Kudos to fellow Rutgers Professor/County Agent William Hlubik, and congratulations to his team for getting a spotlight on our aging American farmers! The need for new farmers, and the great Rutgers Cooperative Extension and other programs out there that assist those beginner farmers, was the topic of a special segment of CBS Evening News ‘Eye on America’ last week. It’s been exciting to watch the enthusiastic students graduating from Bill’s RU Ready to Farm program with the knowledge and resources to make farming a successful career choice. Thanks to CBS Evening News for covering this important topic! You can watch the clip here:
August 5, 2024 Rick VanVranken
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Beginner Farmer Training Program In National News Spotlight
February 2, 2024 William Errickson
2024 Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting
March 8, 8:30am to 4:00 pm
Monmouth County Agricultural Building
4000 Kozloski Rd. Freehold , NJ 07728
Pesticide Recertification Credits: Core (2), PP2(6), 1A (6), 10 (6)
Registration: $30 (includes coffee, light refreshments in the morning and lunch)
To register, contact Cathy VanBenschoten at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County Office
732-431-7260 or email at Catherine.VanBenschoten@co.monmouth.nj.us
Click the link below for the full registration form:
There is no online registration. This event is cash, check or purchase order only.
Make checks payable to: Rutgers, the State University of NJ
Mail to: Cathy VanBenschoten
4000 Kozloski Road
Freehold, NJ 07728
This annual event is brought to you by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth, Middlesex, Mercer, Burlington, Ocean & Somerset Counties. Seminar topics will benefit those who are involved in commercial production of vegetables and specialty crops.
Agenda
8:30 Registration
9:00 Pesticide Safety for Applicators and Handlers – George Hamilton, Ph.D., Specialist in Pest Management
10:00 Updates on Vegetable Disease Control – Kris Holmstrom, IPM Program Associate in Vegetables
11:00 Break
11:15 Updates from the Vegetable IPM Program – Kris Holmstrom, IPM Program Associate in Vegetables
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Industry and Service Provider Updates – FSA, NRCS, Grown in Monmouth, Tri-County Co-op, NJ Vegetable Growers Association
2:00 NJAES Strawberry Production and Breeding Program – William Hlubik, Agriculture Agent – RCE Middlesex County
2:30 Food Safety and NJ Cottage Food Law – Meredith Melendez, Agriculture Agent – RCE Mercer County
3:00 What You Need to Know About the Manure Link Program – Sandra Howland, Research Scientist NJ Dept. of Agriculture
3:30 Effective Weed Management in Vegetable Crops – Thierry Besancon, Ph.D., Specialist in Weed Science
4:00 Course Evaluation, Pesticide Credits
March 21, 2023 Michelle Infante-Casella
Webinar: Incorporating Classes into Your Agritourism Business
Thursday March 23, 2023 12-1pm Eastern Time
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is partnering on a regional project with other New England Land Grant Universities to offer webinars related to agritourism in the northeast.
Join our speakers for Incorporating Classes into Your Agritourism Business, where they will share their experiences with offering, hosting, and teaching classes. As farm and food business owners, you are experts in your craft and likely face endless questions from customers and the public. Why not use this as an opportunity to offer classes, enabling your customers or the public to learn from your expertise? Classes can be tailored to a variety of topics and activities.
Susan Rigg is the owner of and cheesemaker at Whey River Creamery. Susan offers both introductory and advanced hands-on cheesemaking classes. Michele Capron is the co-owner of Lavender Essentials of Vermont. She offers numerous classes, including lavender wreath creations, cooking with lavender, native tea blending, herb garden, and make it – take it. Deb Hartshorn owns White Picket Farm LLC, offering a variety of class experiences, including soap making, creating terrariums, succulent bowls, and more!
To register go to: https://extension.psu.edu/incorporating-classes-into-your-agritourism-business
This webinar is free, but registration is required. You will need to create an account with Penn State Extension to register for this webinar.
January 24, 2022 Tim Waller
Upcoming educational and credit opportunities – either Rutgers led or in cooperation with Rutgers RCE
There are numerous educational opportunities in the next few weeks that are either led directly by Rutgers RCE faculty or Rutgers faculty served on the association’s Educational Committee
Rutgers Led Programing:
1. This Saturday (1/29 – 12:00 – 1:30pm) – NJ Christmas Tree Growers Association – Annual Winter Meeting – Virtual – Open to anyone but you must register – click here (Must upload IDs to a Rutgers Connect Secure Folder – click here to upload Gov. ID and Pesticide license for this meeting only!)
- 12:00 – 12:45pm – Tim Waller and Bill Errickson – Detection and Management of Phytophthora in Christmas Trees – update from summer research
- 12:45-1:30pm – George Hamilton – Pesticide Safety and Regulations Update
- Pesticide credits (1x CORE, PP2, 3A, 10)
2. (2/8 – Morning and Afternoon Sessions) – NJ Agricultural Convention and Tradeshow – Nursery and Ornamental Sessions (Atlantic City – in-person)
- See here for a full list of speakers and here to register
- Speaker highlight – If you have issues with Red-headed flea beetle you don’t want to miss our guest speaker Danny Lauderdale (NC State), he will be discussing control options for adults and larvae. We are EXTREMELY lucky to have this opportunity – Don’t miss this, he basically wrote the book on this pest.
- Pesticide credits available
Rutgers advisory to associations’ Educational Committee Events:
1. (2/2 and 2/3) – NJ Nursery and Landscape Association – Total Pro Expo (in-person)
- See here for a full list of speakers and here to register
- RCE speakers include Tim Waller, Bill Errickson, Steve Rettke, Rich Buckley, and Raul Cabrera
- Multiple forms of recertification credits
2. (2/23) – NJ Landscape Contractors Association – Landscape New Jersey (in-person)
- See here for a full list of speakers and here for more information
- RCE speakers include Tim Waller, Bill Errickson, Lauren Errickson, Rich Buckley, Sabrina Tirpak, George Hamilton, Raul Cabrera and Christina Kaunzinger
We look forward to seeing everyone at these virtual or in-person events soon! Stay tuned for more programing as the seasons develops.
Rutgers is dedicated to protecting your privacy and keeping your personal information safe. Upon upload, your files will be encrypted and stored to Rutgers Connect. Your information will be kept strictly confidential; used solely to meet NJDEP ID verification protocol for recertification credit; and will not be used for any other purpose. Your files will be deleted within 60 days after the training event.
February 18, 2021 Carey Williams
Annual Rutgers Horse Management Seminar is a “Virtual” Success!
Dr. Carey Williams with her horse Mickie.
Each year, Rutgers hosts a Horse Management Seminar featuring invited speakers from New Jersey and across the U.S. on a wide range of topics in equine health, performance, and management. The seminar has traditionally been held on the second Sunday in February at the Rutgers Cook Campus. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 Horse Management Seminar was transitioned to a virtual format. [Read more…]
