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Wednesday August 26th, 2026 • 4 pm until dark
Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC)
121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, New Jersey 08302
Hosted by: Ramandeep Kumar Sharma, Patrick McMullen, and Andy Wyenandt
This year’s twilight meeting at RAREC will showcase pest management
strategies and new agricultural technologies for stakeholders across the state.
Dan Ward, Director, RAREC. Welcome to RAREC
Wesley Kline, Cumberland County Agricultural Agent
‘Impact of Cyclospora on fruit and vegetable production’
Tim Waller, Cumberland County RCE Nursery Agent.
‘Useful Nursery and Ornamental Crops and Considerations’
Raul Cabrera, Extension Specialist in Nursery Production and Management.
‘Recent developments on substrates (for container-grown crops)’
Dan Ward, Director, RAREC; Rutgers Agrivoltiacs Program.
‘Update on the agrivoltaics research program at Rutgers’
Ann Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Entomology
Emma Waltman, PhD candidate,
‘Land-use around farms impacts stink bug biological control’
Amanda Furuya, Post-Doctoral Associate,
‘Tackling Spotted Lanternfly in South Jersey Vineyards’
Octavio Menocal Sandoval, Post-Doctoral Associate,
‘Updating Monitoring and Management for Codling Moth in Apple’
Thierry Besancon, Extension Weed Specialist for Specialty Crops.
‘Update on new technologies for weed management in vegetable crops’
Ramandeep Kumar Sharma, Salem County Agricultural Agent.
‘Optimizing Nitrogen Rate and Application Timing for Corn Yield and Quality’ ‘Evaluating Bio Nutritional Products in Combination with Starter Phosphorus for Corn Production’
Maria Cramer, Senior Program Coordinator,
Vegetable IPM, ‘Thrips management in tomatoes’
Patrick McMullen, Atlantic County Agricultural Agent.
‘Wilts of cucurbits: Identification and management’
Andy Wyenandt, Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology.
‘Updates on vegetable disease control’
Pesticide Credits have been requested