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The Federal Revised Worker Protection Standard Roll Out…
North Jersey Commercial Fruit Growers Meeting – March 1
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Route 12, Bldg. #1
Hunterdon County
Flemington, New Jersey 08822
Printable agenda and registration (PDF)
Pre-registration by Friday February 24, 2017 (required for luncheon and educational handouts)
SADC Cost-Sharing for Deer Fence on Permanently Preserved Farms
Whitetail deer. Photo courtesy USDA NRCS.
The NJ State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) recently dedicated $500,000 of funding for 50% cost-share grants to farmers for installing high tensile woven-wire fencing on permanently preserved farms. The cost share applies to fencing materials and installation. An applicant can apply for a cost-share of up to $200/acre, with a total award amount capped at $20,000. As a ballpark estimate: accounting for the farmer’s 50% contribution, the maximum level of funding would support fence installation around roughly 20+ acres.
To be eligible for the program: [Read more…]
Specialty Peppers Ultra-Niche Crop Session to be Held
A colorful display and array of specialty peppers.
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension is continuing its Ultra-Niche Crop Series with the upcoming workshop “Specialty Peppers”. This workshop, the fourth class for farmers seeking new crop opportunities, will be held on March 7, 2017 from 5:30 to 8 PM, simultaneously in Cape May Court House, Bordentown and Bridgewater, New Jersey.
The National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative
If you’re a strawberry grower, nurseryman, or Extension Educator or advisor to strawberry growers – WE NEED YOUR INPUT!
The National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative (NSSI) is leading efforts to identify the critical research and outreach needs of the strawberry industry and to develop a project around these issues through the support of the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative. The NSSI is a collaboration among universities, USDA-ARS, strawberry growers and the strawberry industry, across 13 states, with the goal to support and expand sustainable strawberry production. Please contribute to this national strawberry industry needs assessment by taking this survey. It should take 10-15 minutes and your answers will remain anonymous. The survey can be accessed through a link on our NSSI website, http://strawberry.uark.edu.
For questions about the project or the survey, please contact Heather Friedrich at heatherf@uark.edu or 479-575-2798.
North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Grower Meeting – Feb 23
Thursday, February 23, 2017
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Route 12, Bldg. #1
Hunterdon County
Flemington, New Jersey 08822
Printable agenda and registration (PDF)
Pre-registration by Friday February 17, 2017 (required for luncheon and educational handouts)
