At the request of the NJ Dept of Agriculture, DEP Commissioner Martin today approved open burning and the use of smudge pots for tonight and Friday because of the extreme cold temperatures forecasted for those evenings. This approval mirrors the approval from 2012. Copies of the approval and restriction memo plus the list of Critical Temperatures for Frost Protection of Various Crops are attached.
Commercial Ag Updates + Farm Food Safety
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Ag Agents provide updates on what they see in the field, upcoming events, and other important news that affects your operation, such as developments in on-farm Food Safety. Subscribe if you wish to be notified about workshops, meetings, and upcoming commercial ag events.
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NJ Crop Insurance News Reminder
Apr 30: spring and fall forage seeding contract change date
Created to inform New Jersey ag producers about crop insurance, the Garden State Crop Insurance Education Initiative Team makes available important information through multiple media outlets. Get the latest news by visiting the website or follow via blog, Facebook, or Twitter.
NJ Crop Insurance News Reminder
Apr 21: grain sorghum earliest planting date
Created to inform New Jersey ag producers about crop insurance, the Garden State Crop Insurance Education Initiative Team makes available important information through multiple media outlets. Get the latest news by visiting the website or follow via blog, Facebook, or Twitter.
NJ Crop Insurance News Reminder
Apr 20: processing bean earliest planting date
Created to inform New Jersey ag producers about crop insurance, the Garden State Crop Insurance Education Initiative Team makes available important information through multiple media outlets. Get the latest news by visiting the website or follow via blog, Facebook, or Twitter.
Commercial Vegetable Twilight Meeting April 23, 2015
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agents of Atlantic, Cumberland and Gloucester Counties invite you to the first commercial vegetable twilight meeting of the 2015 season to discuss early spring crop pest control, label updates and management topics. Feel free to bring plant, insect, disease, or weed samples to the meeting to have them identified, or perhaps you can stump the experts. Please bring samples in sealed plastic bags.
Pesticide Recertification Credits have been requested for this meeting.
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location: East Vineland Fire Hall, Landis Ave. across from the Savoy Restaurant
(park behind the building and enter conference room door in rear)
Agenda
- 7:00pm Weed Control – Review of the Basics
–Rick VanVranken, RCE Atlantic - 7:30pm Economic Benefits of Maintaining Native Pollinator Habitat
–Elizabeth Schuster, Environmental Economist, The Nature Conservancy - 7:50pm NRCS Programs Supporting IPM/Organic Transition/Pollinator Habitat
–Nicholas Saumweber, District Conservationist, NRCS - 8:10pm Early Season Insect Pests and Insecticide Updates
–Joe Mahar, Vegetable IPM Coordinator - 8:30pm Vegetable Disease Control Options for Spring Crops
–Dr. Andy Wyenandt, RAREC - 9:00pm Pesticide Regs & Worker Protection Standards Update for the Coming Season
–Michelle Infante-Casella, RCE Gloucester - 9:30pm Questions & Answers
NJ Crop Insurance News Reminder
Apr 15: soybean earliest planting date
Created to inform New Jersey ag producers about crop insurance, the Garden State Crop Insurance Education Initiative Team makes available important information through multiple media outlets. Get the latest news by visiting the website or follow via blog, Facebook, or Twitter.