2023 Annual Fruit Growers Workshop

Location: Rio Arriba County Extension Office, State Road 554 House #122-A, Abiquiu, NM 87510

Fee: $20 per person

Note: 2 CEUs are approved for this workshop!

Program Schedule:

• 9:00-9:30: Registration
• 9:30-10:15: Fruit production updates: cultivar selection, fruit thinning, high tunnels, fruit in
  high elevation, etc. – Shengrui Yao, NMSU Alcalde Center
• 10:15-11:00: Integrated pest management in orchards – Miranda Kersten, IPM Program Man-
  ager, NMSU Los Lunas Center
• 11:00-11:15: Coffee Break
• 11:15-12:00: No till management in orchards – End-O-Fite Enterprises LLC/JAL Farms
• 12:00-1:00: Lunch
• 1:00-1:45: Conserving Beneficial Insects in Orchards and Vineyards – Miranda Kersten, IPM
  Program Manager, NMSU Los Lunas Center
• 1:45-2:20: Panel discussion: reading tree labels, rootstock selection, orchard management, Q&A session – Danny Farrar, David Lucero, Tim Seaman, etc.
• 2:20-3:00: Wild life control/management (gopher, squirrel, etc.). – Tom Dominguez and Don
  Martinez

Registration: For pre-registration, please go to: https://rsvp.nmsu.edu/rsvp/fruitgrow or call Amanda Benavides at (505)-685-4523. To make sure we have enough food for all participants, please pay the $20/person registration fee in person or mail a check payable to New Mexico State University to the following address: Rio Arriba County Extension, Attn: Amanda Benavides HCR 77 Box 9, Abiquiu, NM 87510

Contact: If you have questions about registration or this workshop, please feel free to contact: Amanda Benavides, (505)-685-4523

Event Flyer: 2023 Annual Fruit Growers Workshop