Upcoming Events

Throughout the year, University of Maine Cooperative Extension at Highmoor Farm provides various learning opportunities — to learn more about our staff’s work in fruit and vegetable research as well as how to apply that information to the growing and care of your own fruit and vegetable crops.

Events:

Upcoming

Winter Meeting of the Maine State Pomological Society at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show — January 15, 2025

Raspberry School 2025 at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show — January 16, 2025

Cornell Fruit Winter Webinar Schedule — multiple webinars for 2025

    • January 17: Digging in to Pruning and Soil Health
    • January 31: Cider Apples – Mechanized Harvesting and Patulin Food Safety
    • February 14: The Value of “Eco-Friendly” Marketing – OMRI Certification, Red Tomato, EcoApple, NYS Grown and Certified
    • February 28: Biopesticides and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) for Berries
    • March 14: St. Peachtrick’s Day: Stone Fruit Insect and Disease Management

Boots to Bushels Training Program for New England — January 21, 2025 through March 27, 2025 on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Northeast Extension Fruit Consortium — multiple webinars for 2025

    • February 12: 10 Common Marketing Mistakes
    • February 19: Basic Orchard Weed ID and Management
    • February 26: Why Did My Scab Program Fail in 2024?
    • March 5: Bitter Rot
    • March 12: Understanding Cold Hardiness Risks in Fruit Crops, and Update on Cold Hardiness in the New Peach Variety Trial

Preseason Tree Fruit Meeting — March 19, 2025

 

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