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Cornell team briefs county on Tar Spot, neonicotinoid trials and upcoming NYS seed restrictions
Summary
Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Cornell Vegetable Program updated the committee on Tar Spot disease research and seed-treatment trials; presenters noted New York State will prohibit sale of neonic-treated corn, soybean and wheat seed beginning Jan. 1, 2029, and are running comparative trials at about 60 sites.
Sandi Bastedo and Julie Kikkert of Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Cornell Vegetable Program briefed the committee on disease scouting and pesticide research for vegetable and field crops. They displayed a dried, pressed specimen of Tar Spot and described field scouting, resistance trials and fungicide work with Cornell AgriTech colleagues; Yates County was noted to rank sixth in the state with 98 vegetable farms and 13th in acreage with 2,381 acres.
Kikkert and colleagues described comparative trials of neonicotinoid-treated seed and untreated seed in roughly 60 statewide sites to measure stand loss, biomass and yield differences. The presenters noted the NYS Birds & Bees Protection Act will prohibit the sale of neonic-treated corn, soybean and wheat seed in New York starting Jan. 1, 2029, though waivers and training courses may be available under limited circumstances. The committee accepted the report as information.
