February 22, 2020

WEBINAR: Organic Management of Spotted-Wing Drosophila

Dear Organic Fruit Growers, Pest Management Professionals and other stakeholders:

Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) has emerged as a devastating pest of small and stone fruits worldwide. We have organized a webinar to provide you with the most updated information on everything you need to know for organic management of SWD.

Please register at: https://eorganic.org/node/33992 to attend this webinar.

Date: March 4, 2020 (Wednesday) 2:00-3:30pm Eastern

Presented by: Ash Sial (UGA), Mary Rogers (UMN), Kelly Hamby (UMD), Kent Daane (UC Berkeley), Rufus Isaacs (MSU), Vaughn Walton (OSU), Oscar Liburd (UF), Craig Roubos (UGA), Elena Rhodes (UF) and other members of the SWD OREI project team.

Sponsored by: Award No. 2018-51300-28434 Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Filed Under: Blueberry, Cranberry, Fruit, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape
February 10, 2020

2020 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Grower Meeting

Date:                     March 5, 2020

Time:                    8:00 am – 3:00 pm

 Location:             RAREC – 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302

 Pre-Registration: Required, Contact: Karen Holton (holton@njaes.rutgers.edu) or (856) 455-3100 x 4104

Cost / person:        $15.00 (Checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University) Lunch: Included

Pesticide Credits: Requested for – Core, PP2, 10, 1A, 3A and 3B

Program

8:00 am           Registration  Coffee and pastries

8:25 am           Welcome and Opening Remarks

                        Daniel Ward, Director, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center

                        Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County

8:30 am           Peach Bacterial Spot Management: Comparison of Copper Compounds and Rates

                        Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

9:15 am           Pollinator Stewardship in Orchards

                        Julianna Wilson, Academic Specialist, Tree Fruit Integrator, Michigan State University

10:00 am         Break – Coffee and pastries

10:15 am         Integrating Management for Key Orchard Pests

                         Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

10:45 am         Recommendation Updates for Tree Fruit Insect Management w/ Special Attention to Bee Safety.

                        Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers NJAES

11:15 am         Pesticide Regulatory and Safety Update for 2020

                        George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers NJAES

11:45 am         Industry Updates and NJ Peach Promotion Council Updates

12 Noon          Lunch

1:00 pm           Updates on tree fruit soil fertility management in New Jersey

                         Megan Muehlbauer, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Hunterdon Co.

1:30 pm           Soil Health – A Panel Discussion

                         Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist, Pomology; Joseph Heckman, Extension Specialist, Soil Health; Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist, Weed Science; Lewis DeEugenio, Fruit Grower, Summit City Farms; Robert Muth, Fruit and Vegetable Grower, Muth Family Farms; Megan Muehlbauer, Agriculture Agent.

2:30 pm           Updates on Peach and Nectarine Breeding Program

                          Joseph Goffreda, Tree Fruit Breeding, Rutgers University

3:00 pm           Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion

Pesticide re-certification credits

Please contact Hemant Gohil (Program Organizer) at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu or 856-224-8029 if you have any questions.

Filed Under: Blueberry, Cranberry, Fruit, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape Tagged With: ,
March 20, 2019

2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting Series Part I

Twilight Meeting I

April 4, 2019

4:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Light Dinner provided from 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Hosted by: Stony Hill Farms

193 Parker Road

Long Valley, NJ 07853

 

Registration is free, however please RSVP by Tuesday April 2 with Kim Fry at (908)788-1339

Program will include a tour of Stony Hill Farms, along with discussion on a number of tree and small fruit production issues including scale and plum curculio management, Spotted Lanternfly, early season disease control, and thinning strategies, as well as an overview of irrigation, and frost protection in the orchard.

Speakers from Rutgers Cooperative Extension will include:

Megan Muehlbauer PhD, Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Hunterdon County

Hemant Gohil PhD, Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Gloucester County

Clement Akotsen-Mensah PhD, Post Doctoral Researcher

Norm Lalancette PhD, Specialist in Tree Fruit Plant Pathology

Anne Nielsen PhD, Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology

Dean Polk, State Wide Fruit IPM Agent

Peter Nitzsche, Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Morris County

Guest Speaker on Spotted Lanternfly Updates TBA

NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS ARE ANTICIPATED

Megan Muehlbauer

Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent III, Hunterdon County

Cooperating Agencies: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and County Boards of Chosen Freeholders, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, is an equal opportunity program provider and employer.

Filed Under: Fruit, Strawberry, Tree Fruit
March 14, 2019

South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – I

When: March 27 @ 7 PM

Where: Gloucester County Extension Office, 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Bldg. # A, Clayton, NJ 08312

7:00 PM: Welcome Remarks and Updates.

Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agricultural Agent, Rutgers NJAES

Comprehensive Understanding of Spotted Lantern Fly in Orchard Crops

Heather Leach, Spotted Lantern Fly Extension Associate, Penn State University.                                                                                             Invited Speaker, Heather leach is specialist on Spotted Lanternfly (SLF). She will speak on the comprehensive understanding of  SLF  priorities from every perspective and provide latest information on biology, behavior and effective management techniques.

Pesticide Record Keeping Update. 

George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers NJAES

Food Safety Issues Related to Tree Fruit Production.

Wes Kline, Cumberland County Agriculture Agent, Rutgers NJAES

Management of Scale Insect in Peach

Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist, Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

Early Season Disease Control

Norman Lalancette, Extension Specialist, Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

Scouting Observations and IPM of Early Season Pests

Dave Schmitt and Dean Polk, State-wide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers NJAES

9:30 PM Pesticide re-certification credits application and Adjourn

Light fare will be provided. Please call Joan Medany jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or call 856-224-8030 if you are planning to attend.

This site is accessible to the physically impaired. If an additional assistance is needed, please contact Hemant Gohil (Program Organizer) at 856-224-8029 prior to the meeting.

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February 27, 2019

Register Now for the North Jersey Commercial Vegetable and Fruit Grower Meetings

North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Growers Meeting

February 28, 2019

North Jersey Commercial Fruit Growers Meeting

March 7, 2019

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

Filed Under: Fruit, Organic Production, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops
February 18, 2019

South Jersey Tree Fruit Meeting

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.

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