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Friday - January 6, 2006
8:00-9:30 am
Session #1 -Organic Session I - Grower Strategies for Sustainable Profits
Moderator: Mr. Ray Hicks
Screven County Extension Coordinator, Sylvania, GA
8:10 ----- Converting Existing Blueberry Acres to Organic Production
Allen Miles, Miles Berry Farms
9:00 ----- Satisfying Market Demand for Organic Vidalia
Onions
Dr. George Boyhan, Univ. of Georgia, Statesboro, GA
Relinda Walker, Walker Farms, Sylvania, GA
10:00-11:00 am Concurrent Sessions
Session #2 - Organic Session II
Moderator: Ms. Relinda Walker
Georgia Organics, Sylvania, GA
10:00 ----- Compost as an Aid to Fertility and Profit
Dr. George Boyhan, Univ. of Georgia, Statesboro, GA
Marilyn Erickson, Xiuping Jiang and Mike Doyle
Session #3 - Pest Management Programs for Weeds and Phytophthora
Moderator: Mr. Kevin Phillips
Wilcox County Extension Coordinator, Rochelle, GA
10:00 ----- Weed
Management Systems in Snap Beans & Watermelons
Drs. Andrew MacRae & Stanley Culpepper, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
10:30----- Management Strategies for Phytophthora Capsici
Dr. Alex Csinos and Lara Lee Hickman, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Session #4 - Monitoring for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and What to Do
Moderator: Mr. Mickey Fourakers
Lowndes County Extension Coordinator, Valdosta, GA
10:00 ----- Can We Predict TSWV Severity Before Planting?
Dr. David Riley and Stan Diffie, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
10:30 ----- Tomato Spotted Wilt Management in South Carolina
Dr. J. Powell Smith, Clemson Univ., Charleston, S.C.
1:30-3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session #5 - Organic Session III
Moderator: Ms. Relinda Walker
Georgia Organics, Sylvania, GA
1:30 ----- Selling Organic Produce: Opportunities and Expectations
Various Buyers from Wholesale Companies Who Purchase Organic Produce
Session #6 - Watermelons and CantaloupesModerator: Mr. Clay Ward
Dooley County Extension Agent, Vienna, GA
1:30 -----Vine Decline of Watermelon in Florida
Dr. Pam Roberts & R.M. Muchovej, Univ. of Florida, Immokalee, FL
Dr. B.D. Bruton, USDA-ARS, Lane, OK
2:00 ----- Historical Perspective and Market Trends for Watermelons
in Georgia
Dr. Greg Fonsah, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
2:30 ----- Watermelon Fungicide Programs
Dr. David B. Langston, Jr., Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Session #7 - Vidalia Onion Production
Moderator: Mr. Chris Hopkins
Toombs County Extension Agent, Lyons, GA
1:30 ----- Consumer
Acceptability of Vidalia Onion Varieties
Dr. Rob Shewfelt, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
2:00 ----- A Model for X-ray Inspection Economics in Vidalia Onion Packing
Houses
Maria Mosqueda & Dr. Bill Tollner, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
2:30 ----- Onion Virus Update & Managing
Sour Skin on Onions
Dr. Ron Gitaitis, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Session #8 - The Methyl Bromide Situation - Where are We Now?
Moderator: Mr. Edd Harrison
Mitchell County Extension Agent, Camilla, GA
1:30 ----- Methyl
Bromide Critical Use Exemption
Burleson Smith, Special Asst., Pest Mgmt. Policy, USDA, Washington, D.C.
2:00 ----- The Effect of Plastic Mulch on Nutsedge Growth
Dr. Ted Webster, USDA-ARS, Tifton, GA
2:30 ----- Methyl Bromide Alternatives Being Identified
Drs. Stanley Culpepper & David B. Langston, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
3:30-4:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session #9 - Organic Session IV
Moderator: Dr. George Boyhan
UGA Extension Horticulturist, Statesboro, GA
3:15 ----- How to
Start Growing Organic Produce in Your Operation
Dr. George Boyhan, Univ. of Georgia, Statesboro, GA
Mr. Terry Hollifield, GA Crop Improvement Assoc., Athens, GA
Mr. Alan Miles, Miles Blueberry Farm
Mr. Shad Dasher, Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Producer
Session #10 -Cultural and Chemical Management to Save Money and Products
Moderator: Mr. Glenn Beard
Colquitt County Extension Agent, Moultrie, GA
3:30 ----- Keeping Your Pesticides
Potent - Resistance Management
Drs. Alton Sparks and David B. Langston, Jr., Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
4:00 ----- Plant Growth Regulators and Enhancers - Are They Cost Effective?
