Commercial Ag Updates + Farm Food Safety

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April 10, 2019

2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting II

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

 

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Fruit, Tree Fruit
April 4, 2019

Pesticide Storage Inventory Due May 1st: Download Rutgers Templates

Pesticide Applicator or Dealer Storage Inventory with Cover Letter Due May 1st to Fire Department All licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventor(ies) with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year. In New […]
Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates
March 20, 2019

Wine Chemistry Workshop

We’re pleased to welcome world-renowned Clark Smith for a 2-day workshop at the Rutgers EcoComplex, May 20 and May 21, 2019.

See event flyer below:

Wine Chemistry Workshop

Please register for the upcoming Wine Chemistry Workshop by sending the registration fee of $275.00 per person. Make checks out to Rutgers University and send to: Attn: Joan Medany, RCE of Gloucester County, 254 County House Rd., Clarksboro, NJ 08020.

Upon registration, you will receive a copy of Clark Smith’s book. (He would like attendees to read the book prior to attending, so we recommend registering early for ample time to read.)

Contact Hemant Gohil at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu with questions.

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March 20, 2019

Industrial Hemp Educational Session

You’re invited to attend an upcoming educational session being held at the Burlington County Extension Center on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.

Registration begins at 8:15 AM. See flyer for details:

Industrial Hemp Educational Session

If interested, please RSVP to Anna Molinski annamol@njaes.rutgers.edu by March 29, 2019. Space is limited.

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March 1, 2019

Atlantic-Cape Community College Offers DRONE DAY – A Learning Symposium

Covering Public Safety, Engineering and Agriculture
in collaboration with RCE Specialists & Agents
Friday, May 31 – 9am-1pm
Mays Landing campus Student Center
Register at atlanticcapedroneday.eventbrite.com

Drone Day poster

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Disease Forecasting, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops
February 26, 2019

Ag Special Use Permits on State Owned Land – Bidding Open Until 3pm, Friday March 1.

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is putting out to bid Agriculture Special Use Permits on land owned by the Department and managed by the Division of Fish and Wildlife. The Special Use Permits (SUP) will afford more farmers access to agricultural opportunities on State lands. For generations, the Department has worked closely with farmers to the mutual benefit of agriculture, our natural resources, and our resource users.

The bids are open to all interested farmers. Bids must be received by 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2019.

For information about individual farm parcels and submitting a bid, visit the SUP Bid Forms and Information Packets page.

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Vegetable Crops