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January 31, 2025

CMC Board of Agriculture’s 2nd Annual Industry Night

The Cape May County Board of Agriculture, with the support of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County, is hosting the Second Annual Industry Night for Cape May County Farmers. The event, organized to bring local farmers together and provide access to resources, will take place on Monday, March 3, 2025. Industry Night starts at 5:30 p.m. with a special pesticide presentation at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Building.

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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February 4, 2022

Next Tuesday 2/8 – Nursery Sessions at the Atlantic City Agricultural Convention and Tradeshow

Please join us on Tuesday 2/8 – for a full day of nursery and ornamental educational sessions

NJ Agricultural Convention and Tradeshow – Nursery and Ornamental Sessions (Atlantic City – in-person) This upcoming Tuesday 

  • 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 requested

Nursery and Ornamental Tracks at the 2022 VGA

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August 26, 2021

Register now for NJNLA Summer Plant Symposium – New Date – Sept. 21st – 9am-4:30pm – in cooperation with RCE

POSTPONED UNTIL 9/21/2021

Looking for educational content and multiple forms of recertification credits?  

Click here for program information and to register

This year, NJNLA’s Summer Plant Symposium will be at Fernbrook Farms’ outdoor tented area – September 2nd – (9am -3pm with optional credit bearing tour until 4:30pm) – IN-PERSON – Following all CDC guidelines 

Speakers are Steve Rettke and Bruce Crawford (Rutgers University), Randi V. Wilfert Eckel, Richard A. McCoy, and Keynote Speaker Dr. Douglas Tallamy 

Multiple types of credits available:

TALK CREDITS:

  • NJ Pest: Core – 2, 3A – 4, 3B – 2, 8C – 4, PP2 – 4
  • PA Pest: PC – 4, 06 – 4, 18 – 4, 23 – 4
  • ProFACT (Fertilizer): 2 Credits
  • LTE/LTCO: 2.5 Credits
  • NJUCF: 4 Credits
  • ISA: 5 Credits
  • APLD: 5 Credits
  • CNLP: 1 Design, 1 Plants, 2 Environment, 1 Professional
  • NALP: 5 Credits

OPTIONAL TOUR CREDITS (after main event):

  • NJ Pest: 3A – 2, 10 – 2, PP2 – 2
  • LTE/LTCO: .5 Credits
  • NJUCF: 1 Credits
  • ISA: 1.5 Credits
  • APLD: .75 Credit
  • CNLP: .5 Environment, 1 Professional
  • NALP: 1 Credit

 

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October 17, 2016

Credits! Get Your Credits!

Looking at the October calendar, many NJ licensed pesticide applicators finally realize that their 5-year license is almost at an end, and there’s hardly enough time or programs available to make their credit recertification requirements. Panic starts to set in and hurried calls are made across the state to find any source of recertification credits, whether CORE or in a specific category.

But wait – there’s the internet! Back in 2002, Rutgers Cooperative Extension launched an interactive web site, www.recert.rutgers.edu, to provide training and online licensure recertification opportunities in the CORE area of pesticide safety and storage.  Two CORE credits have been made available from two separate online modules for commercial applicators in NJ, NY, PA, and MD.  The web site features written and narrated script along with digital imagery designed for the general public (non-credit) and licensed professional audiences.  Pre- and Post- questions are also imbedded online to assess user knowledge prior to using the site, knowledge gained following completion, and the overall learning value of the site beyond the licensure credit.

Since 2002, nearly 500 individual licensed applicators have attained nearly 700 CORE credits through this web site for their state recertification needs. In addition, nearly 4,800 general use (non-credit) public views of the web site occur annually.

The NJDEP also hosts a list of approved online providers of CORE and category credits for NJ licensed applicators at www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/pcp/bpo-recert.htm.   NJ licensed applicators should have received their annual statement in the mail recently, so you know where you stand and how many (more) credits you need for recertification, whether it expires this October 31 or in the near future.

So get on your computer and spend some quality time online adding to your knowledge of pesticide safety and category expertise (from turf to mosquitoes to trees, etc.), follow each site’s instructions, and avoid missing your recertification deadline. You’ll be glad you did, and so will the NJDEP!

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