Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for June 4, 2019

This auction sells: lambs, sheep, goats, calves, beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, and all types of heavy fowl. Auctions are held every Tuesday with the first sale beginning at 10:30 am and ending at the last sale 5:30 pm. Hay, straw, grain, and firewood are also for sale.

Farm Fresh Eggs available for purchase by the case (30 doz.) or by the flat (2&1/2 doz.) in the main office Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Also available some Monday’s and Friday’s but please call office first (908)-852-0444.

Click on link for June 4 sale results:
Hackettstown Livestock Auction June 4, 2019

Does My Business Need A Spotted Lanternfly Permit?

With the closing of the Purdue grain facility in Bordontown, field crops growers are sending trucks to southeastern PA to deliver grain, and produce shippers and others may be working/delivering to warehouses there too. Burlington County Agricultural Agent Bill Bamka shares the following information about shipping into or out of Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) quarantine zones (including some northwestern NJ counties):

Spotted Lanternfly adult

Spotted Lanternfly adult with wings spread. Adults are about 1″ long

Spotted Lanternfly is an invasive insect recognized as a threat to agriculture in New Jersey and the United States. Multiple states in the Mid-Atlantic area have SLF populations and/or quarantines in place. Currently New Jersey has quarantines in Warren, Hunterdon, and Mercer counties. Pennsylvania has a quarantine area of 14 counties across the southeastern portion of the state. [Read more…]

Bucks Montgomery Cooperative Wool Pool

Bucks Montgomery PA Annual Wool Pool Second Saturday in June

The Bucks/Montgomery Cooperative Wool Pool will hold it’s annual wool pool 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 8th, at Delaware Valley University’s Roth Farm, 1260 Welsh Road, North Wales, Pa.

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2019
Time: 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Place: Roth Farm of Delaware Valley College
(Near the intersection of Routes 63 and 202, Upper Gwynedd, 8 miles west of DVU main campus – see map at link).

2019 BM Wool Pool Notice

For up-to-date information please contact the Garden State Sheep Breeders.

Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for May 14, 2019

This auction sells: lambs, sheep, goats, calves, beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, and all types of heavy fowl. Auctions are held every Tuesday with the first sale beginning at 10:30 am and ending at the last sale 5:30 pm. Hay, straw, grain, and firewood are also for sale.

Farm Fresh Eggs available for purchase by the case (30 doz.) or by the flat (2&1/2 doz.) in the main office Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Also available some Monday’s and Friday’s but please call office first (908)-852-0444.

Click on link for May, 14 sale results:
Hackettstown Livestock Auction May 14, 2019

Industrial Hemp Educational Session

You’re invited to attend an upcoming educational session being held at the Burlington County Extension Center on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.

Registration begins at 8:15 AM. See flyer for details:

Industrial Hemp Educational Session

If interested, please RSVP to Anna Molinski annamol@njaes.rutgers.edu by March 29, 2019. Space is limited.

Atlantic-Cape Community College Offers DRONE DAY – A Learning Symposium

Covering Public Safety, Engineering and Agriculture
in collaboration with RCE Specialists & Agents
Friday, May 31 – 9am-1pm
Mays Landing campus Student Center
Register at atlanticcapedroneday.eventbrite.com

Drone Day poster