8:30 am-9:00 am - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Track: Fruit
Tuesday
9:00 am-9:30 am - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Introduction to the workshop – Dr. Peter Hirst
9:30 am-10:00 am - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Getting Started – what equipment do you need? – Thomas Roney
10:00 am-10:30 am - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Wholesale, retail, agritourism – marketing options – Jim Finley
All Tracks
10:30 am-11:00 am - Room: Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
Registration Open
11:00 am-11:30 am - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
What varieties to plant and where to get trees – Calvin Beasley
11:30 am-12:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Rootstock – Dr. Peter Hirst
All Tracks
12:00 pm-1:00 pm - Room: Atrium
Lunch & Expo / Setup of Posters
1:00 pm-2:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
A-Z of orchard management – Dr. Peter Hirst
1:00 pm-1:30 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
1:15 A-Z of orchard management – Dr. Peter Hirst
2:00 pm-3:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Pest and Disease Management
3:00 pm-3:30 pm - Room: Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
Coffee Break & Expo
3:30 pm-4:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Beyond apples – what else can you sell? – Jim Finley
4:00 pm-4:30 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Top 10 mistakes made by beginner fruit growers – Dr. Peter Hirst and Ed Fackler
4:00 pm-5:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Fruit
4:30 pm-5:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 7 and Salon 8
Where do you go from here? Sources of information – Peter Hirst
All Tracks
5:00 pm-6:30 pm - Room: Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
Welcome Reception / Social Hour
Wednesday
All Tracks
7:30 am-8:00 am - Room: Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
Registration Open
All Tracks
10:00 am-10:30 am - Rooms: Freedom Hall and Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
Coffee Break & Expo
10:30 am-11:00 am - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Bringing it into focus: A plant disease update for 2020 – Dr. Janna Beckerman
10:30 am-12:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Fruit
11:00 am-11:30 am - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Herbicide use in strawberries – Dr. Steve Fennimore
11:30 am-12:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
New apples from MAIA – David Doud
Farm 360 TrackFood Safety TrackFresh Vegetables TrackFruit TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production TrackWine Grape Track
1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Rooms: Salon 1, Salon 2, Salon 3, Salon A, Salon B, Salon C, Salon D, and Salon E
Poster
All Tracks
3:00 pm-3:30 pm - Room: Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
Coffee Break & Expo
3:30 pm-5:30 pm - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Fruit
All Tracks
5:30 pm-6:30 pm - Room: Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
IHC Awards Reception & Expo
All Tracks
6:30 pm-7:30 pm - Room: Tradeshow - Liberty Hall
IHC Social Hour & Expo
Thursday
8:00 am-10:00 am - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Fruit
8:30 am-9:00 am - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
The 2019 season – Grower round table discussion
9:00 am-9:30 am - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Glyphosate: Considerations for its use in 2020 – Dr. Stephen Meyers
9:30 am-10:00 am - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Hirst goes to Washington – reflections from a year at USAID – Dr. Peter Hirst
Business / Marketing / AgriTourism / Succession Planning TrackFruit TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production Track
10:00 am-10:30 am - Room: Atrium
Coffee Break
10:30 am-11:30 am - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2
Indiana Horticultural Society Business meeting – President Matt Chandler presiding
11:30 am-12:30 pm - Rooms: Salon 1 and Salon 2