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GOOD TO GO Committed to Dedicated Service & Quality Trees For 74 Years & Counting Call to place your custom grown tree order for 2013 delivery Hickman: 209-874-1821 Reedley: 559-638-6675 800-654-5854 www.davewilson.com www.facebook.com/DaveWilsonNursery For a complete listing of upcoming events, check the Calendar at www.goodfruit.com. Insurance feedback wanted T he U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Manage- ment Agency will conduct listening sessions in cherry growing regions to get feedback on how well its pilot insurance program for sweet cherries has worked and how it could be improved. The feedback will help the agency decide whether the Actual Revenue History Crop Insurance Program should become permanent and expanded to other areas, continued as a pilot program, or terminated. The agency has contracted with Agralytica of Alexandria, Virginia, to conduct listening sessions in Washington, Oregon, California, and Michigan. Listening sessions in the Pacific Northwest are scheduled as follows: —February 9 at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for insurance company staff and loss adjusters, and from 2 to 5 p.m. for growers. —February 10 at the W.L. Hansen Building in Yakima, Washington, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for insurers and loss adjusters, and from 2 to 5 p.m. for growers. Agralytica staff can also meet with growers or insurers individually. To arrange a time, contact Nick Young at (703) 981-6002 or e-mail nyoung@agralytica.com. FEBRUARY February 7–10 Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick, Washington. For information, go to www.wawgg.org. February 8 Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School, First Presbyterian Church, Hardin, Illinois. February 9–12 Midwest Grape and Wine Conference, St. Charles, Missouri. For information, call (573) 236-4629 or go to www.midwestgrapeandwineconference.com. February 10–16 North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association Convention, Williamsburg Marriott, Williamsburg, Virginia. For information, go to www.nafdma.com. February 11 Women in Agriculture Conference, 16 locations in Washington State. Visit www.womeninag.wsu.edu for more information or call (509) 684-2588. February 13 Upper Hudson/Champlain Commercial Tree Fruit School, Fort William Henry Hotel & Conference Center, Lake George, New York. For details or to preregister, contact Kevin Iungerman at kai3@cornell.edu. February 14–17 Hudson Valley Commercial Fruit Growers' School, Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Information is available at http:// hudsonvf.cce.cornell.edu/meeting_announcements/2012%20Fr uit%20School%20program%20web%20version%201-3- 2012.pdf, or contact Mike Fargione, telephone (845) 691- 7117; e-mail mjf22@cornell.edu. February 14–16 World Ag Expo, Tulare County Fairgrounds, Tulare, California. Go to www.worldagexpo.com for information. February 15–17 AgTools Academy for the Washington tree fruit industry— February 15 in Wenatchee, February 16, in Yakima, and February 17 in Pasco. To register, contact Clark Seavert at clark.seavert@oregonstate.edu or go to the Web site http://agtools.org. February 22 Northwest Pear Research Review, Confluence Technology Center, Wenatchee, Washington. Contact Kathy Schmidt, (509) 665-8271, ext. 2, or e-mail kathy@treefruitresearch.com. 40 FEBRUARY 1, 2012 GOOD FRUIT GROWER February 23 Grape Powdery Mildew Management Seminar, WSU Tri-Cities, Richland, Washington. Seminar will be broadcast to WSU- Prosser AgTech Conference room and WSU-Mt. Vernon. Contact Debbie Schwenson (509) 373-7224. February 23–25 Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, Springfield, Illinois. February 23–25 Minnesota Grape Growers Association Cold Climate Grape and Wine Conference, St. Paul Crowne Plaza Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota. For information, go to www.mngrapegrowers.com. February 25 Grape Expectations, viticultural and enological symposium, Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, New Jersey. Contact Dr. Gary Pavlis, (609) 758-7311 or e-mail creamridge@aesop.rutgers.edu. MARCH March 1–2 B.C. Tree Fruit Horticultural Symposium, Kelowna Trinity Baptist Church, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. For infor- mation, go to www.bcfga.com. March 4–6 California Small Farm Conference, Hyatt Regency, Valencia, California. For information, call (831) 659-0436, or go to www.californiafarmconference.com. March 6 Michigan Spring Peach Update, Jordon G. Tatter Conference Center, Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center, Benton Harbor, Michigan. Contact Dr. Bill Shane, (269) 944- 1477, e-mail shane@msu.edu, or go to the Mighigan Peach Sponsor Web site www.michiganpeach.org. APRIL April 2–4 International Symposium on Mechanical Harvesting and Handling Systems for Fruit and Nuts, Hyatt Place Orlando/University Hotel, Orlando, Florida, hosted by the University of Florida. For more information, check the Web site http://conference.ifas.ulf.edu/harvest/. www.goodfruit.com