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Fruit Crops Edition
Seasonal updates on diseases, insects, weeds impacting tree fruit and small fruit (blueberry, cranberry, and wine grape). Fruit Pest Alerts are also available via this category feed.
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March 28, 2018 Dave Schmitt
Early Season Tree Fruit Pest Control in 2018
March 16, 2018 Hemant Gohil
Save the Date
South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – I
5 – 7:30 pm, April 4
@ Gloucester County Extension Office, 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Bldg. # A, Clayton, NJ 08312
Detailed program flyer available at: South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight – I
Pesticide re-certification credits – CORE (2), 1A (4), PP2 (4) and 10 (4)
Light fare will be provided. Please call Joan Medany jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or call 856-307-6450 ex.1 if you are planning to attend.
For any question contact Hemant Gohil (Program Organizer) at 856-307-6450 Ext 1 prior to the meeting.
February 26, 2018 Rick VanVranken
US Food & Drug Administration Announces Microbiological Surveillance Sampling for Fresh Herbs (Cilantro, Basil & Parsley) to Continue Through 2018
The US FDA has announced an ongoing surveillance program started in October 2017 will continue through 2018 until they collect at least 1600 samples each of fresh cilantro, parsley and basil. FDA inspectors will be visiting farm packinghouses, wholesale packers, domestic and import warehouses and shippers, as well as retail purveyors, From their press release,
From 1996 to 2015, the FDA reported nine [food born illness] outbreaks linked to basil, parsley, and cilantro, which resulted in 2,699 illnesses and 84 hospitalizations. Four of the outbreaks were linked to basil, three to cilantro, and two to parsley.
February 26, 2018 Rick VanVranken
New Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Website!
I’m forwarding this from Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline. If you thought you were subscribed to receive food safety updates in the past but have been wondering why you haven’t been receiving any news, please go to your subscription page and change from ‘Food Safety’ to ‘Commercial Agriculture Updates’. Long story short, but the food safety category was combined into the commercial ag updates, and for some reason, many subscriptions were not transferred to the new category.
Visit the new Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety website for information on Good Agricultural Practices, the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule, and USDA Third Party Audits. Information can also be found on upcoming on-farm food safety workshops, publications and resources to help you understand and implement on-farm food safety practices.
February 26, 2018 Rick VanVranken
NJ DEP Annual Ag Water Use Reports Due 2/28
If you downloaded the RCE irrigation pump log sheet posted here last fall, and you haven’t sent in your water use report yet, you have until Wed to calculate your monthly water use and submit it to NJ DEP. Keeping a hard copy of the log sheet by each well makes a simple way to record actual water use, but tallying the monthly and annual totals will take one more step. [Read more…]
February 22, 2018 Rick VanVranken
Still Time to Register for North Jersey Commercial Vegetable and/or Tree Fruit Meetings
Morris County Agent Peter Nitzsche and Hunterdon County Agent Megan Muehlbauer indicate there is still limited time to register for two upcoming educational events they are hosting at the Hunterdon County Complex in Flemington:
What: North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Grower Meeting
When: February 27, 2018
Where: Hunterdon County Complex, Flemington, NJ
For Program & Registration Details go to https://events.rutgers.edu/pdfs/North_Jersey_Commercial_Vegetable_Growers_Meeting_2018.pdf
What: North Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting
When: March 6, 2018
Where: Hunterdon County Complex, Flemington, NJ
For Program & Registration Details go to https://events.rutgers.edu/pdfs/NorthJerseyFruitMeeting_Program_2018.pdf
NJ & PA PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED FOR THESE PROGRAMS
