Pre-Registration is required by Thursday, July 3, 2025: 

Please join us for the 2025 Summer Orchard Tour and

This program is for all commercial tree fruit, small fruit, vegetable growers and Direct Marketers 

Sponsored by the New Jersey State Horticultural Society, in cooperation with Rutgers Cooperative Extension

Hosted by Alstede Farms, Kurt Alstede 

Program:

4:00 PM Registration

4:30-5:30 PM Farm Tour by Wagon

Win Cowgill, Kurt Alstede, Colin Manning and Rebekah Alstede-Modery will led the tour and answer question.

Followed by:

Introductions - Win Cowgill

Rutgers IPM Mating Disruption Research

Special Guest Speaker Hayden Lenz from Suterra

"Precision Protection: Harnessing Pheromone Tech in the Battle Against Invasive Orchard Pests”

Hayden Lenz- is an agricultural innovator specializing in integrated pest management and sustainable crop protection. He holds a degree in Plant Computational Biology from Cornell and has led research and agronomy for a 3,500-acre specialty crop operation. Now part of the technical and scientific team at Suterra, Haydn focuses on knowledge transfer to growers and crop advisers, promoting the adoption of pheromone-based pest control solutions

Cost: $20.00 (includes dinner)

The following pesticide New Jersey credits will be awarded.

1 Units Category 1A , 1 Units PP2