2012 WCHS 69th Annual Convention Tour and Program
This year's convention sponsors, THANK YOU!! |
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| Double Platinum $1500 Grand Mesa Discount American AgCredit, Meet the Speakers sponsor |
Platinum $1000 Alpine Bank, Bus Tour sponsor Colorado National Bank, Attitude Adjustment Hour sponsor |
Gold $500 Decco US Post Harvest, Inc. Farm Bureau Insurance Rogers Mesa Fruit Sowell Orchards Syndicated Solar Talbott's Mountain Gold |
| Silver $250 Austin Farms,
Black Bear Farms,
C & R Farms,
Clark Family Orchards,
Deline Box Co.,
Ela Family Farms - Silver Spruce Orchards,
First Fruits Organic Farms,
Fruita Consumer Coop,
Fuller Orchards,
Harvestime Enterprises, Inc.,
High Country Orchards,
HiQ Packing & United Marketing,
New Leaf Fruit, LLC,
Noland Orchards,
Packaging Corporation of America,
Rocky Mountain Peach Co, Inc.,
Sierra Gold Nurseries,
Temple-Inland,
The Bob Crum Co.,
Town of Palisade,
Van Well Nursery,
Wilbur-Ellis, Bronze $100 Avant Farm & Vineyard, First State Bank of Colorado in Hotchkiss, BASF Corporation, The Peach Fork, CO Ag Statistics, C & O Nursery, CSI Chemical Corporation, Delicious Orchards, DuPont Crop Protection, Fruit Top Farm, Fritchman Orchards, Grand Junction Pipe and Supply Co., Grand Mesa Packaging, Harward Irrigation, High Noon Solar, Hulteen Orchards, Inc., J & P Orchards, Kokopelli Farms and Produce, Mesa View Orchard, Miller Chemical, Palisade Chamber of Commerce, Palisade Produce, Prospero Equipment Corporation, Rancho Durazno, LLC, Sage Creations Organic Farm, SLCC, Inc., Summit Tree Sales, XPEDX, Z’s Orchard, Meeks Orchards, Colon Orchards, Red Mountain Orchards |
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Guest Speakers
Huff Chiles (Orchardist) Crown Orchards, Crozet, Virginia
Kevin Day, Farm Advisor, specialty fresh-shipping deciduous tree fruits, cultural practicies and production, fruit growth and development, pruning and training systems, UC Davis
Jennifer Reeve, Dept of Plants, Soils, and Science, Assitant Professor of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Utah State University
Craig Regelbrugge, Co-chair, Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform, VP for Government Relations American Nursery & Landscape Association
January 16th, 2012
A short course for commercial growers with an emphasis on pests, pesticides, and pest management in orchards and vineyards in cooperation with the Western Colorado Horticultural Society and CAVE. Details here>>
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
WCHS/CAVE Bus Tour, — Two buses with 88 seats available on a first come first served basis
7:00am — Registration Opens at Two Rivers Convention Center
8:15am — Board buses "first come first served"
8:30am — Depart for Orchard Mesa Research Center, 3168 B1/2 Rd. Orchard Mesa
9:00am — Orchard Mesa Research Center
Orchard: Ramesh Pokarel will conduct tour of fruit tree research
Vineyard: Horst Caspari will conduct tour of grape varieties and other viticulture research
9:45am — Board buses for Neil Guard Orchard & Vineyard, 3480 E Rd. Palisade
10:15am — Neil Guard Orchard & Vineyard
Orchard: peach tree pruning, orchard floor management, cover crops
Vineyard: Varieties and pruning
11:00am — Board buses for Orchard Valley Farms, 15836 Black Bridge Rd, Paonia.
12:30am-1:45pm — Orchard Valley Farms Lunch
1:45pm — Tour Orchard Valley Farms
Orchard: Different peach pruning methods, V and open vase younger orchard
Vineyard: Reisling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir varieties
2:45pm — Board buses for Mesa Winds Farm, 31262 L Rd. Hotchkiss
3:15pm — Mesa Winds Farm
Ground covers and incorporating sheep into orchard/vineyard floor management,
irrigation monitoring
Orchard: Grafted and high-density apples, pedestrian orchards, hoop-house cherries
Vineyard: New winery, grape varieties
4:15pm — Board buses for Two Rivers Convention Center
5:30pm — Arrive Two Rivers Convention Center
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
8:00am — Member Registration, Exhibitors and Trade Show opens
Morning Session — Dennis Clark, President
8:30am — Introductions
8:40am — Kevin Day, Minimal pruning of young trees to induce early-bearing
9:30am — Jennifer Reeve, Cover crops in orchards: establishment, biomass production, weed suppression and water use
10:30am — Break
11:00am — Huff Chiles, View from a Virginia Grower
12:00pm to 1:00pm — Lunch (Past Presidents & Secretaries lunch)
Afternoon Session — Manuel Gutierrez
1:00pm —Kevin Day, Developing reduced height/pedestrian orchards
2:00pm — Ramesh Pokharel, Cytospora canker: A hard nut to break
2:45pm — Break
3:00pm — Colorado Department of Ag, Tom Lipetzky, Food Safety issues: Lessons to be learned from Rocky Ford
Evening Events
4:30 - 5 pm — Meet the Exhibitors, Traveling beer keg (Exhibit Hall)
5:00 - 7:00pm — Meet the Speakers, Open wine & beer bar plus hor d'oeuvres (Exhibit Hall)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
8:00am — Member Registration, Exhibitors and Trade Show opens
Morning Session — Nathan Talbott
8:30am — Jennifer Reeve, Alternative orchard floor management effects on soil quality, water use, weed dynamics and tree growth
9:30am — Kevin Day, Postharvest handling issues
10:30am — Break
11:00am — Ron Godin, The state of hops and Healthy soils, healthy crops
12:00pm to 1:00pm — Lunch (WCHS Board Meeting)
Afternoon Session — Mike Fuller
1:00pm — WCHS Business Meeting
1:15pm — Kevin Day, Orchard systems update and new rootstocks
2:15pm — Ramesh Pokharel, Denis Reich, Are we irrigating right?
3:00pm — Break
3:15pm — Craig J. Regelbrugge, Latest from DC on Labor
Evening Event — Annual WCHS Banquet
6:00pm — Attitude Adjustment Hour!
7:00pm — Banquet, Colorado Rick & The Great Western Heritage Show