ONTARIO FRESH GRAPE GROWERS Box 100, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0 Phone: , Fax:

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1 ONTARIO FRESH GRAPE GROWERS Box 100, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0 Phone: , Fax: May 22, 2012 Items in this newsletter: Board Directors & Officers Programs Available to Producers Affected by Spring Freeze AAFC AgPal website CHC Activity Update New Website Fungal disease management in grapes Relative efficacy of fungicides for grapevine diseases Board Directors & Officers Please check us out on Facebook we hope you LIKE us. New website at Board Directors: District 1 (N.o.t.L.) District 2 (St. Catharines) District 3 (Lincoln, East) District 4 (Lincoln, West) District 5 (Grimsby, West Lincoln) Director at Large Officers: Chair Vice-Chair Manager Assist. Manager Treasurer - Dave Lambert, Adolph Reddecopp - Bart Huisman - Torrie Warner - Larry Hipple - Orest Gulka - Robin Reimer - Larry Hipple - Dave Lambert - Sarah Marshall - Larissa Osborne - Maureen Connell A full list of Ontario Fresh Grape grower committee members and their contact information is attached. Programs Available to Producers Affected by Spring Freeze Many fruit growers have suffered crop losses to varying degrees due to spring freeze(s), in particular, the freeze events on the April weekend. Both the Federal and Provincial governments have been apprised of the situation and are investigating options available to producers. These include the following programs: Production Insurance, AgriInvest, AgriStability and SDRM. We will continue to review additional options with both governments. Growers are advised to contact Agricorp to review these options and determine if and how they can participate. Agricorp can be reached Mon. to Fri., 7am to 5pm at or at contact@agricorp.com. 1. It is too late to purchase Production Insurance for

2 2. The AgriInvest Program is straight forward and you do not have to be in AgriStability to participate. This program is meant to cover the top 15% of a decline in Reference Margin in any year. 3. The SDRM Program is fairly straightforward but you must participate in AgriStability to participate. 4. Both AgriInvest and SDRM programs pay a percentage of a producer s ANS (Annual Net Sales). 5. AgriStability - for those growers who are most affected and who do not have crop insurance, the AgriStability Program may be very useful and may provide the greatest benefits. The program pays benefits when a producer s Reference Margin falls more that 15%. The program also provides negative margin coverage. 6. You can apply to receive an advance on your estimated AgriStability payment before you complete your fiscal year using an Interim Payment Application. To apply, you must: Be in the second half of your fiscal year Agree to meet all requirements for AgriStability, including submitting your application and tax forms after your year-end AgriStability Participation - Some growers did not sign up for AgriStability by the April 30 th deadline and have asked what their options are. The following are the rules for participation: Participating in AgriStability Step 1: Sign up Each year, you are required to actively decide if you want to participate in the AgriStability program and pay an annual program fee. Similar to AgriInsurance, this decision must be made in advance of your program year, before eligibility for a payment has been determined. Existing Participants: If you are an existing participant, you will be automatically enrolled in AgriStability. If you do not wish to participate, you must indicate this on the tear-off portion of your Enrolment Notice and return it to Administration by the deadline shown on your Enrolment Notice. If Agricorp does not hear from you by that date, your fee and penalty will be outstanding. New Participants: If you have never participated in AgriStability or have not participated for the previous two years, you must contact Administration by April 30 of the program year to request to participate. Administration will send you the forms you need to complete and return in order to participate. The information collected on these forms is used to produce your Enrolment Notice which will identify the fee you need to pay in order to participate. Step 2: Pay your fee If you decide to participate, you must pay your fee by the fee deadline, or 30 days from the date of the Enrolment Notice, whichever is later. Your deadline is identified on your Enrolment Notice. Late fee payments will be accepted until December 31 of that year, but will have a 20% penalty added. You must pay your fee by December 31 or you will be ineligible to participate in AgriStability for the program year. As well, your fee and fee penalty will be considered outstanding and applied to future program years. If you decide not to participate, you must indicate this on the tear-off portion of your Enrolment Notice and return it to Administration by the deadline shown on your Enrolment Notice. If Agricorp does not hear from you by that date, your fee and penalty will be outstanding. 2

