Morning Meetings
 
8:30 - 10:00          Registration    Registration Fee $20.00 includes lunch and break.  Please make checks out to NYSABA/Seed.
 
9:00 -  9:30           New York Seed Improvement Project   Advisory Committee Meeting   
 
9:30 - 10:00          New York State Agri-business Association   Seed Committee Meeting
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Morning Session
 
10:00      Opening: John Uveges - Session Chair, Co-Chairman, Seed Committee of NYSABA
 
10:15      How Hemp Could Be the Next Big Thing- Reuben Stone, Owner and President, Valley Bio Ltd., Cobden Ontario
 
10:45      Western Bean Cutworm:  The Western Invader Taking Advantage of Killing Off All the European Corn Borers with GMOs- Elson Shields, Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY                   
 
11:15   Cover Crop Seed Rate Calculator for the Development and Systematic Evaluation of Cover Crop Mixes- Paul Salon, NE Region Soil Health Specialist, USDA-NRCS Soil Health Division, Big Flats NY
                    
11:45      Update on the New York State Seed Testing Laboratory-     TBD, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany NY and Cornell University, Ithaca NY
 
12:15      Lunch
 
1:15        NYSABA Seed- Committee Awards
 
1:25        Opening: Alan Taylor, Cornell University, Geneva NY
 
1:30        Introduction of Poncho/VOTiVO 2.0: The Next Generation of America's #1 Seed Treatment- Mike Webb, Regional Seed Growth Lead, Bayer, Chocowinity NC
 
2:00        Seed Coatings for Forage Grasses, Legumes and Turf-           Russell Terry, Regional Sales Manager, Summit Seed Coatings, Wapella IL
 
2:30        Syngenta Seed Care for 2017- Larissa Smith, R&D Scientist, Biological Assessment - North America, Syngenta, King Ferry NY
 
3:00        Epidemiology of Vegetable Diseases... Research on the Rotten Veg! Sarah Pethybridge, Plant Pathology & Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Geneva NY
 
3:30        Concluding Remarks: Alan Taylor-
 
Credits for DEC Recertification Categories 1A, 4, 10, 21, 23 Applied For.
 
Continuing Education Credits for Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) Applied For.