: September 4,
2001. Our intern, Alex Wright, helped set up and organize the meetings
and helped with hands on instructions. Producers learned how to ID insects
and weed pests and how to manage them using an IPM approach.
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