If you downloaded the RCE irrigation pump log sheet posted here last fall, and you haven’t sent in your water use report yet, you have until Wed to calculate your monthly water use and submit it to NJ DEP. Keeping a hard copy of the log sheet by each well makes a simple way to record actual water use, but tallying the monthly and annual totals will take one more step. [Read more…]
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February 22, 2018 Rick VanVranken
Still Time to Register for North Jersey Commercial Vegetable and/or Tree Fruit Meetings
Morris County Agent Peter Nitzsche and Hunterdon County Agent Megan Muehlbauer indicate there is still limited time to register for two upcoming educational events they are hosting at the Hunterdon County Complex in Flemington:
What: North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Grower Meeting
When: February 27, 2018
Where: Hunterdon County Complex, Flemington, NJ
For Program & Registration Details go to https://events.rutgers.edu/pdfs/North_Jersey_Commercial_Vegetable_Growers_Meeting_2018.pdf
What: North Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting
When: March 6, 2018
Where: Hunterdon County Complex, Flemington, NJ
For Program & Registration Details go to https://events.rutgers.edu/pdfs/NorthJerseyFruitMeeting_Program_2018.pdf
NJ & PA PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED FOR THESE PROGRAMS
February 13, 2018 Rick VanVranken
Robots in the Field – Online Videos Illustrate Automation from Seedling Production through Harvesting
When asked for the links to some of the videos I shared in this presentation at the 2018 NJ Agricultural Convention, I found that I had only included about half of the videos that illustrated my talk in the Proceedings book which will be available on the NJ Veg Crops Online Resources site shortly. What follows is the amended version of that abstract with all of the (complete) video links and/or company websites that I mentioned. It’s ‘complete’ now because I had used only small portions of many of these videos that are online, so you’ll have much more content to view than what you would have seen in my talk. [Read more…]
February 5, 2018 Hemant Gohil
South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting
2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting Program
Date: February 15, 2018 (8:00 am – 2:00 pm)
Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ
Pre-Registration: Required, by February 11th, contact: Susan Bradbury (bradbury@njaes.rutgers.edu)
(856) 455-3100 x4101 or 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 Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07). [Read more…]
February 1, 2018 Hemant Gohil
2018 Grapevine Pruning Workshop
When: February 22 (Thu), 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Where: Rutgers Agriculture Research and Extension Center
121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08312
Topics: – Assessing Cold Injuries in the Grapevine Buds.
Balanced Pruning and Ravaz Index.
How to Prune First and Second Year Grapevines on High Cordon and Low Cordon Training Systems.
Speakers: Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, REC Gloucester County
Daniel Ward, Extension Fruit Specialist, Rutgers NJAES
Gary Pavlis, Agriculture Agent, REC Atlantic County
No registration fees, however Pre-registration is required. Register by call Joan Medany 856-307-6450 Ext.1 or email jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us
Organizer: Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agriculture Agent and New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education
February 1, 2018 Hemant Gohil
South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting
2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting Program
Date: February 15, 2018 (8:00 am – 2:00 pm)
Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ
Pre-Registration: Required, by February 11th, contact: Susan Bradbury (bradbury@njaes.rutgers.edu)
(856) 455-3100 x4101 or 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 Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07). [Read more…]
