Commercial Ag Updates + Farm Food Safety

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Corn Seeding Rates in the Northeast

A webinar has been posted by and on the Plant Management Network to help you with choosing the best seeding rates for corn. With the high price of seed and other inputs, fine tuning your seeding rates could help improve your overall profitability in 2013.

http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/corn/CornSeedingRates/

Zane R. Helsel

GS Crop Insurance Education Winter Newsletter 2013

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

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Soybean Mtg -Feb 13- Register Now

A statewide soybean producers meeting sponsored by the NJ Soybean Board will be held Wednesday from 9-3 at the Rutgers EcoComplex off Exit 52B of I-295. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Various pesticide credits are available. Please register by noon Tuesday by calling 609-585-6871.

Soybean Storage and Drying Tips

With the high price of soybeans and good yields this past fall there are a lot of stored beans in NJ that will need attention during the winter and spring to maintain good quality. The following is information on a webinar by one of the nation’s top drying and storage experts who also will be a presenter at the February 13 Statewide Soybean Producers Meeting held at Rutgers Eco-Complex. Viewing this webinar in advance of the meeting will give you an opportunity to get important questions answered.

‘Focus on Soybean’ webcast, “Soybean Storage”

by Dr. Kenneth Hellevang, Professor of Ag and Biosystems Engineering at North Dakota State University

http://tinyurl.com/Soybean-Storage

Produced to help practitioners in the United States dry, handle and store soybeans in a manner that helps maintain their value.

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Statewide Soybean Producers Meeting February 13

The NJ Soybean Board (check-off program) is again sponsoring a Statewide Soybean Producers meeting at the Rutgers Ecocomplex from 9am to 3pm on February 13, 2013. Topics will include marketing, drying and storage, pest control updates (pesticide credits are being applied for) and other important topics.

You can register free by calling 609-585-6871 which will also entitle you to a free breakfast and lunch.

Upcoming NJDEP Certification Exams:
2013 Locations & Dates

State Pesticide Applicator and Dealer Certification exams are administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Pesticide Control Program (PCP).

Find information about exam prerequisites and application on the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Pest Management Office website. The complete exam application must be received by the PCP at least 14 days before exam dates chosen. Any application received after the 14 day time frame will be scheduled based on the 2nd and 3rd exam site choices; if all exam dates are after the 14 day time frame, the exam will be scheduled in the following month.

Certification Exam Schedule for 2013 [Read more…]