September 19, 2025

Save the Dates – Sept. 23 (Final IPM webinar), Oct 7 (POSTPONED), Oct 22 (Core Credit, In-person)

Join us for the Final Ornamental IPM webinar Tuesday 9/23/25 

Still time to Sign up (click here) for the final remaining 2025 session

Topics to be covered:

  1. Beneficial insect: Preying mantids​
  2. Mums   ​
  3. White pine aphid​
  4. Eastern spruce gall adelgid​
  5. Cooley spruce gall adelgid​
  6. Hemlock woolly adelgid​
  7. Spruce spider mite​
  8. Southern red spider mite​
  9. Hemlock rust mite​
  10. Fall practices for sanitation
  11. Importance of fall irrigation in field ​settings​
  12. Using horticultural dormant oil​
  13. Questions to consider regarding​ your nursery IPM monitoring ​program

Please visit our new –Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program Website (click here)

 

More details and registration links to follow in the coming days – once CEUs and collaborators are finalized. NOTE: CEUs have been applied for but those listed below are not guaranteed. Both events are in-person in Cumberland County, NJ.   

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September 8, 2025

Fall Vegetable Twilight Meeting on 9/18, Registration Closes 9/12

A fall vegetable twilight meeting will be held at Norz Hill Farm & Market, LLC., 120 S Branch Rd, Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844 (Somerset County) on Thursday, September 18. Registration is required and closes Friday, September 12.  To register, complete this registration form or call the RCE Somerset County office at 908-526-6293 ext. 4. 

AGENDA  

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Welcome, load wagons, wagon ride to field  

 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm  Drone Seeding Winter Cover Crops into Pumpkin  

Peter Nitzsche, Agricultural Agent , Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County  

 4:45 pm – 5:15 pm  Small Farm Robotic Equipment for Weed Control in Vegetable Production  

Thierry Besançon, Extension Specialist – Weed Science for Specialty Crops , Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station  

5:15 pm – 5:45 pm  Vegetable IPM Program Update  

Amanda Quadrel, Sr. Program Coordinator – Vegetable IPM, Rutgers Cooperative Extension  

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm  Update On Important Diseases in Vegetable Production  

Andy Wyenandt, Extension Specialist – Vegetable Pathology , Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station  

6:15 pm – 6:20 pm  Wagon ride to tent  

6:20 pm – 6:30 pm Meal of pizza and salad, provided by Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey  

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm  Worker Protection Standard: Checklist for Compliance  

Kate Brown, Agricultural Agent , Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County  

 

MEETING CO- SPONSORED BY THE VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Pesticide Recertification Credits approved: CORE (1), 1A (3), 10 (2), and PP2 (3) 

Questions? Email Kate Brown, Agricultural Agent with RCE Somerset County, at kbrown@njaes.rutgers.edu.

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August 21, 2025

Fall Vegetable Twilight Meeting

Fall Vegetable Twilight Meeting  (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Norz Hill Farm & Market, LLC., 120 S Branch Rd, Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844 

Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm 

AGENDA  

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Welcome, load wagons, wagon ride to field  

 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm  Drone Seeding Winter Cover Crops into Pumpkin  

Peter Nitzsche, Agricultural Agent , Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County  

 4:45 pm – 5:15 pm  Small Farm Robotic Equipment for Weed Control in Vegetable Production  

Thierry Besançon, Extension Specialist – Weed Science for Specialty Crops , Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station  

5:15 pm – 5:45 pm  Vegetable IPM Program Update  

Amanda Quadrel, Sr. Program Coordinator – Vegetable IPM, Rutgers Cooperative Extension  

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm  Update On Important Diseases in Vegetable Production  

Andy Wyenandt, Extension Specialist – Vegetable Pathology , Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station  

6:15 pm – 6:20 pm  Wagon ride to tent  

6:20 pm – 6:30 pm Meal provided by Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey  

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm  Worker Protection Standard: Checklist for Compliance  

Kate Brown, Agricultural Agent , Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County  

 

MEETING CO- SPONSORED BY THE VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

CORE, 1A, AND PP2 Pesticide Recertification Credits have been requested from NJDEP for this meeting – TBD.

TO REGISTER: Complete this registration form or call the RCE Somerset County office at 908-526-6293 ext. 4. 

Questions? Email Kate Brown, Agricultural Agent with RCE Somerset County, at kbrown@njaes.rutgers.edu.

