May 13, 2024

North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting II

North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting II

May 22, 2024
4:30 PM-7:30 PM
Riamede Farm
122 Oakdale Rd, Chester, NJ 07930

 

Program

4:15 PM – Registration / Light Refreshments

4:30 PM – Welcome and Farm Tour
                    Ashley Asdal and Jamie Bourgeois, Riamede Farm

5:00 PM – Tree Fruit IPM Updates
                     Kaitlin Quinn, North Jersey Tree Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES

5:30 PM – Comparison of the Effects of Beneficial Fungi Inoculation in Young Apple Orchards
                    Megan Muehlbauer PhD, Hunterdon County Agricultural Agent II, Rutgers NJAES

5:50 PM – Optimizing Tree Fruit Disease Management During the 2024 Season
                    Kari Peter PhD, Associate Research Professor, Tree Fruit Pathology, Penn State U. Extension

6:20 PM – Pesticide Safety Rules for Compliance
                    Patricia Hastings, Extension Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator, Rutgers NJAES

6:50 PM – Spotted Wing Drosophila Management Recommendations in Fruit Crops
                    Janine Spies PhD, State Fruit IPM Program Leader, Rutgers NJAES

 

Light refreshments will be served.

The following pesticide recertification credits will be awarded
3 CAT 10     3 CAT 1A     1 CORE     3 PP2

 

Please RSVP by May 20, 2024 for the meetings with a call to:
Kim Crommelin at 908.788.1338 or kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us

Filed Under: Fruit, pesticide credits, Tree Fruit
April 11, 2024

North Jersey Fruit Twilight Meeting I Program

North Jersey Fruit Twilight Meeting I

April 17, 2024

4:30 PM- 7:30 PM

Stony Hill Farms

193 Parker Road

Long Valley, NJ

Program

4:15 PM – Registration/Light Refreshments

4:30 PM – Early Season Weed Management Updates

Thierry Besancon PhD, Specialist in Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES

5:00 PM – Pesticide Safety and Compliance

Patricia Hastings, Extension Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator, Rutgers NJAES

5:30 PM – Wagon Tour of Farm

Dale Davis IV and Brandt Davis, Stony Hill Farms

5:45 PM – Tree Fruit Insect and Disease Update

Kaitlin Quinn, North Jersey Tree Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES

6:15 PM – Using Climate Monitoring Tools to make Optimal Decisions for Pest and Disease Management

Janine Spies PhD, State Fruit IPM Program Leader, Rutgers NJAES

6:45 PM – Soil Fertility and Nutrition for Tree Fruit

Joseph Heckman PhD, Soil Fertility Extension Specialist, Rutgers NJAES

 

Light refreshments will be served.

The Following Pesticide Recertification Credits will be Offered

3 PP2     1 CORE    3 CAT 1A    3 CAT 10

 

Please RSVP for the meetings by April 15, 2024 with a call or E-mail to: 

Kim Crommelin at 908-788-1338 or kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Fruit, pesticide credits, Tree Fruit
April 9, 2024

North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting I

North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting I

April 17, 2024
4:30 PM-7:30 PM

Stony Hill Farms

193 Parker Road

Long Valley, NJ 07853

FULL PROGRAM WILL BE FORTHCOMING

Light refreshments will be served.

Pesticide Recertification Credits are Anticipated

Please RSVP for the meeting by April 15 with a call to Kim Crommelin at 908.788.1338 or
kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Fruit, pesticide credits, Tree Fruit
March 28, 2024

Locations for NJ Pesticide Recycling Containers – 2024

Below are the locations and dates for recycling pesticide containers in New Jersey. Individuals dropping off containers (triple rinsed, holes drilled in bottom of container or slit with a knife & sans paper booklet on container) may do so during business hours and can pick up the form with a stamped self-addressed envelope to mail NJDA to confirm participation. Completed form must be returned to NJDA. Individuals with a valid NJ DEP Pesticide Applicators Licenses will receive 1 CORE point PER CALENDAR YEAR when confirming participation in this program.

