2018 Program & Registration Packet

33rd Annual Southeast

Vegetable & Fruit Expo

December 14 & 15, 2018

Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort 10000 Beach Club Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572

Phone: 843-449-0006

Room Cut-Off: November 11, 2018

Jacob Odom, President NC Vegetable Growers Association

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Carol Miller Editor, American Vegetable Grower

Curtis Smith, Master of Ceremonies TC Smith Produce Farm

Dr. Thomas Dobbins, Director Cooperative Extension, Clemson University Dr. David Monks, Director

NCARS, NC State University

Thursday, December 13, 2018

8:00 am to 10:00 pm Exhibitors Move-In

Friday, December 14, 2018

7:30 am Registration Group Registration North 7:30 am to 8:30 am Join our Exhibitors for Coffee 8:30 am to 10:00 am Welcome to the Expo Master of Ceremonies Curtis Smith, TC Smith Produce Farm, Inc., Seven Springs, NC NC Vegetable Growers Association, President Jacob Odom, Odom Farms, Seven Springs, NC Clemson University Dr. Thomas Dobbins, Director of Cooperative Extension, Clemson University North Carolina State University Dr. David Monks, Professor, Associate Director, NCARS, NCSU Keynote Address Exploring the Bigger Picture of Narrowing Profit Margins Carol Miller, Editor, American Vegetable Grower, Meister Media Worldwide

10:00 am - 10:30 am Break, Visit Exhibitors Palisades Ballroom

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch - Visit with Exhibitors Palisades Ballroom 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm NC Pickle Producers Assoc. Membership Meeting Savannah Palms 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Business Meeting, Door Prize Give Away Center Ballroom 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Break, Visit Exhibitors Palisades Ballroom 5:30 pm Banquet Dunes Ballroom 6:30 pm Live Auction Palisades Ballroom 8:30 pm Live Entertainment - Music Artist Jonathan Parker

EXPO EVENTS

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2018

Friday Morning Concurrent Sessions - 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Lunch -12:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Exhibitor Ballroom

Session 1 Pickling Cucumber Production -Brandon Parker, NCSU West Ballroom *1 hr. NC & SC Pesticide Recertification Credits, *1.5 hr. CCA

10:30 am Management of Cucurbit Downy Mildew in Pickling Cucumber and Other Cucurbit Crops Lina Quesada-Ocampo, Kim D'Arcangelo, Mike Adams, NCSU 11:00 am Seminis Product Updates - Pieter Westerbeek or Blake Johnson, Seminis 11:15 am Nunhems USA Seed and Product Updates - Howard Anderson, Nunhems USA 11:30 am Rijk Zwaan Parthenocarpic Program and Updates - Robert Grohs, Rijk Zwaan

Session 2 Sweetpotato Production - Tommy Batts and Brad Thompson, NCSU East Ballroom *1 hr. NC & SC Pesticide Recertification Credits, *1.5 hr. CCA 10:30 am 2018 Sweetpotato Clone/Varieties Evaluation Trial Conducted On -Farm in Johnston and Wilson County Keith Starke, Jonathan Schultheis, Brandon Parker, Tommy Batts and Allan Thornton, NCSU 11:00 am Management of Sweetpotato Black Rot in The Field and Postharvest - Madison Stahr, Hunter Collins, Lina Quesada-Ocampo, NCSU 11:30 am Recent Advances in Control of Sweetpotato Root Knot Nematode - Hunter Collins and Lina Quesado-Ocampo, NCSU

Session 3 Food Safety - Elena Rogers, Chip Simmons, Chris Gunter, NCSU Arcadian Ballroom *1.5 hr CCA

10:30 am FDA Guidance for the Produce Safety Rule: What Growers Need to Know! Elena Rogers, Chip Simmons, Chris Gunter, NCSU 11:30 am An NC Perspective on FSMA Implementation, Next Steps Towards Implementing the Produce Safety Rule Chris Harris, NCDA&CS

Session 1 Vegetable Diseases I - Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Inga Meadows, NCSU West Ballroom *1.5 hr. NC & SC Pesticide Recertification Credits, *1.5 hr. CCA

1:30 pm Fungicides to Manage Southern Blight on Tomato - Anthony Keinath, Clemson University 1:50 pm Bacterial Spot Management on Tomato - Amanda Scherer and Inga Meadows, NCSU 2:10 pm Spray Program on Tomato - Inga Meadows, NCSU 2:30 pm Cultural and Chemical Control of Phytophthora Blight of Pepper - Camilo Parada, Mike Adams and Lina Quesada-Ocampo, NCSU

Session 2 Cucurbit Production - Erin Eure, NCSU East Ballroom *1 hr. NC & SC Pesticide Recertification Credits, *1.5 hr. CCA

1:30 pm 2018 Cultivar Evaluations in Seedless Watermelon and Orangeflesh Melon - Keith Starke and Jonathan Schultheis, NCSU 2:00 pm Control Options for Cucurbit Powdery Mildew - Mike Adams and Lina Quesada-Ocampo, NCSU 2:30 pm Integrated Management of Downy Mildew on Slicing Cucumber with Fungicides, Resistance and Trellising Anthony Keinath, Clemson University

Session 3 Weed Management - Nettie Baugher, NCSU Arcadian Ballroom *1.5 hr. NC & SC Pesticide Recertification Credits, *1.5 hr. CCA

1:30 pm Diagnosing and Managing Off-Target Herbicide Movement - David Monks and Katie Jennings, NCSU 2:00 pm Evaluation of 2, 4-D Herbicide for Weed Control in Muscadine Grape, Blueberry and Strawberry - Kira Sims and Katie Jennings, NCSU 2:20 pm Chemical and Cultural Control of Palmer Amaranth in Sweetpotato - Cole Smith and Katie Jennings, NCSU 2:40 pm Tips to Remember When Controlling Palmer Amaranth - Levi Moore and Katie Jennings, NCSU

Friday Afternoon Concurrent Sessions - 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Please visit our Trade Show, which will be open continuously throughout the EXPO.

