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Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Rt. 12, Building #1
Flemington, NJ 08822
For registration and program details contact Cynthia Triolo at 973-285-8306 or ctriolo@co.morris.nj.us
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.
The NJ DEP Pesticide Bureau reported there was a major glitch in their electronic system in late Nov/Dec and some individual’s information was deleted – causing delays in license renewals.
They corrected that problem in late Jan restoring the lost information on their website shortly after that. However, if you still haven’t received your renewed license, please email your the name to Joanne.Taroco@dep.nj.gov so it can be resolved.
March 15, the next Crop Insurance Sales Closing Deadline, is the last date you can purchase a policy for the following insurable crops in New Jersey for 2019:
Contact your private crop insurance provider for details.
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Date: March 6, 2019 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: RAREC, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Registration: Required, by February 28th Contact: Karen Holton (holton@njaes.rutgers.edu), (856) 455-3100 x4104
Cost / person: $15.00 (Checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University), lunch included.
Pesticide Credits: Core (2); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07) (Applied)
PROGRAM
8:00 am Registration
Coffee and pastries
8:25 am Welcome and Opening Remarks and update.
Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County
8:30 am A Year that was – Environmental Stress effects on Peach Development.
Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist in Pomology, Rutgers NJAES.
9:00 am Key Pest Issues in 2018, and Possible Reasons.
Dave Schmitt, Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES
9:15 am Peach Brown Rot: Improving Disease Control and Fungicide Resistance Mgmt.
Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES
10:00 am Break – Coffee and pastries
10:15 am IPM tactics and beneficial insects in tree fruit.
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES
10:45 am Dealing With Spotted Wing Drosophila and Scale Pests.
Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
11:15 am Plum curculio biology and management.
Clement Akotsen, Post-doc Research Associate, Rutgers NJAES
11:45 am Industry Updates and NJ Peach Promotion Council Updates.
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm How Herbicide Resistance affects Weed Managing in Tree Fruit Production.
Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist in Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES
1:30 pm Pesticide Storage and Spills: Managing Risk.
Pat Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Rutgers NJAES
2:00 pm Overview of Managing Orchard Soil Health.
Megan Muehlbauer, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Hunterdon Co.
2:30 pm Fruit Quality and Post-harvest Evaluations of New Peach Varieties.
Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County
3:00 pm Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion.