More information can be found at www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/anr/nrc/processingsteps.html

Salem County
Helena Chemical, 440 N. Main St., Woodstown, NJ
Friday, April 19
Friday, May 17
Friday, June 21
Friday, August 23
Friday, September 20
Friday, October 18

Atlantic County
Helena Chemical, 66 Route 206 (North of the Route 30/206 intersection) Hammonton, NJ
Friday, April 12
Friday, May 10
Friday, June 14
Thursday, July 12
Friday, August 16
Friday, September 13
Friday, October 11

Monmouth County
Rutgers Fruit and Ornamental Research Extension Center
283 Route 539, Cream Ridge, NJ 08514-9634
Friday, April 26
Friday, May 24
Friday, June 28
Friday, July 26
Friday, August 30
Friday, September 27
Friday, October 25

Items that Will Not Be Accepted and Will Be Returned to the Participant:
• Pesticide containers with dried formulation on the container, pour spout or the spout threads
• Pesticide containers with any liquid residue
• Pesticide containers where the insides are caked with dried residue
• Mini-bulk, saddle tanks and nurse tanks, which can be made of fiberglass
• Pesticide containers with lids
• Containers that held any type of petroleum oil product or antifreeze

Non-Waxy Cardboard:
Helena Chemical will also be accepting non-waxy cardboard 1 p.m. to 3 p.m and during the scheduled pesticide container collection times. The clean non-waxy cardboard must be broken down and flattened. Cardboard delivered to the Atlantic County site must be tied.

Clean Non-waxy cardboard will also be accepted year-round at the Cumberland County Solid Waste Complex’s Convenience Center.

More information can be found at: www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/anr/nrc/processingsteps.html

Filed Under: Blueberry, Christmas Trees, Commercial Ag Updates, Cranberry, Disease Forecasting, Field, Forage & Livestock, Food Safety, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Organic Production, pesticide credits, Plant Diagnostic Lab, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Turf, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: , ,
March 28, 2024

South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – I

When: April 9th (Tue) @ 5:45 pm
Where: Gloucester County Govt. Services Building: 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Bldg. # A, Clayton, NJ 08312

Pesticide credits requested: CORE (#1), 1A (#3), PP2 (#3), 10 (#3)

5: 45 pm        Light Fare (Pizza, Donuts and Coffee)

6:00 pm         Welcome and Updates.
Hemant Gohil, Extension Agent, RCE of Gloucester County, Rutgers NJAES

6:05 pm        Field Observations from the IPM Program
Dave Schmitt, Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES

6:35 pm        RIMpro, a New Climate Monitoring Tool to Access Accurate Disease Prediction Models.
Janine Spies, Statewide Fruit IPM Extension Agent, Rutgers NJAES.

7:05 pm        Water Testing Requirements Under the Food Safety Modernization Act for 2024
Wesley Kline, Extension Agent, RCE of Cumberland County.

7:35 pm:        An Udate on the Rutgers Hazelnut Breeding Program and Eastern Fire Blight Resistance.
Thomas Molnar, Professor, Plant Biology, Rutgers University.

8:05 pm        Peach Market Updates
Hemant Gohil, Extension Agent, RCE of Gloucester County.

8:20 pm         Pesticide re-certification credits application.
Meeting Adjourn

Light fare will be provided. If you plan to attend, please call Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or 856-224-8030. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Hemant Gohil at 856-224-8029 before the meeting.

Filed Under: Blueberry, Cranberry, Disease Forecasting, Fruit, pesticide credits, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: , , , ,
March 11, 2024

Endangered Species Act: What will soon change for pesticide labelling and uses?

Endangered Species Act and Pesticides: How will pesticide labels change to protect endangered species?

Wednesday, March 20 at 11 a.m – Webinar

Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires all federal agencies to consider the impact to threatened and endangered species and their critical habitat when making decisions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has faced numerous lawsuits for its failure to consider the Act when issuing pesticide registrations—resulting in a 2023 commitment from the Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs that puts the ESA at the forefront of all future registrations and some registration renewals.

The NYS IPM program at Cornell will be hosting Dr. Bill Chism, Chair of the Endangered Species Act Committee for the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), to give a webinar on March 20th (at 11 a.m.) with the following objectives:

  • • Inform us about the history of Endangered Species Act (ESA),
  • Discuss the requirements of all Federal agencies to comply with the ESA,
  • Describe the EPA’s current workplan (including the proposed Herbicide Strategy) to meet their statutory obligations,
  • Explains what this might mean for future pesticide labeling efforts.

Registration: Endangered Species Act and Pesticides: An Example | CALS (cornell.edu)

About the Speaker


Bill Chism is the chair of the Endangered Species Act Committee of the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA). He retired after more than two decades with the EPA, where he conducted assessments on the benefits of pesticides to farmers as part of the registration review process. Bill grew up working on a vegetable farm in the Salinas Valley of California. He worked in extension researching weed control research on vegetable crops before earning his PhD in Weed Science from Virginia Tech and spent 10 years working for a pesticide registrant.

 

Filed Under: Blueberry, Christmas Trees, Commercial Ag Updates, Cranberry, Field, Forage & Livestock, Food Safety, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Organic Production, pesticide credits, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Turf, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: , ,