Food Safety, Automation, And New Varieties Highlights Of Great Lakes Expo

This year’s Great Lakes Expo will offer more than 72 educational sessions and workshops from Dec. 10-12. Topics include food safety, immigration reform, succession and future planning, and technology. The event is held in DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, MI.

Highlights include:

Tuesday, Dec. 10

  • SWD management in raspberries
  • Preparing your orchard for automation
  • Fruit variety showcase including everbearing raspberries, cider apple varieties, and red fleshed apples

Wednesday, Dec. 11

  • On-the-farm impacts of immigration reform legislation
  • Maximizing on the talents of family and key employees
  • Affordable care act
  • Using new technologies in apple IPM in Washington

Thursday, Dec. 12

Top Articles
A New Biopesticide in the Making To Fight Spotted Wing Drosophila
  • Lessons learned in first year vineyard perimeter spraying with independent chemical injection horticulture sprayers
  • Solid-set canopy delivery systems in tree fruit
  • Phone apps that enhance productivity
  • Software for record keeping and tracking labor hours
  • Current options for non-antibiotic fire blight management

For more information, visit www.glexpo.com.

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