New York Nut Growers Association Fall Meeting, Saturday, October 8, 2022

Finger Lakes Nut Farm, 5287 Booth Rd, Locke, NY, 13092, Cayuga County

and afternoon field trip near Groton, NY

Main Agenda

9:00 to 9:15  Welcome and introductions - Carl Albers

9:15 to 9:40  Managing rodent pressures (Integrated Pest Management for nut crops) / NYS Regenerate grant - Brian Ellis

9:45 to 10:05  Interplanting among nut trees - Brian Caldwell

10:10 to 10:30  Hot pipe callusing for grafts - Cindy DeFelice, Adaptive Tree Crops Nursery, Canaseraga, NY

10:30 to 11:00  BREAK

11:00 to 11:20  NYNGA English Walnut Project - Carl Albers

11:25 to 11:40  Making shaker pans for sizing hazelnuts - Peter Haarmann

11:45 to 12:05  Sharing land - John Wertis

12:05 to 12:15  Update on New York Tree Crops Alliance - Jeff Zarnowski

12:15 to 1:15  LUNCH  (NYNGA organizational meeting, 12:45 to 1:15)

1:15 to 2:45  Tour and demo: Harvesting, processing, and marketing of chestnuts  - Marvin Russell (Rusty), Finger Lakes Nut Farm

Afternoon Field Trip

Tour of a sawmill operation and building construction

Ed Neuhauser, 434 W. Groton Road, Groton, NY 13073

Handouts:

NYNGA Seedling and Nut Growing Instructions

Nut Evaluation and Taste Testing

Free Mental Health First Aid Training for Farmers

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