Meeting information
The 101st Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference will be held Thursday and Friday, December 4 & 5th, 2025, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 65 Priority Dr., Martinsburg, WV.
The agenda will feature the Call of the States, Call of the Industry, and a Plenary Session with the keynote presentations highlighting how recent changes to regulations with the Endangered Species Act, labor, and tariffs are impacting the tree fruit industry. Following the Plenary Session, we will have our third-annual student competition presentations (all consecutively so that everyone may attend). Thereafter, we will have a mixer and awards for the winning presentations. As we did last year, we will select the best student presentation under each category (i.e., horticulture, plant pathology, and entomology). We will provide a $300 award to each of the three student winners. Please encourage your students to submit meeting abstracts 2 weeks prior to the conference date (by November 21 at the latest), to be eligible for the competition.
On Day 2, we will have three concurrent presentation sessions on horticulture, entomology, and plant pathology, as well as our business meeting. Presentation topics shall reflect our research and/or extension efforts concerning fruit crops. The presentation format will be 10 to 12 minutes for content, and 3 to 5 minutes for questions, for a total of 15 minutes. A/V equipment for PowerPoint presentations will be available.
***Important dates***
November 7th is the deadline for discounted registration ($150 per person). After that, the online registration fee will increase to $200 (closing November 14th).
November 14th is the deadline for submission of the presentation request.
November 14th is the deadline for online registrations. For logistical reasons, no online registrations will be allowed after this date. The fee at the door will be $250.
Hotel information
Reservations may be made for arrivals as early as Wednesday, December 3rd, and departures as late as Friday, December 5, 2025. The Room Block will remain open until it is sold out or until it closes on November 12, 2025, whichever occurs first.
Please use the link below to make your reservations with the special rate at your earliest convenience. If you would need to cancel a reservation, Hilton’s cancellation policy allows you to cancel a reservation made within the Room Block 48 hours or more before your day of arrival, with no penalty or cancellation charge.
Hilton Garden Inn at Martinsburg, WV
If you would prefer to make your reservations by phone, please feel free to contact the Hotel directly at 304-263-0101 and reference the Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference and your group code FRU in order to receive the Room Block discounted rate.