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…]
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February 13, 2018 Rick VanVranken
Robots in the Field – Online Videos Illustrate Automation from Seedling Production through Harvesting
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…]
January 30, 2018 Rick VanVranken
Be Counted – 2017 Ag Census Includes Questions On Value-Added Sales & Agritourism
Bruce Eklund, NJ State Statistician for the U.S.D.A’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, shared this reminder to please complete the Census of Agriculture by Feb 5, and
for winery operators, direct marketers and other value-added and agritourism operations, be sure to pay attention to a few special questions:
- Include wine and other value-added product sales under (Section 24) Practices (Item 2);
- Other Income From Farm-Related Sources (Section 32) includes Agri-tourism (Item 4); and
- Production Expenses (Section 30) are important as it shows this contribution from agriculture to the general economy.
With the once every five year census started, your participation is important to accurately represent the New Jersey’s specialty crop industries. USDA/NASS mailed 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture questionnaires to known farmers in December.
If you have any questions regarding the survey, or if you may have been overlooked, please call 1-888-424-78288 or 717-787-3904, or visit https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/, where you you can complete the survey online. Growers who have already completed the survey online format found that it saved time!
Remember that individual responses to the Census of Agriculture are required to be kept confidential by law, and only aggregate data are used for publication. Census results are important in showing the economic impact and significance of agriculture for your County, your Congressional District, and New Jersey. Agricultural advocates will use your combined information to inform decision makers and the public about the importance of agriculture.
More information on the Ag Census is available at:
http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/news/press/2017/approved/press171206.html
and… https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Partners/index.php.
Please help by reminding your neighbors and thank you for taking the time to be counted.
January 26, 2018 Rick VanVranken
2018 NJ State Ag Convention Educational Programs Now Online
The 2018 NJ State Ag Convention and Trade Show will be open February 6-8 at the Harrah’s Resort and Waterfront Convention Center in Atlantic City. The final version of the educational program developed by Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension faculty and staff in conjunction with the Vegetable Growers Association of NJ and the NJ Dept of Ag has now been posted at njveggies.org/convention. In addition to the agenda of educational sessions and workshops, you will find links to membership/registration and meal reservation information. As in the past, Tuesday and Wednesday programs are chocked full of concurrent sessions mornings and afternoons, followed by a day of more intensive workshops on Thursday. Please pay special attention to that day’s Food Safety and Fumigation Certification workshops that require separate pre-registration. Instructions are detailed in each of those workshop agendas.
A special added feature of this year’s convention will be a produce buyers discussion panel moderated by NJDA Division of Markets Director Tom Beaver in the Trade Show area at 5pm on Tuesday afternoon.
If you will be attending as a delegate to the policy sessions of the State Board of Agriculture, a separate program and registration materials are available from the NJ Department of Agriculture’s website.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
