NORTH JERSEY COMMERCIAL
FRUIT GROWERS MEETING

March 13, 2024
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Route 12, Bldg. 1
Flemington, NJ
Program

Program Chair
Megan Muehlbauer, PhD
Agriculture and Resource Management Agent
Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County

8:30 – Registration
Coffee and pastry, compliments of industry sponsors

9:00 – Welcome and Introductions

9:10 – Managing Ambrosia Beetle in Tree Fruit Orchards
Kaitlin Quinn, North Jersey Fruit IPM Program Associate, Cooperative Extension

9:40 – Updates on Control of Bitter Rot in Apple, and Bacterial Spot on Peach
Srdjan Acimovic, PhD, Tree Fruit and Specialty Crop Pathologist, Virginia Tech

10:40 – Update on Farm Service Programs
Laura LaFevre, County Executive Director, Hunterdon / Somerset Office, Farm Service Agency

11:00 – Updates on the Use of Herbicides as they relate to EPA Compliance with the Endangered Species Act
Thierry Besançon, Specialist in Weed Science, Cooperative Extension

11:30 – Jersey Fresh and Apple Promotion Council Marketing Updates
Joe Atchison, Assistant Secretary, NJ Department of Agriculture

11:50 – What is New from Industry

12:10 – LUNCHEON (pre-registration required)

1:10 – Advanced Respiratory Protection for WPS-Labeled Pesticides
Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Cooperative Extension

2:10 – Leveraging User-Generated Content for Farm Marketing
Claudia Gil Arroyo, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Cape May County

2:40 – San Jose Scale Management Updates and Future Directions
Anne Nielsen PhD, Specialist in Fruit Entomology, Cooperative Extension

3:10 – Pesticide Recertification Credits and Adjourn

NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS TO BE AWARDED

6 Units Cat-10   6 Units Cat-1A   6 Units PP2   2 Units CORE

Click here and fill out this form to register for the meeting then fax or email to:
Fax: (908) 806-4735
E-mail: kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us

If you have any questions please call Kim Crommelin: (908)-788-1338