Join us for the NCMGA 2013 Summer Meeting in Castle Hayne, NC.
Meeting Program
9:00 am
Registration
9:30 am
Welcome and Remarks
John Garner, Research Operations Manager, NCSU Horticultural Crops Research Station, Castle Hayne
Ashley Graham Phipps, NCMGA Secretary& Owner of Van Poole Marketing & Public Relations Solutions
William Yost, NCMGA President & Owner of Cauble Creek Vineyard
9:45am
Update on 2013 Crop
Sara Spayd, Horticultural Science, NCSU
10:00 am - 10:30am
Muscadine Breeding Program
Terry Bland, Horticultural Science, NCSU
10:30am - 11:00am
Micropropagation of Muscadines
Zvezdana Pesic-VanEsbroeck, Plant Pathology, NCSU
11:00am - 12:00pm
Pest Control (Diseases, Insects, Weeds)*
Bill Cline and Benny Bloodworth, Plant Pathology, NCSU
12:00pm
Presentation by the New Hanover County Farm Bureau
Eelco Tinga, President
Blair Green, Ambassador
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Vineyard Tour
*1 hour of pesticide re-certification credits will be offered