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Board Members
Katelyn Katzer
Chair
Farmland Preservation Manager – SCADB Administrator
Somerset County Department of Engineering and Planning
David Dech
Vice Chair
Warren County Planning Director
Gary Pohorely
Secretary
Retired, Warren County resident
Bob Hornby
Treasurer
Hunterdon County Division of Planning & Land Use
Hunterdon County Agriculture Development Board Administrator
Agricultural Resource Specialist
Autumn Sylvester, P.P.
Director, Division of Planning and Economic Development
Sussex County Department of Engineering and Planning
Corey Tierney
Land Preservation Administrator, Warren County
Jennifer McCulloch
District Manager
Morris Soil Conservation District
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2025 Farmer Advisory Committee
Fulper Family Farms
Hunterdon County
The farm produces: Corn, soybeans, small grains, hay, and straw
Rob Fulper and his son RJ farm 1200 acres in the rolling hills of West Amwell, Hunterdon County, NJ, where they grow commodity crops including corn and soybeans, as well as hay and straw. Fulper Family Farms is a 5th generation operation—Rob’s grandmother started farming in the area when she bought the original land, an old apple orchard, and set about rehabilitating it into cropland with her son. Over the years the farm has been a dairy, and produced vegetables, including tomatoes for Campbell Soup. The Fulpers have always aimed for diversity in their operation, which increases efficiency and return on investment. No-till farming for 50 years and continuing to work with NRCS on conservation projects, the Fulper’s continue to try new conservation techniques like cover crops and planting green.
Norz Hill Farm
Somerset County
The farm produces: Vegetables, livestock, agritourism, and hay & grain operation
Debbie Norz owns and operates Norz Hill Farm and Market in Hillsborough alongside her husband Rich Norz, and their children Alex, Susie, and Megan. Norz-Hill Farm and Market is a fourth and fifth generation farm and consists of 900 acres of owned and rented ground. It is a vegetable, livestock, agritourism, hay and grain operation, which includes a market that opens each year in June. During different times of the year, the farm also hosts school tours, has a corn maze and a sunflower trail.
Debbie Norz is a graduate of the New Jersey Agricultural Leadership Development Program and a past member of the State Board of Agriculture. She currently serves on the Somerset County Board of Agriculture, as well as Direct Marketers Association, the County’s Ag Development Board and the Hillsborough Agricultural Committee.
The Farm at Windy Flats
Sussex County
The farm produces: Beef, grain crops, hay
Holly Systema and her husband, Willie Sytsema, own and operate The Farm at Windy Flats in Wantage. It is a third- and fourth-generation farm that has a combined 100 dairy and beef cattle. The farm is approximately 800 acres of rented land and 100 acres of owned land. They grow corn, soybeans, oats, rye, alfalfa, and grassy hay and use cover crop and no-till practices.
Holly has served as the president of the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture, on the Sussex County Board of Agriculture and is a member of the Sussex County Milk Producers, Sussex County Ag Society, New Jersey Holstein Association, and the New Jersey Farm Bureau. She also served three terms on the Farm Service Agency, County Committee.
Wilson Family Farms
Warren County
The farm produces: Livestock, hay, and grain
Wilson Family Farms is family-owned and operated by Charlie and Baylee Wilson, both graduates of the West Virginia University’s Davis School of Agriculture. They share a common passion for building the next generation of farming in NJ with a focus on building sustainable and humane farming practices. They offer pasture raised beef that is born, raised and cared for on their historic farm in Blairstown, NJ. “We are proud to grow the food that feeds your families”.
Clucas Farms
Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, & Warren Counties
The farm produces: Grain, hay, and straw.
Spring Run Dairy
