2026 Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting

2026 Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting

Friday, February 20

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Monmouth County Ag Building

4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold, NJ

 

Registration: $40 per person (includes Continental Breakfast & Lunch)

Registration Brochure: CJVGM Brochure 2026

 732-431-7260 or email Catherine.VanBenschoten@co.monmouth.nj.us

Registration by cash, check, or purchase order only.

 

Agenda:

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Pesticide Applicators– David Hlubik, Ph.D.

Vegetable IPM Updates – Amanda Quadrel

Identifying and Differentiating Common Diseases of Cucurbits – Patrick McMullen, Ph.D.

Intercropping Ginger Trials – Lauren Errickson, Ph.D.

Specialty Winter Squash for NJ Growers – David Hlubik, Ph.D.

Resistance Management and the Pesticide Label – What You Need to Know– Kate Brown

Soil Fertility and Nutrition for Plant Health – Joseph Heckman, Ph.D.

Managing Mugwort on Unkempt Farmland Using an Integrated Approach – Matthew Milburn

Making Your Website Work Harder – Justine Gray

 

Recertification Credits:

  • Core = TBD
  • PP2 = TBD
  • 1A = TBD
  • 10 = TBD

NEED PESTCIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS? REGISTER TODAY

4 CORE Credits – Pesticide Safety Workshop

A Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Workshop for Pesticide Applicators to gain CORE Credits towards their license will be held at the NE Agriculture Expo at Harrah’s in Atlantic City to start of this year’s event. This workshop will take place from 10:00AM to 12:00PM. Licensed applicators must accumulate 8 CORE Credits over a 5-year period to maintain their NJDEP Pesticide Applicators License. This workshop will offer 4 CORE Credits. Pre-registration is requested and can be found on the VGANJ website at https://vganj.com“>https://vganj.com. Registration cost is $25 per person and non-refundable. Registration for this workshop is separate from the convention registration and attendees must also register for the expo at https://vganj.com/convention-tickets. The topics include: Pesticide Safety – Personal Protection Equipment for the Pesticide Applicator; Update on US EPA Worker Protection Standards; Storage, Tank Mixing, Tank Cleaning, and Disposal; Pesticide Record Keeping and Notification. For more information contact Bill Bamka (bamka@njaes.rutgers.edu) or Michelle Infante-Casella (minfante@njaes.rutgers.edu).

For the full program (January 20-22nd) of Rutgers Educational Workshops and Sessions that offer more credits and diverse topics, see https://go.rutgers.edu/2026rutgerseduprog