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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>For the last two years, the IPM Institute has offered a monthly planning calendar to apple growers in the Upper Midwest designed to identify, plan and implement IPM and other pest management activities on the farm. We now want to offer our Apple A Day IPM calendar to growers in all regions and in 2019 begin using photo’s submitted by growers from all around the United States. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>The 2018 Apple A Day IPM Calendar features large, full-color photos submitted by growers which include the people, landscapes, ecology and events of our local orchards. Descriptions of important crop and pest phenology are listed for each month. These stories and photographs offer a fun way to plan your year and share the story of growing apples with your employees, friends, family or valued customers. Visit the link below for a preview of this year’s calendar.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>We are working with a local printing company and this professionally printed, full color, wall calendar will be ready to ship by mid-December.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Please place your order by December 14 to ensure arrival by the start of the New Year. We also invite you to forward this email on to any other orchardists who might be interested.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please click the link below to place your order. All orders will be processed electronically. If you are having trouble placing an order please call Thomas Bernard, (224) 629-7132 or email <a href="mailto:tbernard@ipminstitute.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>tbernard@ipminstitute.org</span></a>. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><b>Apple A Day IPM Calendar<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="https://ipminstitute.org/applecalendar"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://ipminstitute.org/applecalendar</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>____________________________<br><br><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thomas Bernard</span></b><b><br></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Specialty Crops Project Coordinator</span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>IPM Institute of North America Inc.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>211 S. Paterson St., Suite 380<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Madison WI 53703<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Office 608 232-1410</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Cell 224 629-7132</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="mailto:tbernard@ipminstitute.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>tbernard@ipminstitute.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="http://www.ipminstitute.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.ipminstitute.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>