2023 In-Service Training for Agricultural Service Providers, Certified Crop Advisors (CCA)
January 25 and 26, 2023
Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
This two-day in-service training for agriculture service providers in the Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) program will focus on crop and forage production, soil quality, precision agriculture, pest management, and more (agenda and hotel information below). CEUs and Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credits requested.
Registration Cost:
- Both Days: $300
- One Day: $150
If you need registration assistance, please contact Mary Michaud at mary.j.michaud@maine.edu or 207.581.3175.
Hotel Accommodations for This Event
There are rooms available for training attendees at the Holiday Inn Portsmouth, 300 Woodbury Ave., Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 (Directions, Google Maps).
To make your hotel reservation for January 25, proceed directly to their website by clicking the button below. When making the reservation, use the UME code and you’ll receive the $94 room rate.
Agenda
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Vegetable Crop Production Issues and Solutions
8:00-8:50 a.m. — Registration, Coffee, Tea, Light Food, Shelley Jemison, Maine
8:55-9:00 a.m. — Welcome, John Jemison, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
9:00-9:30 a.m. — PFAS contamination and Vegetable Production, Caleb Goossen, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
9:30-10:00 a.m. — Update on PFAS in ME Agriculture: From a Service Provider’s Perspective, Ryan Hanrahan, Northern Tilth
10:00-10:30 AM a.m. — Tarping to Control Weeds in Vegetables, Mark Hutton, University of Maine
10:30-10:45 a.m. — Break
10:45-11:15 a.m. — Specialty Vegetable Crop Research Updates, Becky Sideman, University of New Hampshire
11:15-11:45 a.m. — What’s New in Vegetable IPM?, David Handley, UMaine Extension
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Effect and Cause: Know thy Tree Fruit Enemy, Elizabeth Garofolo, Red Tomato Co.
12:30-1:30 p.m. — Lunch (Provided)
Afternoon: Nutrient and Pest Management Issues in Crop Production
1:45-2:15 p.m. — Getting the Product Where It Needs to Go, What are the Concerns with Drones/UAVs?, Pam Bryer, DACF
2:15-2:45 p.m. — Nutrient Management Impacts From Agriculture… Have We Made Progress? … A 35-year Retrospective, John Jemison, UMaine Extension, and Tom Morris
2:45-3:30 p.m. — Profiles in a Successful Business: Emery Farms, Trent Emery, Emery Farms
3:30-3:45 p.m. — Break
3:45-4:15 p.m. — Garlic Planted Into Living Cover Crops: Contribution of Cover Crop N, Alexa Smychkovic, UMass
4:15-4:45 p.m. — N Management of Flower Hemp: Crop Response and Success of Testing Measures, Heather Darby and John Bruce, UVM
4:45-5:15 p.m. — Weed Management in Hemp Production, John Jemison, UMaine Extension
5:30-6:30 p.m. — Musical Interludes and Beer, John Jemison
Andrew Carpenter was scheduled to play with John however he has to attend a different conference this same night and will not be able to accompany John in the musical venue. If anyone coming to this event plays an instrument and would enjoy playing, contact John Jemison at jemison@maine.edu.
6:00 p.m. — Dinner On Your Own
CEU’s Requested Day 1
- Crop: 2.5
- Soil Fertility: 2.0
- Soil and Water: 0
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM): 1.0
- Professional Development: .5
- Pesticide Application Recertification Credit Day 1: 1.0
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Morning: Crop Production
7:00-8:00 a.m. — Breakfast (Provided)
8:00-8:30 a.m. — Climate Projections for New England: What Will the Future Bring?, Sean Birkel, UMaine
8:30-9:00 a.m. — Ag Engineering Measures to Adapt to Predicted Climate Change in New England, Sumon Datta, UMaine Extension
9:00-9:30 a.m. — Enhancing Potential Ecosystem Services from Agriculture, Alissa White, American Farmland Trust
9:30-10:15 a.m. — American Farmland Trust: Soil Health and Climate Adaptation in Massachusetts, Julie Fine, American Farmland Trust
10:15-10:40 a.m. — Break
10:45-11:15 a.m. — Cover Crop Options to Protect Potato Soils, Bee Chim, UMaine Extension
11:15-11:45 a.m. — Soil Health Changes From Parasite Pesticide Applications, Bryony Sands, Post Doc, UVM
11:45-12:15 p.m. — Evaluating Yield and Quality of New Upright Crabgrass Varieties as a Summer Forage for the Northeast, Masoud Hashimi, UMass
12:15-1:15 p.m. — Lunch (Provided)
Afternoon
1:15-1:45 p.m. — Rainfall Effects on N Stabilizer Applications, Tom Morris, Professor Emeritus, UConn
1:45-2:15 p.m. — Comparing Phosphorus Soil Test Methods: Modified Morgan vs. Mehlich 3
Bruce Hoskins, UMaine
2:15-2:45 p.m. — California Agricultural Order for Discharges to Irrigated Lands 4.0: An Issue Coming to New England?, Paul Peters, Swamp Yankee Consulting
2:45-3:00 p.m. — A Retrospective Review of the 2010 Future of Maine Ag – 2025 Project, John Jemison, UMaine Extension
3:30-4:00 p.m. — Wrap Up and Evaluation, John Jemison, UMaine Extension
CEU’s Requested Day 2
- Crop: 2.5
- Soil Fertility: 0
- Soil and Water: 3
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM): 1.5
- Professional Development: 1.0
- Pesticide Application Recertification Credit Day 2: 1.0
If you are a person with a disability and need accommodation to participate in this program, please call John Jemison at 207.581.3241 to discuss your needs. Receiving requests for accommodations at least 10 days before the program provides a reasonable amount of time to meet the request, however all requests will be considered.
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