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By: Janice LeBoeuf, Vegetable Crops Specialist, OMAFRA

These workshops are available for those who will be scouting horticultural crops this year.

To register, please contact OMAFRA’s Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300.

Planning is underway for scout training workshops for hops, hazelnuts and berry crops. Details for these workshops will be provided soon.           

GENERAL

Introduction to IPM

• May 2, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Conference Rm 1, 2 and 3, 1^st Floor,1 Stone Rd. West, Guelph
• Workshop Leader: Denise Beaton
• Notes: Lunch on your own. Handouts provided. Pay parking ($12/day).

VEGETABLE CROPS

Tomatoes & Peppers

• April 28, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.           
• Room 126 (Main Floor), Agronomy Building, UofG Ridgetown Campus
• Workshop Leader: Janice LeBoeuf
• Notes: Lunch on your own. Handouts provided. See Resources for Vegetable Crop Scouts.

Asparagus      

• Field sessions available upon request
• Email: Elaine Roddy, Vegetable Specialist – elaine.roddy@ontario.ca

Cole Crops     

• May 8, Time: TBD.
• Conference Rm 2, 1^st Floor, 1 Stone Rd. West, Guelph
• Workshop Leader: Dennis Van Dyk
• Notes: Lunch on your own. Handouts provided. Pay parking ($12/day). See Resources for Vegetable Crop Scouts.

Lettuce, Celery, Onions, Carrots     

• May 10, Time: TBD
• Conference Rm 2, 1^st Floor,1 Stone Rd. West, Guelph
• Workshop Leader: Dennis Van Dyk
• Notes: Lunch on your own. Handouts provided. Pay parking ($12/day). See Resources for Vegetable Crop Scouts.

Sweet Corn, Bean and Pea

• May 11, 9:30 am to noon
• Room 126 (Main Floor), Agronomy Building, UofG Ridgetown Campus
• Workshop Leader: Elaine Roddy
• Notes: Lunch on your own

Cucurbit Crops

• May 11, 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
• Room 126 (Main Floor), Agronomy Building, UofG Ridgetown Campus
• Workshop Leader: Elaine Roddy
• Notes: Lunch on your own

FRUIT CROPS

Apples

• May 4, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Auditorium, Simcoe OMAFRA Resource Centre
• Workshop Leader: Kristy Grigg-McGuffin
• Notes: Lunch on your own. Handouts provided. If possible, bring OMAFRA Publications 360 & 310 (available for purchase as well).

Tender Fruit and Grape       

• May 9, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Rittenhouse Hall, Vineland OMAFRA Resource Centre
• Workshop Leader: Wendy McFadden- Smith
• Notes: Bring a laptop with WiFi capability. Lunch on your own.

SPECIALTY CROPS

Ginseng (IN-FIELD)    

• June 15, 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Rain date: June 16, 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.)
• C&R Atkinson Farms Ltd., 228 Charlotteville Rd. 1, St. Williams
• Workshop Leaders: Sean Westerveld and Melanie Filotas

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