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<p class=MsoNormal>Registration deadline is quickly approaching…..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:transparent'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lisa Fulkerson, County
Extension Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:transparent'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Illinois
Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'>Illinois-Iowa Fruit & Vegetable Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'>On December 11 the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Symposium
offered by University of Illinois Extension and Iowa State University Extension
will be held at the Scott County Extension Office in Bettendorf,
IA. This annual event is geared towards commercial
growers. General sessions for both fruit and vegetable growers will be
“Direct Marketing Ideas to Improve Produce Sales” and
“Cropping Profits – High Tunnel Production Considerations”,
followed with breakout sessions specific to each grower group. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'>This year the vegetable focus is on tomato production.
Topics will be “Fitting Heirlooms into your Tomato Enterprise”,
“Tomato Production – Varieties and Quality” and “Insect
Management Updates with a Focus on Tomatoes and Peppers”. The fruit
focus will cover “Realities of the Potential for Grape Production in the
Upper Midwest, “Potential for Aronia as a New Crop” and
“Insect Management Updates with a Focus on Insects and Insecticides”.
Specialists and experts from both campuses will present these timely topics and
be on hand to answer questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'>Brochure and Press release attached<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'>Your assistance advertising this program is
appreciated. If you or any of your clientele have questions please send
them my way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228'>Martha A.
Smith</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228'>University
of Illinois Extension</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228'>480 Deer
Road</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228'>Macomb,
IL 61455</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228'>#309-836-2363</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228'><a href="mailto:smithma@illinois.edu"><span
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Andy;color:windowtext'>"God made rainy
days so gardeners could get the housework done"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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