General Session 9:00 am On Farm Readiness Review Update - Chris Gunter, NCSU and Chris Harris, NCDA&CS Produce Safety Program Center Ballroom Session 1 Vegetable Diseases II - Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Inga Meadows, NCSU West Ballroom *1.5 hr. NC & SC Pesticide Recertification Credits, *1.5 hr. CCA

10:30 am Integrated Management of Hop Downy Mildew – Kim D’Arcangelo, Mike Adams and Lina Quesada-Ocampo, NCSU

10:50 am Host Resistance and Fungicides for Integrated Management of Watermelon Fusarium Wilt Sammi Wong, Madison Stahr, Hunter Collins and Lina Quesada-Ocampo, NCSU 11:10 am Pythium Species Responsible for Pythium Stem and Root Rot on Cucurbits in South Carolina Sean Toporek and Anthony Keinath, Clemson University 11:30 am How Grafted Watermelons Respond to Mixed Infection by Root-Knot Nematode and Fusarium Anthony Keinath, Clemson University

Session 2 Tomato and Pepper Production - Craig Mauney and Inga Meadows, NCSU East Ballroom *1 hr. NC & SC Pesticide Recertification Credits, *1.5 hr. CCA

10:30 am Improving Production of Grafted Tomatoes in a Field Setting - Inga Meadows, Thomas Ingram, Suzette Sharpe and Frank Louws, NCSU 11:00 am Selection of Insecticides for Key Pests in Tomatoes & Peppers - Jim Walgenback, NCSU 11:30 am Soilborne Disease Management with Grafted Tomatoes - Thomas Ingram & Frank Louws, NCSU

Session 3 Marketing - Kevin Hardison, NCDA&CS Arcadian Ballroom *1.5 hr. CCA 10:30 am Introduction to PACA - Scott Hartfiel, USDA 11:30 am NC Handlers of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Act - Kevin Hardison, NCDA&CS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2018

General Session - 9:00 am to 10:00 am

Saturday Morning Concurrent Sessions - 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Please visit our Trade Show, which will be open continuously throughout the EXPO.

Everyone attending the Expo must be registered. Entrance to the Trade Show will be by official Expo name badge. Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Participant Name:____________________________________________________________________________

Spouse/Additional Participants (Please list names of additional persons for name badges below.) __________________________ ___________________________ _____________________________

__________________________ ___________________________ _____________________________

Company/Farm:______________________________________________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________________________________________________

City:_____________________State:_________________Zip:________________County:___________________

Phone:___________________________________________ Fax:_______________________________________

Email:______________________________________________________________________________________

Please √ the following: ____Grower ____Supplier ____Produce Buyer ____Gov’t/Education ____Other

DESCRIPTION Registration Late Registration Total Friday. Dec 14, 2018 thru Saturday, Dec 15, 2018 Prior to Nov 10th After Nov 10th $_______ Expo-First Participant $150.00 $160.00 INCLUDES: Yearbook, Lunch, Banquet and Membership

Friday. Dec 14, 2018 thru Sat. Dec. 15, 2018 $75.00 $85.00 $_______ Expo-Additional Participant each additional person each additional person From same Farm/Company Includes: Lunch, Banquet (Does not include NCVGA Association Membership, Yearbook)

Friday, Dec 14, 2018 thru Saturday, Dec 15, 2018 $70.00 $80.00 $_______ Expo-University Educators, County Agents and State & Federal Dept. of Agricultural Personnel Includes: Lunch & Banquet

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED $__________

Method of Payments:

Check # _____________________

Card#_______________________________________________ Exp. Date ____________

Make Checks payable to NCVGA and mail with form to : NCVGA - P.O. Box 58220 – Raleigh, NC 27658

Phone: 919-413-9544 or 919-607-1370 Fax: 919-882-8533

2018 Expo Registration Form

SINGLE DAY ADMISSIONS (CHECK ONE) (Does not include Yearbook, Banquet, Membership)

Grower Attendees other than Growers

_____Friday $90.00 _____Saturday $125.00

______Friday $75.00 _______Saturday $105.00

TRADE SHOW ONLY $80.00 per day and does not include lunch or Yearbook $_______

Address for card billing:_______________________________________________________________________

Card Type:

When calling the hotel PLEASE inform them that you will be staying at the Hilton Hotel due to reconstruc-tion at the Embassy Suites Resort. Hilton is located 2 buildings down from the Embassy. The Entire Expo will be at the Hilton. Call 843-449-0006 before November 13, 2018 to ensure reduced room rates and avail-ability. Rates are $94.00