3 AAFC - AgPal Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) recently launched AgPal, a web-based tool to help producers and others in the agriculture and agri-business sector find the federal, provincial and territorial programs and services that specifically apply to them. Currently, the site has information on 169 different programs including AAFC programs, Farm Credit Canada programs, programs from Nova Scotia, and Ontario s Growing Forward programs. It is expected that additional information will be added to the site over the coming months. AgPal can be accessed through the ministry s Growing Forward web page or directly at AgPal is part of Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative. Canadian Horticultural Council The CHC is the Canadian horticultural industry s national lobby group. They deal with a wide range of important issues including pesticides, safety net programs, labour, trade, grades & standards, etc. The association is funded by the producers and producer groups across Canada based on each provinces percentage of the production value of fruits and vegetables. For several years, the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association has paid the membership fees on behalf of its members including tender fruit growers. In an attempt to keep their members informed the CHC has started issuing periodic reports and updates. A copy of the April Update is attached Promotional Program Retail Display Bins After a very successful 2011, the retailers have come on board again for 2012 with even more orders for display bins! This will allow for eye catching front of store displays across all major retail chains- discount and conventional banners. New Website Make sure you check out our new website at This website combines both fresh grape and tender fruit for a one stop shop for consumers, retailers and growers. Highlights of its functionality include: Grower Forum and Information section Mobile device and QR code friendly Easily searchable and printable recipes Facebook, twitter Meet your farmer section for testimonials and videos Foodland Ontario Foodland Ontario will continue their strong support of local and some 2012 activities include: Social Media - Website, Facebook and Twitter Recipe brochures, 2012 calendars Retail POS placement Retail Display Contest Yours truly, Sarah Marshall Manager Enclosures Larissa Osborne Assist. Manager/Marketing & Production Analyst 3

4 ONTARIO FRESH GRAPE GROWERS Box 100, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0 Phone: , Fax: FRESH GRAPE GROWERS COMMITTEE District 1 - Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake (6) (51 growers) Phone # Fax # Dave Lambert 370 Line 1 N-o-t.L, L0S 1J0 (905) Adolph Reddecopp 233 Line 2, R.R. 2 N-o-t-L, L0S 1J0 (905) CELL Howard Colcuc 845 Creek Road N-o-t.L, LOS 1J0 (905) Eric Willms 890 Line 2, RR. 2 N-o-t.L, LOS 1J0 (905) Two Vacancies District 2- St. Catharines & Niagara South (2) (15 growers) Bart Huisman R.R. 1 St. Catharines, L2R 6P7 (905) One Vacancy District 3- Lincoln East of Vineland Townline Road (2) (17 growers) Torrie Warner 4045 John St. Beamsville, L0R 1B1 (905) (V) Once Vacancy District 4- Lincoln West of Vineland Townline Road (2) (15 growers) Larry Hipple 4275 Maplegrove Beamsville, L0R 1B1 (905) Robin Reimer 3788 Quarry Road Beamsville, L0R 1B2 (905) District 5- Grimsby, West Lincoln, Wentworth and the Rest of Ontario (2) (13 growers) Orest Gulka R.R. 1 Grassie, L0R 1M0 (905) One Vacancy 4

5 Fungal disease management in grapes throughout the growing season, 2012 Wendy McFadden-Smith, Tender Fruit & Grape IPM Specialist, OMAFRA The following table was developed as a means of summarizing the information provided in OMAFRA Publication 360 Fruit Production Recommendations , including new products for 2012 and some that are expected to be registered for this season. It highlights the periods during the growing season when specific diseases may be a problem and which fungicides are recommended at a particular growth stage. This will vary somewhat depending on the susceptibility of the grape variety, the weather conditions and the history of disease in the vineyard. The main purpose of this table is to give some idea of the fungicide combinations/mixtures that may be used throughout the season to manage specific diseases present in your vineyard. However, this table is not meant as method of indicating compatibility of products in a spray mixture. You should read the label to determine whether a fungicide will cause injury (e.g. burning or discoloration) on a particular variety or under specific drying conditions and also whether specific tank mixes are not recommended. (See Table 6-5 Publication 360 as well as fungicide labels.). It is also important that you confirm that a particular fungicide is acceptable for use by your processor and follow their pre-harvest intervals for individual pesticides How to use this table: The table is broken down by growth stage and within each growth stage the diseases that may be present are listed. If a disease is bold italics (large ) it is of primary concern at that growth stage. For example, at 80% bloom to immediate postbloom, powdery and downy mildew and black rot can infect the berries (and leaves) while Botrytis is a risk only in susceptible varieties. At berry touch, powdery and downy mildew should still be controlled on the foliage but Botrytis infection of fruit is of special concern at this stage. Refer to the article on relative activity of fungicides for information on the efficacy of fungicides vs specific diseases. If a product has an s, it will provide suppression only: control will not be comparable to a rating unless disease pressure is very low. Shaded cells indicate registered uses for products; the other uses listed are based on various publications and information from research trials. While several of the fungicides are labeled for use throughout the season and are listed throughout the calendar in Publication 360, in the table below they are recommended at specific growth stages. For example, Nova, Inspire, Flint, Sovran, Pristine, Lance/Cantus, Revus, Presidio, Zampro, Vivando and Quintec are recommended specifically during the period when fruit are susceptible to powdery and downy mildew and black rot, that is, as soon as the caps fall until berry touch. These products are our big guns and should be used to keep the fruit disease-free. It is also important to be sure to maintain tight spray intervals during this time to ensure that the berries are protected. Unless the weather is dry, with no dew, do not stretch spray intervals beyond 10 days during this time. The growth stages listed are a guide. Generally, you should keep a 7-day interval between sprays (unless it gets cold) from your first spray until berry touch. New growth will not be protected from infection if you stretch beyond this interval. Once the period for fruit infection is past, you can usually stretch spray intervals to 2 week intervals.

