Wine Grape Information for the Region – Abridged

From Mark Chien’s Wine Grape Information for Pennsylvania and the Region Apr 15, 2013
http://pawinegrape.com/
Just a few of the topics Mark covers in this issue:

Grape IPM
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Crop Insurance Update

By garden state crop insurance education initiative

April 11th is the earliest planting date for corn crop insurance policies

April 21st is the earliest planting date for grain sorghum crop insurance polices

April 30th is the contract change date for forage seeding policies

If you have any questions please contact your crop insurance agent or our office at 1-800-308-2449

Source: NJ Crop Insurance Education

Commercial Grower Blueberry Meetings

From The Blueberry Bulletin April 3, 2013

Upcoming Twilight Meetings
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Variety Farms
548 Pleasant Mills Rd. Hammonton, NJ 08037

Thursday, May 30, 2013 @ 5:30
Atlantic Blueberry Co.
7201 Weymouth Rd., Hammonton, NJ
For Directions, Call 609-561-8600

Blueberry IPM
Plum Curculio: One adult was seen in a beating tray sample, indicating that adults became active during the warm temperatures we experienced last week. To see adults present before bloom as unusual. Adults were also captured in experimental attractant pyramid traps.
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Crop Insurance Deadline for NJ Nursery

By Garden State Crop Insurance Education Initiative

Raleigh, North Carolina, March 25, 2013— USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announces New Jersey nursery producers should be aware that the final date for a new applicant to apply for 2014 nursery crop insurance is May 1, 2013.  New applications for crop year 2014 may be accepted until May 1, 2013, with coverage beginning 30 days after receipt of your signed application, a Plant Inventory Value Report (PIVR) for each insured practice, as applicable, and two copies of your most recent wholesale catalogs or price lists.  Premium will be prorated when PIVRs and/or catalogs or price lists are submitted with applications after the sales closing date.  For existing policies, coverage will automatically attach on June 1, 2013. [Read more…]

March 15th Crop Insurance Deadline

By gardenstatecropinsuranceeducationinitiative

March 15th is sales closing for all corn, soybean, grain sorghum, spring oats, spring forage seeding, sweet corn, processing beans, processing tomatoes, and AGR Lite crop insurance policies!
Questions about crop insurance? call your crop insurance provider or our office at 1-800-308-2449

Source: NJ Crop Insurance Education

Update on ProFACT

By Jim Murphy

Turf response to a uneven application of N fertilizer.

As the start of the 2013 growing season draws near, I thought an update on the Professional Fertilizer Applicator Certification and Training (ProFACT) program would be useful. Be advised that all professionals need to be certified or trained to apply fertilizer to turf in NJ. Additionally, all certified and trained professionals need to renew their certificate for 2013 before applying fertilizer in 2013. Recall the that N & P fertilizer cannot be applied to turf (lawns, park, sports fields, etc.) in NJ before March 1st. [Read more…]