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