6 Serenade ASO (44) Switch (9 12) Elevate (17) Vangard, Scala (9) Rovral (2) Regalia Maxx (P5) PursSpray Green Spray Oil 13E Milstop (M) sulphur (M) Luna Tranquility (7 9) Vivando (U8) Quintec (13) Lance/Cantus (7) Pristine (11 7) Flint, Sovran (11) Nova, Inspire(3) Presidio (43) in tank mix Confine, Phostrol (33) Ridomil Gold Mz (4 M) Zampro (40 45) Acrobat (40) Revus (40) copper (M) mancozeb (Manzate) (M) Ferbam (M) Dikar (M) Polyram (M) captan\maestro, Folpan (M) Lime Sulphur Diseases Growth Stage Dormant Anthracnose 1-3 leaves 3-5 leaves Phomopsis Phomopsis Anthracnose Phomopsis Anthracnose P mildew s s Black rot Phomopsis cm shoot growth Anthracnose P mildew s s s Black rot D mildew Immediate Phomopsis pre-bloom to trace Anthracnose bloom (first cap fall) P mildew s s s Black rot D mildew

7 Serenade ASO (44) Switch (9 12) Elevate (17) Vangard, Scala (9) Rovral (2) Regalia Maxx (P5) PursSpray Green Spray Oil 13E Milstop (M) sulphur (M) Luna Tranquility (7 9) Vivando (U8) Quintec (13) Lance/Cantus (7) Pristine (11 7) Flint, Sovran (11) Nova, Inspire(3) Presidio (43) in tank mix Confine, Phostrol (33) Ridomil Gold Mz (4 M) Zampro (40 45) Acrobat (40) Revus (40) copper (M) mancozeb (Manzate) (M) Ferbam (M) Dikar (M) Polyram (M) captan\maestro, Folpan (M) Lime Sulphur Diseases Growth Stage 80% bloom P mildew s s s to immediate Black rot post-bloom D mildew Botrytis s s Fruit set to pea-size berry P mildew s Black rot D mildew Berry touch P mildew s s D mildew Botrytis s Veraison to early Sept. P mildew s s D mildew Botrytis s Early Sept. to harvest Botrytis s

8 Serenade ASO (44) Switch (9 12) Vangard, Scala (9) Elevate (17) Rovral (2) Regalia Maxx (P5) PureSpray Green Oil 13E MilStop (M) sulphurs (M) Luna Tranquility (7 9) Vivando (U8) Quintec (13) Lance/Cantus (7) Pristine (7 11) Sovran (11) Flint (11) Nova, Inspire (3) Presidio (43) in tank mix Phostrol (33) Ridomil Gold MZ (4 M) Zampro (40 45) Acrobat (40) Revus (40) coppers mancozeb (Manzate) (M) Ferbam (M) Dikar (M) Polyram (M) Captan/Maestro, Folpan (M) Lime Sulphur (M) Relative efficacy of fungicides for grapevine diseases, 2012 Wendy McFadden-Smith, Tender Fruit & Grape IPM Specialist, OMAFRA With the introduction of new fungicides, growers must integrate several new products in their disease management strategy for Products listed in italics are not registered at the time of this article but are expected to be sometime in the 2012 season. The table below provides information regarding the relative activity of fungicides. A product with has excellent activity against the specific disease; one with provides suppression only. The fungicide group for each product is in brackets. This information can be used to make sound informed decisions with respect to the activity of products against the diseases that are targeted at a particular time in the vineyard and also to rotate among fungicide groups to practice resistance management. Anth Phom P mild Bl rot D mild Bot