South Jersey Commercial Fruit Growers Meeting Program

Date:                           March 1, 2023 (Wed)
Location:                    Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Pre-Registration:       Required, by February 28th Contact: (856) 224 – 8030 or Email: jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us
Registration fee        $20.00 (Checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University). Lunch, Coffee and Pastries Included
Pesticide Credits:      Requested for – CORE, PP2, 10, 1A

PROGRAM

8:15 am           Registration and Coffee and pastries
8:40 am           Welcome and Opening Remarks
Daniel Ward, Director, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center

8:45 am           Tree Fruit Insect-pest Updates
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

9:15 am           Management of Peach Bacterial Spot:  Integration of Biorational Materials and Cultivar Resistance
Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES                  

9:45 am           Pesticide Safety and Regulations Update for 2023 
George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers NJAES

10:15 am         Coffee Break

10:30 am         Farm Financial Management – Analysis, Taxation and Enterprise Accounting
Adam Kantrovich, Extension Specialist, Agribusiness, Clemson University Extension                     

12:00 pm         Lunch

1:00 pm           Status of the Peach Industry
Kay Rentzel, Director, National Peach Council

1:30 pm           A Review of Scale Control in Tree Fruit
Dave Schmitt, South Jersey Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES

2:00 pm           Observations on New and Standard Peach and Nectarine Varieties
Hemant Gohil, County Agent, RCE Gloucester County
Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist, Pomology, Rutgers NJAES

 2:30 pm         Urea Nitrogen Fertilizer and Nickel Nutrition
Joseph Heckman, Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility, Rutgers NJAES.
Alon Rabinovich, Postdoc Associate, Plant Science Department, Rutgers Uni.

3:00 pm          Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion
Pesticide recertification credits

 3:30 pm           Adjourn

 For questions please contact: Hemant Gohil at 856-418-6538 or email at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu