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We had major confusion with the 2010 fair dates.  I see you still have 2009 dates on our website.  Would you please change them to the 2010 fair dates and make 2010 stand out.  The dates are August 25th to August 29th 2010. 

 

The confusion/problem comes about with North and Voorhees starting school on the 26th.

Press Releases

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Hunterdon County Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension
Personnel and Volunteer Receive Awards
 New Brunswick, NJ —Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension (RCRE) personnel and volunteers were honored at the annual Rutgers’ Cook College and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Awards ceremony on Thursday April 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center. Director of Extension, Karyn Malinowski presented the awards. The RCRE Award for Excellence is the highest award presented by RCRE Administration to recognize excellence. The award is presented to individuals who have five or more years of employment with RCRE and have exemplified excellence demonstrating outstanding performance and creativity and whose work has had a positive impact upon RCRE or on a local, county, state or national level. Winfred P. Cowgill, Jr. of Baptistown received the Extension Faculty Award; and Irene Sabin of Flemington received the Volunteer Award. Winfred “Win” P. Cowgill, Jr.
Cowgill has been a faculty member with Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension (RCRE) for more than 28 years. He has served as an area fruit agent for the past 27 years and has served as the County Extension Department Head at RCRE since 1990. He was recognized for his outstanding performance and productivity as a faculty member. Cowgill has developed the funding to create an extensive program of applied research to solve grower production issues. His applied work on apple, cherry and peach rootstocks, plant growth regulators, nutrition, planting systems and more form the basis of a comprehensive extension program for apple and fruit growers. Cowgill is state leader for two award winning multistate Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Hatch-funded research projects, NE-183 Apple Cultivars and NC-140. His applied research programs and extension outreach have had a tremendous impact on New Jersey tree fruit production. He has been instrumental in the adoption of high density planting systems and the use of dwarfing rootstocks in New Jersey. More than 90 percent of all new apple trees planted in New Jersey in the past ten years have been on dwarfing apple rootstocks as a direct result of NC-140 research based information disseminated to New Jersey growers. “RCRE educational programs have enabled more fruit growers in New Jersey to adopt modern high density planting systems,” said Cowgill. In addition to tree fruit research he has conducted extensive applied research on tomatoes and pumpkins looking for lower cost disease control programs and solutions. Tomatoes and pumpkins are two of New Jersey’s most important vegetable crops. Cowgill demonstrated his creativity as one of the first county agents nationwide (1995) to utilize web technology and list servs to disseminate extension information and research results worldwide with the Virtual Orchard website http://www.virtualorchard.net and Apple-Crop list serv http://www.virtualorchard.net/applecrop.html The mission of the Virtual Orchard is to serve as a clearinghouse for apple information for commercial fruit growers. The site annually attracts over 100,000 unique visitors. Irene Sabin
Irene Sabin has been a volunteer for Master Gardeners of Somerset and Hunterdon Counties (M’GOSH) since 1994. Her volunteer hours total more than 10,500 hours, more than anyone else in M’GOSH. These volunteer hours are valued at more than $250,000 of outreach, education, enhancement and expansion of M’GOSH and RCRE’s mission of service to the people and communities of New Jersey. Sabin was the volunteer editor of the M’GOSH newsletter for 10 years. The newsletter became an essential chronicle of the entire volunteer program and was an effective tool in communicating with the growing number of Master Gardener volunteers. She also served as president of M’GOSH from 1995 – 1998. She used her knowledge and experience in 2001 as a Master Gardener when she traveled to Haiti as an educational ambassador. She visited villages and made recommendations for small, sustainable gardening practices that would enhance the villagers’ food supply and nutrition.

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Field Technicians For Rutgers Cooperative Extension

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) field technicians collect data to monitor pest levels on fruit crops. Field technicians are trained in methods of detecting and quantifying insects, diseases, and weeds using various techniques such as field scouting, insect trapping, soil and plant tissue sampling. IPM programs provide detailed and timely information to farmers to allow them to make good pest control decisions. Field technicians will gain excellent field experience for careers in agriculture and other science related disciplines.