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July 15, 2025

Rutgers to Host Afternoon Cover Crops Field Day – August 5

Rutgers Cover Crops Field Day
*The program may be rescheduled in the event of inclement weather*
Date: August 5, 2025
Time: 3:00PM to 6:00 PM
Where: Snyder Research Farm, 140 Locust Grove Rd, Pittstown, NJ 08867

REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

Please register by calling RCE of Sussex County: 973-948-3040
*First 20 registrants will receive a FREE copy of the USDA SARE book: “Managing Cover Crops Profitably”

This event will highlight several cover crop research projects and foster discussion and networking on drone use in agriculture and cover crop management.
Please join us for this summer event. 

We will also discuss an upcoming drone pilot certification training we will be hosting this winter.

3:00 PM Registration and Welcome – Stephen Komar, ANR Agent /Rutgers SARE Coordinator
3:15 PM Go to the Field – Calibrating a Drone for Agricultural Applications – Adam Kyle, Warren Co. Com. College, Teaching Administrator, Precision Agriculture, Stephen Komar
4:00 PM Summer Cover Crop Planting Comparison: Drone vs. Drill – Bill Bamka, ANR Agent
4:30 PM Row Middle Cover Crops vs Herbicides for Weed Management in Vegetable Culture – Kate Brown, ANR Agent
RC&D Cover Crop Programs- Laura Tessieri, Executive Director, North Jersey RC&D
Drone Seeding Cover Crops into Pumpkins – Peter Nitzsche, ANR Agent
5:30 PM Update on Worker Protection Standards and Pesticide Recordkeeping – Michelle Infante-Casella, ANR Agent
6:00 PM Pesticide Credits and Adjourn

This event is sponsored by a grant awarded to Stephen Komar (Principal Investigator), Michelle Infante-Casella, and William Bamka Agricultural Agents/Professors, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, by the USDA, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Professional Development Program.

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February 28, 2025

South Jersey Spring Vegetable Growers Meeting

DATE: Thursday, March 27, 2025
TIME: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County
Shady Lane Complex, 254 County House Rd, Clarksboro, NJ 08020
(Please enter through the far-right side of the building up the first ramp)

CO- SPONSORED BY THE VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED

 

6:00 -6:30PM Sign in and Light Dinner

6:30-7:00PM Rutgers Vegetable Integrated Pest Management Update
Amanda Quadrel, Sr. Program Coordinator, Vegetable IPM, RCE

7:00-7:30PM Update on the Water Requirements for the Produce Safety Rule
Wes Kline, Ag Agent, RCE Cumberland County

7:30-8:00PM Update on Disease Control in Vegetable Crops
Andy Wyenandt, Rutgers NJAES Vegetable Pathologist

8:00-8:30PM Labor and Regulatory Updates from NJ Farm Bureau
Ben Casella, NJFB

8:30-9:00PM USEPA/NJDEP Worker Protection Standards Overview for Pesticide Safety
Michelle Infante-Casella, Ag Agent, RCE Gloucester County

9:00PM Pesticide Recertification credits – CREDITS INCLUDE: 1-CORE, 3-PP2, 3-Cat. 1A, 2-Cat. 10

Contact the RCE of Gloucester County Office for more information 856-224-8040 ext. 1 or email Michelle Infante-Casella at minfante@njaes.rutgers.edu 

Pesticide Recertification Credits have been requested from NJDEP for this meeting – TBD.

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February 17, 2025

CMC Board of Agriculture’s 2nd Annual Industry Night

If you are in Atlantic, Cumberland or Cape May County, you are invited to the 2nd Annual Industry Night:

Janine Spies, State IPM Program Coordinator for New Jersey will provide an overview of Integrated Pest Management and Pesticide Safety for New Jersey Agriculture. Spies’ talk has been approved for Pesticide Credits for CORE (2) and PP2 (2).

From 6 to 8 p.m. visit the Lockwood 4-H Youth Center for networking, food, and vendors. The Center is located on the Cape May County 4-H Fairgrounds, 355 Court House – South Dennis Road, CMCH, NJ 08210.

Additionally, a complimentary dinner, catered by Matt’s Family, Taste the Love!, is being provided by the Cape May County Board of Agriculture.

Industry Night is free, however, those interested in attending are asked to RSVP by February 26 to 609-465-5115 ext. 3607 or to capemayag@njaes.rutgers.edu.

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