Upcoming Hemp Events

NYS Producers Expo 2022 – https://nysvga.org/expo/information/
January 11-13, 2022
OnCenter, Syracuse, NY
Hemp Session Tuesday 1/11

Agenda –

HEMP I
Session organized by Maire Ullrich, Janice Degni, & Dr. Daniela Vergara
 
9:45 AM –  DEC Credit Sign-up
 
10:00 AM – Welcome – Maire Ullrich, Cornell Hemp Team
 
10:05 AM  – Who is the new emerging crops specialist? – Dr. Daniela Vergara, CCE, Harvest NY
 
10:25 AM – Hemp micropropagation: a how-to demonstration– Dr. Mark Bridgen, Cornell University Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center
 
10:45 AM  – Diseases – results from 2021 field trials – Dr, Chris Smart, Ali Cala, & Patrick McMullen, Cornell University
 
11:15 AM – Risks in the hemp industry – John Hanchar & Lindsey Pashow, CCE, Harvest NY
 
11:30 AM –  Adjourn
 
 
 
HEMP II
Session organized by Janice Degni, Maire Ullrich, & Dr. Daniela Vergara
 
1:30 PM –  Welcome – Janice Degni, Cornell Hemp Team
 
1:35 PM – Hemp Entrepreneur Panel –  Kaelan Castetter, Castetter Cannabis Group; Mack Hueber, Beak and Skiff; and Allan Gandelman, Main Street Farms and Head & Heal
 
2:15 PM – Permitting in 2022– Tim Sweeney, Hemp Program Manager, NYS Department of Ag & Markets
 
2:30 PM  – NYS cannabinoid program– Staff TBA, NYS Department of Health
 
3:00 PM – Adjourn
 
 
HEMP III
Session organized by Dr. Daniela Vergara, Maire Ullrich, & Janice Degni
 
3:25 AM DEC Credit Sign-up
 
3:30 PM – Growing autoflower and full season CBD/CBG hemp in direct seeded and high tunnel trials – Savanna Shelnutt, Cornell
 
3:50 PM  – What’s that blight?: common diseases of hemp – Jennifer Starr, Cornell
 
4:10 PM –  What’s new from industry
 
4:15PM – Cornell MPS program: what we’re teaching, helping NYS industry – Dr. Carlyn Buckler, Cornell
 
4:30PM – Industry trends and insights – Mandi Kerr, CEO/Founder Global Hemp Association
 
4:50PM – Adjourn

for more information on other sessions or to register go to: https://nysvga.org/expo/information/