Event Dates
2018-01-16 - 2018-01-18
Organizer
Exhibitors
150
Event contact title
To exhibit:
Event contact first name
Dan
Event contact last name
Wren
Email
dwren@leepub.com
Event contact telephone number
518-673-0117
Description
The 2018 Empire State Producers Expo was held from January 16-18 and the Becker Forum will be January 15 at the SRC Arena in Syracuse, NY. This annual show combines the major fruit, flower, vegetable, and direct marketing associations of New York State in order to provide a comprehensive trade show and educational conference for New York producers, as well as neighboring states and Eastern Canada. In years past over 100 presentations were given by Cornell Cooperative Extension personnel and highly regarded speakers from across the country. Panel discussions feature some of the top industry experts and growers in New York. Between educational sessions, attendees can visit the trade show featuring over 150 commercial vendors and non-profit exhibitors.
Attendee information
Topics include commodity specific programs in cabbage, processing vegetables, hops, grains, cut flowers, tree fruit, sweet corn, tomato, onion, potato, Cole crops, root crops and specialty crops; and focused programs in water management and irrigation, weed management, soil health, post-harvest handling, biopesticides, beginning farmer, marketing using social media and apps, transplant and greenhouse production, climate and forecast models, labor, and hard cider production. DEC pesticide recertification credits and Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) credits were offered during the appropriate educational sessions.
