64th   ANNUAL WINTER MEETING

Come and join us Saturday, January 25th at the Rutgers ECO-Complex for this year’s exciting winter meeting.  Registrations are permitted at the door or can be made by contacting Donna Cole.

The agenda and details follow. Hope to see you there.

8:15-9:00         Registration   Coffee & Danish – Visit with Exhibitors

9:00-9:10         Welcome   Executive Secretary/Treasurer Donna Cole and President Christian Nicholson

9:10-9:20         Douglas H. Fisher, Secretary of Agriculture, State of New Jersey

                         A brief synopsis of the current happenings of the agriculture community in NJ 

9:20-10:00       Tracey Harpster, Research Support Technician, Dept. Plant Sciences, Penn StateUniversity   

Are you getting the best results from your weed control program?  Methods, materials, & recommendations will be covered. 

10:00-10:20     Break   Networking with other Christmas tree growers

10:20-11:15     Patricia D. Hastings, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Pest Management Office   

 Pesticide Safety Update  Core credits will be available.

11:15-12:00      Dr. Richard Buckley, Director Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, Rutgers Univ.

                          Integrated Pest Management for Christmas tree growers. 

12:00-1:00        Lunch  (Hot, locally catered)  Visit with growers, and friends

1:00-1:45          Dr. Mark Vodak, Specialist in Forestry, Rutgers University

Cryptomeria Scale – A Pest of True Firs – the results of demonstration/research plots for scale control on New Jersey Christmas tree farms.

1:45–2:15        John Wyckoff, Grower, Wyckoff’s Christmas Tree Farm

                        The experience this year of attending the NCTA, entering a tree, winning the national contest, and presenting trees to the First Lady and the White House.

2:15-3:00        Annual Business Meeting    President  Chris Nicholson State Contest and People’s Choice Awards

3:00                Wrap-up and Adjournment  President Chris Nicholson