Dr. William Terry Kelley, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Session #11 -Outlooks and Trends in Weather and Labor
Moderator: Mr. Joel Hudgins
Decatur County Extension Coordinator, Bainbridge, GA
3:30 TBA
4:00 TBA
Session #12 - After Harvest, What Next? - Packing and Selling
Moderator: Mr. Rusty Harris
Worth County Extension Coordinator, Sylvester, GA
3:30 ----- Chlorine
vs. Copper Ionization Water Disinfection Systems
Dr. Bill Hurst, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
4:00 ----- A Comprehensive Market Analysis of the Georgia Vegetable
Industry
Dr. Greg Fonsah, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
4:30 ----- Improving the Value of Georgia Vegetables
Ms. Andrea Swieczkowski, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Saturday-January 7, 2006
8:30-11:00 am General Session
2:00-3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session #13 - Pesticide Update
Moderator: Mr. Keith Rucker
Tift County Extension Agent, Tifton, GA
2:00 ----- New Vegetable Herbicide
Uses for 2006
Dr. Stanley Culpepper, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
2:30 ----- New Insecticides and Label Changes for 2006
Dr. Alton “Stormy” Sparks, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
3:00 ----- Disease Management Update
Dr. David B. Langston, Jr., Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Session #14 - Growing in Greenhouses, Protected Culture and Season Extension
Moderator: Mr. James Jacobs
Ware County Extension Coordinator, Waycross, GA
2:00 ----- An Emerging
Industry: Greenhouse Tomato Production in Alabama
Dr. Joe Kemble, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL
2:30 ----- Opportunities and Challenges for Protected Culture in the
Southeastern US
Mr. Bob Hochmuth, Univ. of Florida, Live Oak, FL
3:00 ----- Using High Tunnels for Earlier Production of Tomatoes and
Strawberries in Alabama
Dr. Joe Kemble, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL
Posters
Broccoli Production on Colored Plastic Mulches
Juan C. Diaz Perez, UGA - Tifton, GA
John Silvoy, UGA - Tifton, GA
Diffusion and Efficacy of Drip-Applied Inline and Vapam in Raised Plastic-Mulched
Beds
Byron Candole, UGA - Tifton, GA
Alex Csinos, UGA - Tifton, GA
Dong Wang, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Using Preseason Thrips and Weed Data to Predict Tomato Spotted Wilt
Virus Incidence in Vegetable Fields
David Riley, UGA - Tifton, GA
Stan Diffie, UGA - Tifton, GA
Sweet Corn Irrigation Study
Brad Mitchell, UGA - Camilla, GA
Edd Harrison, UGA - Camilla, GA
Joel Hudgins, UGA - Bainbridge, GA
W.T. Kelley, UGA - Tifton, GA
Rad Yager, UGA - Camilla, GA
Ivy Griner, UGA - Camilla, GA
P. McNeil, Crop Consultant - Camilla, GA
Efficacy of Selected New Insecticide Chemistries Against Caterpillar
Pests of Collards and Cabbage
Alton N. Sparks, UGA - Tifton, GA
David Riley, UGA - Tifton, GA
Tifton Vegetable Park
Paul E. Sumner, UGA - Tifton, GA
Stanley Culpepper, UGA - Tifton, GA
William Terry Kelley, UGA - Tifton, GA
David B. Langston, Jr. - UGA - Tifton, GA
Alton Sparks, UGA - Tifton, GA
David Riley, UGA - Tifton, GA
Do Market Windows Provide Potential for Double-Cropping Vegetables With
Peanuts in South Georgia?
Nathan B. Smith, UGA - Tifton, GA
Esendugue Greg Fonsah, UGA - Tifton, GA
Mike Best, UGA - Athens, GA
Archie Flanders, UGA - Athens, GA
John McKissick, UGA - Athens, GA
Economics Analysis of Producing Bell Pepper Under the Methyl Bromide
Phase-Out Program in Georgia
Mark Byrd, UGA - Athens, GA
Cesar Escalante, UGA - Athens, GA
Esendugue Greg Fonsah, UGA - Tifton, GA
Stanley Culpepper, UGA - Tifton, GA
David B. Langston, Jr., UGA - Tifton, GA
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