July
Event: MSHS Summer Tour
Date: July 12, 2023 | Wednesday
Time: Starting at 9 a.m.
Location: Southern Maryland
Description: The tour will include three stops. The tour will start at the Loveville Produce Auction. We will meet and receive our name badges and have some background information provided about this local auction. We will then drive to Shlagel Farms in Waldorf for a tour of the farm. Our last stop for the day will be Miller Farms.
Registration and for more information: https://www.mdhortsociety.org/
August
Event: Crops Twilight Barbecue & Ice Cream Social CMREC Upper Marlboro Farm
Date: August 2, 2023 | Wednesday
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | Location: Central Maryland Research & Education Center, 2005 Largo Road, Upper Marlboro,
Maryland
Description: A barbecue dinner will be served at 4:00 pm followed by homemade ice cream prior to the evening tour. University of Maryland Extension Educators and Specialists will showcase their field crop, vegetable and fruit research plots.
- Barbeque begins at 4:00 PM
- Ice cream Served at 5:15 PM
- Crops Twilight at 6:00 PM
Please arrive on time as the wagon tour will start promptly at 6:00 PM.
This event is free. However, a reserved meal ticket is required.
If you need special assistance to participate, please get in touch with the Anne Arundel County Extension office at 410-222-3906 by August 1st.
Register online at the Anne Arundel County Extension website or call 410 222-3906.
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Event: WMREC Horticultural Twilight
Date: August 10, 2023 | Thursday
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | Cost: There is no fee to attend this event.
Location: Western Maryland Research and Education Center (WMREC), 18330 Keedysville Road, Keedysville, MD 21756
Description: Topics will include: NC-140 Update, Orchard Disease Management Update, Small Fruit Disease Management Update, BT sweet corn Update, Drone use in the Orchard, Blackberry Variety Trial, Preview New Maryland Hop
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact the UME-Carroll Extension Office at least 2 weeks prior to event at 410-386-2760.
Disclaimer: If you are unable to attend or have limited access to a computer or internet, there will be additional opportunities throughout the winter for small in-person meetings and an online self-paced recertification option. Contact your local Ag Extension agent for details regarding these additional opportunities.
Viticulture and Grape Growing Workshops
New Grape Grower Workshop
The New Grape Grower Workshop is held yearly during the month of March or April at the Maryland Wine Grape Industry Annual Meeting, sponsored by the Maryland Grape Growers Association and Maryland Wineries Association in cooperation with the University of Maryland Extension.
This course offers a broad overview of commercial vineyard development from pre-plant planning into the third year including economics and marketing information, variety, clone, and rootstock choices, site selection and preparation, pre-plant decisions, equipment, and supply requirements. We will also cover the basics of ordering, planting, and tending the vines through the third year of growth, as well as best practices for training, canopy management, and pest management.
The workshop is classroom format with a lot of time for Q&A.This seminar is a good overview of what is involved with getting a commercial vineyard started in the Mid-Atlantic.
MGGA/UME/MWA Annual Grape and Wine Conference
Date: January 25-26, 2023 | Wednesday-Thursday
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Kent Island Resort, 500 Kent Manor Drive, Stevensville, MD 21666
Registration: https://marylandgrapes.org/event/maryland-grape-growers-annual-meeting-will-be-january-25-26-2023/
Description: There will be concurrent sessions for both days. The first Wednesday track will be a full day of a New Growers Workshop. The concurrent session will include presentations on vineyard expansion, leaf pulling, vineyard ergonomics, mechanical harvesting, and ripe rot management. Reception from 5-7 p.m. to interact and share some wines and food. On Thursday the concurrent sessions will have viticulture and winery tracks. The viticulture track includes presentations on vineyard soil quality, late season rot management, a fruit harvesting quality/testing panel, and a cultivar research wine tasting; the afternoon will be dedicated to Spotted Lanternfly background and management. The Winery track will cover all aspects and details of starting a winery, with an overlap of the fruit harvesting quality/testing panel and the cultivar research wine tasting,
Archives (Webinar Recordings)
Central Maryland Vegetable Growers Virtual Meeting
Date: January 28, 2020 | Length: 4:04:35
Virtual Winter Vegetable Grower Meeting
Date: December 2, 2020 | Length: 4:14:46
Topics discussed: Legalities of Direct Farm Marketing Specialty Crops, Sarah Everhart, Legal Specialist,
University of Maryland; Maryland Food Safety Program Update, Angela Ferelli, Agent Associate & Carol Allen, Agent Associate, University of Maryland; Vegetable Weed Control Update; Kurt Vollmer, Weed Science Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; MDA Pesticide Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture; Odd Insects and Diseases of Vegetables, Jerry Brust, Vegetable IPM Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; Managing Salinity and pH in High tunnels, Neith little, Urban Educator & Andrew Ristvey, Alternative Crops Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; Vegetable Trials Update, Gordon Johnson, Vegetable Specialist, University of Delaware Extension; and MDA Nutrient Management Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture
Virtual Winter Fruit Grower Meeting
Date: December 10, 2020 | Thursday
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Location: Virtual
Topics discussed: Spotted Wing Drosophila on Cranberries, Maggie Lewis, Entomology, Graduate Student University of Maryland; Insect Biological Control, Alan Leslie, Extension Educator University of Maryland Extension; Small Fruit Update, Ben Beale, Extension Educator University of Maryland Extension; MDA PAT Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture; Food Safety Update, Angela Ferelli, Agent Associate, Carol Allen, Agent Associate University of Maryland; Soil Health in High Tunnels, Neith little, Urban Educator, and Andrew Ristvey, Alternative Crops Specialist University of Maryland Extension; Fruit Tactics for the Coastal Plains, Dave Myers, Extension Educator University of Maryland Extension; and MDA Nutrient Management Update, Maryland department of Agriculture
Bay Area Virtual Fruit Meeting
Date: February 10, 2021 | Length: 4:23:36
Topics discussed: Legalities of Direct Farm Marketing Specialty Crops, Sarah Everhart, Legal Specialist,
University of Maryland; Insect Control Update, Kelly Hamby, Entomology Assistant Professor, University of Maryland; Fruit Weed Control Update, Kurt Vollmer, Weed Science Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; MDA PAT Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture; Apple Maturity and Harvest, Macarena Farcuh, Horticulture Assistant Professor, University of Maryland; Maryland Vineyard Industry Update, Joe Fiola, Viticulture & Small Fruit Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; Climate Change and the Orchard, Chris Walsh,, Horticulture Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland; MDA Nutrient Management Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture