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Horticultural Research Twilight Meeting
Crop Insurance Updates and Fruit Variety Showcase
Event Details:
| When: |
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 from 5:00 – 8:45 pm rain or shine |
| Location: | Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm , Pittstown, NJ |
| Registration: |
Pre-Registration is required by calling Jennifer at (908) 788-1338 RCE of Hunterdon County. $7.00 per person payable at the meeting. Light Dinner will be served- only to all those that preregister |
| Overview: |
Registration and Light Dinner 5:00-5:30 PM and Fruit Variety Showcase Field Tour: 5:45 - 7:00 pm Inside Program: 7:00 - 8:45 pm |
Schedule of Events:
Sponsored by:
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
In cooperation with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey and
USDA Natural Resource and Conservation Service
5:30 Fruit Variety Showcase
Win Cowgill and Rebecca Magron, RCE of Hunterdon County, Nora Mulebauer, Summer Intern, Rutgers University
Observations for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) in Tree Fruit and Apple Varietal Susceptibility -Win Cowgill
Farm Research Tour
2010 North East Asian Pear Variety Trial - 12 Cultivars- Selected Fruit will be in the Showcase- Win Cowgill & Rebecca Magron
Observe Various Apple Tall Spindle and Super Spindle Production Systems – Ages- 2 to 11 years old – planted @ tree densities ranging from 980 to 2000 trees per Acre
Win Cowgill – Area Fruit Agent, RCE of Hunterdon County
Pollinator Conservation- New Planting of Flowering Native Plants
Bernie Isaacson, Agricultural Outreach Specialist, North Jersey Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D)
Farm Pond Algae Control using Aeration Systems
Jasen berkowitz, RCE of Salem County
Ethnic Greens and Herb Trial
Peter Nitzsche, County Agricultural Agent, RCE of Morris County
Evaluation of Agronomic Impacts of Establishing a Corn Maze
Steve Komar - County Agricultural Agent, RCE of Sussex County
Grape Tomato Variety Trial Observations
Peter Nitzsche - County Agricultural Agent, RCE of Morris County
Rutgers Snyder Farm update and New Organic Weed Control Website
Dr. John Grande, Director, Rutgers Snyder Farm
7:15 Current Vegetable Research Involving the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Kris Holmstrom - North Jersey Vegetable IPM Coordinator
7:45 Crop Insurance Updates for 2012
Kelly Steimle, RCE of Salem County
Alternative Fertility Programs for Corn
Chad Stanczyk, RCE of Salem County
Canola, An Alternative Cover Crop- Variety Trial Results
Chad Stanczyk, RCE of Salem County
River Friendly Farming Program
Bernie Isaacson, Agricultural Outreach Specialist, North Jersey RC&D
8:15 Pesticide Safety Update- The Important things to know when reading a pesticide label, including Section 18 and 24C special labels- Win Cowgill
8:45 Adjourn