NORTH JERSEY COMMERCIAL
VEGETABLE GROWERS MEETING
February 27, 2024
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Route 12, Bldg. 1
Flemington, NJ
Program
Program Chair
Peter Nitzsche, Agriculture and Resource Management Agent
Cooperative Extension of Morris County
8:30 – Registration
Coffee and pastry compliments of industry sponsors
9:00 – Welcome and Introductions
9:10 – Vegetable IPM Update
Kris Holmstrom, Research Project Coordinator, Cooperative Extension
9:40 – Update on Farm Service Programs
Laura LaFevre, County Executive Director, Hunterdon / Somerset Office, Farm Service Agency
9:50 – Jersey Fresh Marketing Update
Speaker TBA, Division of Markets, NJ Dept. of Agriculture
10:00 – New Technologies for Weed Management on Vegetables
Thierry Besançon, Specialist in Weed Science, Cooperative Extension
10:30 – Updates on Diseases of Fresh Market Vegetables and their Control
Kris Holmstrom, Research Project Coordinator, Cooperative Extension
11:00 – What is New from Industry
11:10 – Laser Scarecrows: A New Tool for Pest Management in Sweet Corn
Kate Brown, Program Associate, Cooperative Extension of Burlington County
11:40 – Food Safety Modernization Act, Produce Safety Rule Agriculture Water Update
Meredith Melendez, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
12:10 – LUNCHEON (pre-registration required)
1:10 – Respiratory Protection for WPS-Labeled Pesticides
Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Cooperative Extension
2:10 – VSA – Vacationer Supported Agriculture: A New Marketing Model
Claudia Gil Arroyo, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
2:30 – Understanding and Managing Blossom End Rot in Vegetable Crops
Michelle Infante-Casella, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County
3:00 – Pesticide Recertification Credits and Adjourn
NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS ARE ANTICIPATED
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 question please call Kim Crommelin: (908)-788-1338
