Event Details
Date
August 14, 2018
Time
9:30 am registration until noon. Tours are 10:30 am
Location
Cornell AgriTech Fruit and Vegetable Research Farm
1097 County Road 4
Geneva, NY 14456
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Cornell Hemp Research Team Field Day
August 14, 2018Research and policy updates:
10:00 Gary Bergstrom, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell - Hemp Diseases
10:10 Alan Taylor, Horticulture, Cornell AgriTech - Hemp seed quality, coatings, and seed certification
10:20 Tim Sweeney, NYS Ag and Markets - Update on the NYS Hemp Pilot Program
10:30 - 12:00 Field tours of three trials, 30 min each:
Stop A: Cultivar evaluation trial - Crittenden North Farm, (Viands and L. Smart labs) and insect pest update (Elson Shields lab)
Stop B: Pollination distance trial - Research North Farm (L. Smart) and bee survey update (Katja Poveda lab)
Stop C: CBD production trial - Gates West Farm (L. Smart and C. Smart labs)