Positions are available for northern and central counties of New Jersey. Hours are full or part time depending on the area and number of farms to be monitored. Salary is based upon education and experience. Students have received college credit for this work experience through internships approved by their college. A biology, entomology, plant pathology, weed science, or agriculture background is highly desirable, but not essential. Use of your own vehicle is required, but mileage reimbursement is available. Please note that this job requires physical activity in all kinds of weather conditions. For an application contact:

Meredith Compton
Fruit IPM Program Associate North Jersey
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
PO Box 2900
4 Gauntt Place, Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone: (908)788-1338
Fax: (908) 806-4735
E-mail: macompton@aesop.rutgers.edu

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Win Cowgill Receives National USDA Award
For His Work With Apple Varieties

At a ceremony in the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC on June 4, 2001, Secretary of Agriculture ANN M. VENEMAN presented the 55th annual Secretary of Agriculture Honor Awards - the highest awards bestowed by USDA. Individuals and groups nationwide were singled out for exhibiting exemplary performance in work relating to USDA's mission, the nation, and public service.

Win Cowgill, Hunterdon County Agricultural Agent along with Robert Belding, Joseph C. Goffreda, Dean Polk and William Tietjen from Rutgers, Cook College were part of the team recognized for:

"For providing timely information to apple growers nationally about the likely success of establishing new apple cultivars in different regions while meeting consumers' desire for diverse and tasty apples." in the category: EXPANDING ECONOMIC AND TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS. This was part of a Multi-State Research Project - Northeast 183, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, (Win Cowgill, NJ Group Leader) and seventeen other State Experiment Stations and 2 Canadian Provinces. New Jersey's NE-183 apple research plantings are located at the
Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm in Hunterdon County. Win Cowgill, NJAES and Jon Clements, UMASS Extension host the
NE-183 Apple Project website at:
http://www.NE183.org For complete text of the award visit: http://www.usda.gov/special/honor/awardslist.htm

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Canada Goose Damage Management
FREE Resource Guide

Be prepared reducing damage caused by Canada geese will cost time and take money. New Jersey is experiencing major increases in the state's resident Canada geese population (birds that stay all year long). Concentrated goose populations impact agricultural production, recreation areas, golf courses, municipal and office parks, schools and residences. This new Rutgers Cooperative Extension publication provides guidance on managing problem Canada geese.

Canada geese are defined as migratory birds and are protected by the migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has authority to issue permits to handle nests and eggs, shoot geese to reinforce harassment, and to capture geese. You may hunt geese during special goose seasons (NJ Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife).This guide helps you reduce Canada Goose damage at your New Jersey property. A self-addressed, post card survey is included and required to be returned for this free guide. This assists the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Service Program in developing an accurate picture of Canada Good damage around New Jersey.The information in this Guide was prepared by the Rutgers Center for Wildlife Damage Control in partnership with USDA APHIS Wildlife Services. Call the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County at 908-788-1338/1339 for your FREE copy.

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FOOD WISE
For Food Stamp Participants - Nutrition Education Program

  • Do you ever wonder if you are getting enough of the nutrients you needeach day from the food you eat?Would you like to eat less fat and salt and lose some weight?
  • Would you like to fight food boredom and add more variety to your meals?

Be a part of an exciting program designed especially for food stamp recipients. The name of the program is FOOD WISEand you can do it right from your home.To get you started we will calculate, for you, a breakdown of the nutrients you take in a given day. This service usually costs between $50 to $100 at a health club or doctors office, but we will do it for you FREE OF CHARGE.

Call Kim Seppelt at 908-806-5520 to set up an appointment. Before doing so - print out this page and clip the "Coupon" below. When you make an appointment be sure you mention that you have a FREE Coupon - printed from the County's Website.

Food WiseCOUPON
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County
FOOD STAMP NUTRITION
EDUCATION PROGRAM
FREE DIET ANALYSIS
Call for an appointment at 908-806-5520

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