This summer we’ve had a number of grasshopper infestations in the areas of Tuckahoe and Goshen, Cape May County. Commercial growers have called to report swarms of grasshoppers in their nurseries and hay fields. On farm visits, I’ve seen them covering telephone poles, farm equipment, and all kinds of vegetation. This is an unusual and devastating event for the plants they come into contact with since they essentially chew the plants down to the ground before moving on to fresh foliage en masse.
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August 10, 2015 Jenny Carleo
Conditions Result in Grasshopper Population Explosion
July 29, 2015 Jack Rabin
Vegetable Twilight Meeting & Research Tour
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Location: Meet at the trailer near parking lot
Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center
121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ (Upper Deerfield)
Agenda
- 5:30: Taste the new tomato breeding lines that will be released soon and tour the tomato plots
Tom Orton, PhD, Specialist in Vegetables
Check out a mobile market/portable cooler trailer with CoolBot™’s alternative to high cost refrigeration units
Rick VanVranken, Agricultural Agent Atlantic County - 6:00: *Summer/Winter Squash and Cucumber fungicide evaluations for Downy and Powdery Mildew Control
C. Andrew Wyenandt, PhD, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology - 6:30: Advances in breeding lines and fungicide evaluation for basil Downy Mildew Control
Rob Pyne, Graduate Student, Rutgers and C. Andrew Wyenandt, PhD - 7:00: Fungicides for controlling Phytophthora Blight control in cucurbits
C. Andrew Wyenandt, PhD - 7:30: Evaluation of Bell Peppers cultivars and breeding lines for Phytophthora tolerance
C. Andrew Wyenandt, PhD - 8:00: *Slicing and pickling cucumber variety evaluation for yield and Downy Mildew tolerance
Wes Kline, PhD, Agricultural Agent - 8:30: Phomopsis Blight control in eggplant
C. Andrew Wyenandt, PhD
*The cucurbit studies are funded in part through the Charles E. and Lena Maier Fund, the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
May 25, 2015 Dave Lee
NJ Crop Insurance News Reminder
A message from Kelly Steimle, Risk Management Program Assistant, Garden State Crop Insurance Education Initiative, about USDA Farm Safety Net.
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.
May 3, 2015 Administrator
North Jersey Fruit Meeting I: May 7, 2015
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2015
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Location: Rutgers Snyder Farm, 140 Locust Grove Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867
Agenda
6:00 p.m. Orchard Tour – Leaves promptly at 6:00 p.m.
- Observe NC-140 – Apple Rootstock Trials
- Observe 5 high density apple Tall Spindle Apple Plantings and Trellis Systems Planted 2002, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, Spacing varies from 2×10, 3×14 and 3×12
- Asian Pear Variety Trial – 5th leaf
- Update on the Rutgers NJAES Project to release new strawberry varieties for the eastern US
Peter Nitzsche, Win Cowgill, Bill Hulbik – Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE)
6:50 p.m. (back indoors)
- Stone and Pome Fruit: Bacterial Disease Management
Dr. Norm Lalancette, Specialist in Tree Fruit Pomology, RCE - Utilizing thresholds in IPM for fruit pests
Anne Nielsen, Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, RCE - Key Timings and Treatments for Tree Fruit
Dean Polk, RCE IPM - Crop Insurance Update
Dave Lee, RCE of Salem County - Update on Pesticide Regulations for 2015
Peter Nitzsche, RCE of Morris County - Apogee for Fireblight and Growth Control
Win Cowgill - Chemical Thinning Update with Plant Growth Regulators
Win Cowgill
Pesticide Recertification Credits will be awarded.
Flyer
April 23, 2015 Administrator
Weather Alert from NJ Dept of Ag: Open Burn Approval
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.
April 20, 2015 Administrator
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.
