Inside this issue:
- New APH Yield Trend Adjustment Approved
- Record Keeping and Acreage Reporting
- Insuring BMR Corn in 2013
- 2013 Risk Management Plan
- 2013 May Be Best Year to Buy Crop Ins
- Farm Unit Structures
February 19, 2013 Administrator
GS Crop Insurance Education Winter Newsletter 2013
February 14, 2013 Administrator
Rutgers Turf Students Compete in GCSAA Turf Bowl in San Diego, CA
By Bruce Clarke
Turf Bowl Competition:
Three teams of undergraduate students (four students to a team – including Tyler Astor, Greg Benz, Michael Chikos, Ryan Daddio, Nicholas Delmar, Kyle Genova, Kenneth MacNish, Mike Monzon, Jianlong Sun [Jason], Yuanshuo Qu [Henry], Lingcheng Zeng [Aaron], Lorabeth West,) from the Rutgers Turf Club competed in the 2013 Turf Bowl Competition at the International Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Conference and Trade Show in San Diego, CA on Thursday, February 7, 2013.
The Rutgers Teams placed 6th, 14th, and 48th out of 68 university teams from throughout the United States and Canada. Rich Hurley (Adjunct Professor, Plant Biology and Pathology), Sabrina Tirpak (Principal Lab Technician, Plant Diagnostic Laboratory; Plant Biology and Pathology) and Bruce Clarke (Extension Specialist, Plant Biology and Pathology; Director, Center for Turfgrass Science) assisted the Rutgers teams prepare for this year’s competition. This was the first time that a Rutgers Team has cracked the Top 10 of this prestigious academic competition. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 RUTGERS TURF BOWL TEAMS!!!!
February 11, 2013 Administrator
Tall Fescue Varieties for Sports Turf
By Jim Murphy
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| The Rutgers Wear Simulator being operated on the 2006 National Tall Fescue Trial. |
Hope your winter is going well.
We recently published on the web a fact sheet update on Tall Fescue Varieties for New Jersey Sports Fields.
This fact sheet discusses the characteristics of traffic tolerance, turfgrass quality, and susceptibility to brown patch disease (caused by Rhizoctonia solani). Traffic tolerant varieties are more persistent under the combined stresses of wear and compaction, which are very common on sports turfs. The variety recommendations in this fact sheet are based on research conducted at Rutgers University on the 2006 National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) Tall Fescue Test. Data from other locations was also used for these recommendations.
December 26, 2012 Administrator
Great Crop Insurance Article!
By gardenstatecropinsuranceeducationinitiative
Check out this great article about crop insurance!
Source: NJ Crop Insurance Education
November 1, 2012 Administrator
Hurricane Sandy Damage
By gardenstatecropinsuranceeducationinitiative
If you experienced any damage to your crop due to weather related causes of loss from the recent hurricane please notify your crop insurance agent within 72 hours of the initial discovery of damage and leave representative samples in the field intact until an adjuster has had a chance to see them.
Source: NJ Crop Insurance Education
September 25, 2012 Administrator
Late Season Yellow-fleshed Peaches
-Jerome L. Frecon
In recent years late season peaches have not been as popular because food retailers and consumers seem to feel peach season ends at Labor Day. This was not quite true in 2012 with many of our most popular late season varieties waning in supply after Labor Day.
Peach movement was great throughout the summer of 2012 as most varieties were maturing ten days to 1 week early in the August varieties. This early season maturity and good movement seemed to occur throughout the eastern US. In southern New Jersey this resulted in a few changes with many normally late maturing peaches. [Read more…]
