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2026 New York State Flower Industries Winter Greenhouse & Growers Schools

• Friday, January 16, 2026, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Morning sessions are available online, so if you can't attend in person, you can still attend via zoom and receive pesticide credits.

*** – course has been approved by DEC for pesticide credits.

Registration deadline: January 16, 2026

Cost: $60.00 or $50.00 for NYSFI members for first member of company

Additional members of same company: $30.00 or $25.00 for NYSFI members

Registration includes morning coffee & snacks and lunch

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Agenda:

• 8:00 - 8:25 AM:  Check in/registration
• 8:30 - 9:30 AM: Building Better Pest Programs – Targeted Timing and Life Cycles*** GGS Pro Dr. Karen Stever
• 9:30 - 10:30 AM: Common, Uncommon & Complex*** GGS Pro Dr. George Grant
• 10:30 - 10:45 AM: Break
• 10:45 - 11:00 AM: New York State Flower Industries update Sue Adams, President NYSFI
• 11:00 - 11:30 AM: Ag & Markets Update Michael Dorgan
• 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Avoid Diseases to Have Fabulous Foliage and Flowers Dr. Margery Daughtrey
• 12:30 - 1:15 PM: Lunch
• 1:15 - 2:00 PM: Efficient technologies, processes, and practices to optimize energy use and related costs in greenhouse operations by Gabriel Gurley, Cornell Ag energy program manager
• 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Modern tools and tactics for IPM in greenhouses by Dr. Samantha Willden, Cornell Agritech

Fee

$60.00 or $50.00 for NYSFI members for first member of company, Additional members of same company: $30.00 or $25.00 for NYSFI members

Register

http://weblink.donorperfect.com/2026GHGS

Location

Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County
18 Seward Avenue
Suite 300 (third floor)
Middletown, New York 10940

Last updated November 18, 2025