2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting Series
Twilight Meeting II
May 8, 2019
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Light Dinner provided from 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Hosted by: Rutgers University Snyder Research and Extension Farm
140 Locust Grove Road
Pittstown, NJ 08867
Registration is free, however please RSVP by Tuesday May 7 with Kim Frey at (908)788-1339
The program will be focused around a tour of the tree and small fruit research trials and a farm pesticide safety tour at the Snyder Research Farm. In addition, there will be discussion on pre-bloom pest control, fruit rot and internal worm management, postemergence control of weeds and a brief overview of mid-season fertility management strategies.
Speakers from Rutgers Cooperative Extension will include:
Megan Muehlbauer PhD, Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Hunterdon County
Norm Lalancette PhD, Specialist in Tree Fruit Plant Pathology
Anne Nielsen PhD, Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology
Dean Polk, State Wide Fruit IPM Agent
Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator
Thierry Besancon PhD, Specialist in Weed Science
Peter Nitzsche, Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Morris County
NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS ARE ANTICIPATED
