• Project No. and Title: NC140 - IMPROVING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN TREE-FRUIT PRODUCTION THROUGH CHANGES IN ROOTSTOCK USE
• Dates: 11/05/2025 to 11/07/2025
• Contacts: [Terence Bradshaw] [Troy Runge]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 11/05/2025 at Burlington, Vermont. :

Admin Advisor: Troy Runge (trunge@wisc.edu)

NC140 Technical Committee Meeting<br /> Hotel Champlain Burlington, 60 Battery Street Burlington, VT 05401<br /> No v5-7, 2025<br /> 2025 Chair: Dr. Terence Bradshaw, University of Vermont<br /> Administrative assistant: Natalie Forcier<br /> 2025 Recording Secretary: TBD, someone from the Cornell delegation<br /> <br /> Tentative agenda<br /> Weds, Nov 5: participants arrive at BTV Sunport at Burlington, VT <br /> <br /> 2:00pm – 5:00 pm<br /> NC-140 2026 rewrite subcommittee meets to develop a timeline for proposal development.<br /> <br /> Dinner on your own<br /> <br /> Thurs Nov. 6, 2025<br /> 8:30am-5:00pm<br /> Welcome <br /> <br /> Dr. Eric von Wettberg, Director of Agricultural Experiment Station at University of Vermont<br /> Dr. Linda Prokopy, Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Vermont<br /> Anson Tebbetts, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, Food, and Markets<br /> <br /> Administrative Business<br /> • Approval of agenda.<br /> • Approval of 2024 NC140 meeting minutes<br /> • Approval of new members <br /> • Approval of site for 2026 meeting <br /> • Selection of site for the 2027 meeting <br /> • Report from administrative adviser, Dr. Troy Runge of University of Wisconsin<br /> <br /> Website Report - Jon Clements<br /> Rootstock Trial Coordinator Reports <br /> <br /> • 2014 Honeycrisp Apple rootstock trial – John Cline <br /> • 2015 Organic Apple rootstock trial – Terence Bradshaw<br /> • 2017 Peach Rootstock trial – Ioannis Minas <br /> • 2017 Tart Cherry rootstock trial – Kelsey Galimba <br /> • 2017 Sweet cherry systems X rootstock trial – Brent Black <br /> • 2019 Apple rootstock trial - Todd Einhorn<br /> • 2023 Cider apple rootstock trial- Greg Peck<br /> • 2025 Rootstock x Training trial – Ioannis Minas<br /> <br /> • 2026 Cherry rootstock trial, Kelsey Galimba <br /> • 2026 Apricot trial- Kathryn Carter<br /> • 2026(?) Apple rootstock trial – Tom Kon<br /> <br /> State reports<br /> Communications<br /> <br /> 6:00pm 8:00pm <br /> • Group dinner <br /> <br /> Friday Nov. 7, 2025<br /> 8:00am-11:30am<br /> • Project reauthorization<br /> • Open Discussion<br /> 12:00pm – 6:00pm<br /> • Tour the NC-140 organic Apple rootstock trial plot at UVM Horticulture Research & Education Center<br /> • Remaining tour tba<br /> <br /> 7:00-7:30: back to the hotel. Dinner on your own. <br /> <br /> Friday Nov. 8, 2024: Participants take the shuttle and depart from BTV airport.