their competitiveness and profitability. This past year, we partnered with the NYS IPM Program in developing research-based production guides to help aid in the transition from conventional to organic farming. These guides were quite popular among farmers and we look...
; Pritts, M., Department of Horticulture. Delivering Cornell Grape and Tree I ruit Extension Education Resources on www.fruit.cornell.edu. Carroll, J., NYS IPM Program. Trac Software for Fruit - 2009 Report. Organic Production Guides (http://nysipm.cornell.edu/organic...

to offer. Cornell has lots of useful information for organic farmers— after all, IPM is fundamental to any sound, thoughtful pest management system. But the material is dispersed among a range of publications, many not specific to organic production...
— or is simply embodied in the experience of successful organic farmers or researchers. Now our organic production guides are bringing this information together. Partnering with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets on this special project...

Microbe Biology, Seaman, A., NYS IPM. Evaluation o f Fungicides Allowed for Organic Production on Downy M ildew o f Cucumber, 2011. Lange, H., and Smart, C. D., Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Seaman, A., NYS IPM. Evaluation o f Fungicides...
Allowed for Organic Production on Powdery M ildew o f Zucchini, 2011. Lange, H., and Smart, C. D., Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Seaman, A., NYS IPM. Evaluation o f Fungicides Allowed for Organic Production on Foliar diseases o f Tomato, 2011...

., Senesac, A., Gilrein, D. and Peck. D. 2004 Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass, Cornell University Media and Technology Services, Ithaca, NY. Seaman, A. J. (Ed.) 2004. Organic Vegetable Production: Proceedings from a ThreeDay Series...
systems manner. We have had several such projects in the past few years evaluating vegetables, strawberries, organic production, field crops, and golf course turf. These projects are valuable tools for assessing the status of our IPM progress. They can...

(with an emphasis on the long-term systems trials that defined our approach from the start); education and communication; forecasting and scouting; organic agriculture; school and community IPM; and invasive and emerging pests. We illustrated each...

containers with tight lids, mouse traps, and the like. Project leader: N. Lerner �2014 POrorfdgouracn’tiiocnCGauridreoftosr The Numbers Tell the Story: New York is one of the top 10 states for organic production, with gross income hovering around $572...
Fields Act. Seaman, A. and Petzoldt, C., NYS IPM. Production, Education and Research Program for Organic Agriculture. Seaman, A., NYS IPM, Lange, H., and Smart, C., Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, and Shelton, T., Entomology. Testing...

.............................................. 53 T. Weigle, G. English-Loeb, M Hoffmann �Please use links to access Project Reports L ivestock/ Field Crop Tactical Agriculture (TAg) in Eastern New York State: Field Com, Alfalfa, Soybeans and Organic Field C ro p s...
.....................................................93 B. Eller, G. Couch Integrated Management o f Fungus Gnats in Production Greenhouses................ 96 G. Couch, R Baglia Vegetable Report on the Eastern New York Bacterial Canker Cultural Practice D em onstration...

" • "Protecting your business and the environment with best management practices" • "Organic vegetable production" conference • "Entomopathogenic nematodes and other microbial control products for use on golf course turf" • "Pest management policy development...
in peaches); A. Agnello, H. Reissig, D. Combs (pest management tactics for organic apple production) Researcher discovers scientific windfall Until recently, no one knew just how many billions of fungicide-resistant disease spores lurked in apple bins from...

pests. With organic vegetable production gaining in importance in New York—a 28% increase in the number of farms from 2011 to 2016—growers have an even greater need for objective information about allowed pest management products. To provide...
. Next up, we focus on pests, beneficials, and weed IPM massing on newly emerged or transplanted seedlings and in organic squash production systems. And, to accommodate Get the pointy. Our Don’t Get Ticked New York Tick Kits are popular handouts...

products that perform well and meet exacting organic standards. For apple growers, IPM helped fund Cornel University researchers who tested and improved organic methods for apple maggots, fruit thinning, and weed suppression. For organic dairy and beef...
in this growing market since 1989. Since 2000, we've helped teach over 150 organic vegetable growers organic-friendly techniques in winter production schools and have worked with farmer-collaborators, studying their production systems and seeing how crop rotations...