2025 Winter Meeting

Saturday, January 18, 2025 - held at The Rocks, Bethlehem, NH.

Winter Meeting Recap

A full packed room with a full packed day of programs! Thanks to all who attended. We enjoyed many interesting presentations, lots of networking happened and the lunch was delicious.

Shawn Jasper, NH Commissioner of Agriculture attended. He shared resources and news about state programs.

Rick Dungey, Executive Director, Trees for Troops, gave an update on Trees For Troops.

In 2024, T4T picked up 16,629 trees from 51 different locations and delivered them to 93 bases in the U.S. across 5 branches of service plus one National Guard Center. NH/VT provided over 500 trees this year! The new grand total through 20 years is 326,273 trees provided to military families! Check out some of the photos and stories generated by folks at the bases here https://www.facebook.com/Trees4Troops/mentions.

Marsha Grey, Executive Director, Real Christmas Tree Board gave an overview of all the resources available for farmers at: realchristmastreeboard.org

The workshop presented by Dr. Munck on disease management was very informative and our insurance questions were answered by Adam Ashe of Ashe Insurance Co.

Four members of the association provided their strategies for weed control. Thanks Mike Ahern, Bob White, Steve Hardy and Aaron Zielfelder for sharing your tips.

Steve Hardy of Oliver Seed Company provided fertilizer resources and is available to answer your questions anytime. You can contact Steve at Oliver Seed Co in Milton, Vermont.

20 attended by ZOOM!

Our first broadcasted meeting was well received by the online participants. Thanks to all of them for being our test students and their patience for figuring out the sound system!