DINNER -- PEST CREDITS, PLANET AND CNLP CEU'S

Nursery Growers Meeting at Cumberland Nurseries

June 19, 2014

Afternoon Session Begining at 2pm:  Labor and Immigration Concerns Presented by AmericanHort!

New Jersey nursery, greenhouse, landscape, and garden retail businesses are facing a "perfect storm” of aggressive worksite audits and enforcement by both the Department of Labor and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Employers trying to ensure a legal workforce by using the H-2A and H-2B visa programs are being especially hard-hit by both audits and other bureaucratic hostility.  To help our employers cope, NJNLA and AmericanHort are partnering to offer a special two-session compliance "boot camp” at the upcoming June 19 field day at Cumberland Nursery. 

Part 1 will focus on H-2A and H-2B-specific concerns and tips.  Part 2 will focus on general Wage and Hour "gotchas” and compliance tips for all types of horticultural businesses.  

The sessions will be taught by Wendel Hall, a senior associate in CJ-Lake, LLC, a Washington DC-based law and lobbying firm which serves as AmericanHort’s employment law counsel.  Wendel has helped to defend many employers who have been hit by audits and H-2A denials.  Craig Regelbrugge, AmericanHort’s senior vice president for industry advocacy and research, will moderate.  This is your chance to make sure you are prepared! 

EVENING PRESENTATION

Title of presentation:

Rotations for effective disease control

Description of presentation: Foliar blight and vascular wilts plague the nursery! The focus will be on understanding tank mixes and application timing to effectively reduce phytophthora and foliar blights. Application timing, chemical modes of action and creating broad spectrum strategies will be covered.

Speaker: Michael Oleykowski, Syngenta

Bio: Mike is the Northeast Greenhouse and Nursery Plant Protection Specialist at Syngenta Crop Protection - Flowers, Home & Garden. He is the Past Vice President at New Jersey Green Industry Council. Over the years he has worked as Northern Territory Manager - Specialty Products Division at United Phosphorus Inc., Sales and Marketing Manager at Fisher and Son Company and Turf and Ornamental Marketing Specialist at Ciba-Geigy Crop Protection. He attended Penn State University and received a B.S., Horticulture 1980

NJ PEST CREDITS: 2-3A, 2-3C, 2-Core, 2-PP2
CEU's: CNLP-2 Environmental & PLANET- 1