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February 5, 2018

South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting

2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting Program

Date: February 15, 2018 (8:00 am – 2:00 pm)

Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ

Pre-Registration: Required, by February 11th, contact: Susan Bradbury (bradbury@njaes.rutgers.edu)

(856) 455-3100 x4101 or Karen Holton (holton@njaes.rutgers.edu) (856) 455-3100 x4104

Cost / person: $15.00 (checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University), lunch Included

Pesticide Credits Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07). [Read more…]

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February 1, 2018

2018 Grapevine Pruning Workshop

When:          February 22 (Thu), 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Where:         Rutgers Agriculture Research and Extension Center

121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08312

 Topics:     –  Assessing Cold Injuries in the Grapevine Buds.

Balanced Pruning and Ravaz Index.

How to Prune First and Second Year Grapevines on High Cordon and Low Cordon Training Systems.

Speakers:   Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, REC Gloucester County

Daniel Ward, Extension Fruit Specialist, Rutgers NJAES

Gary Pavlis, Agriculture Agent, REC Atlantic County

No registration fees, however Pre-registration is required. Register by call Joan Medany 856-307-6450 Ext.1 or email jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us

Organizer: Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agriculture Agent and New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education

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January 30, 2018

Be Counted – 2017 Ag Census Includes Questions On Value-Added Sales & Agritourism

Bruce Eklund, NJ State Statistician for the U.S.D.A’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, shared this reminder to please complete the Census of Agriculture by Feb 5, and

for winery operators, direct marketers and other value-added and agritourism operations, be sure to pay attention to a few special questions:

  • Include wine and other value-added product sales under (Section 24) Practices (Item 2);
  • Other Income From Farm-Related Sources (Section 32) includes Agri-tourism (Item 4); and
  • Production Expenses (Section 30) are important as it shows this contribution from agriculture to the general economy.

With the once every five year census started, your participation is important to accurately represent the New Jersey’s specialty crop industries. USDA/NASS mailed 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture questionnaires to known farmers in December.

If you have any questions regarding the survey, or if you may have been overlooked, please call 1-888-424-78288 or 717-787-3904, or visit https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/, where you you can complete the survey online. Growers who have already completed the survey online format found that it saved time!

Remember that individual responses to the Census of Agriculture are required to be kept confidential by law, and only aggregate data are used for publication. Census results are important in showing the economic impact and significance of agriculture for your County, your Congressional District, and New Jersey. Agricultural advocates will use your combined information to inform decision makers and the public about the importance of agriculture.

More information on the Ag Census is available at:

http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/news/press/2017/approved/press171206.html

and… https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Partners/index.php.

Please help by reminding your neighbors and thank you for taking the time to be counted.

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Uncategorized, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape
January 8, 2018

Save the Date – 2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting

Dear Growers,

The 2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting has been scheduled for February 15. The meeting will be held at, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton NJ.

The meeting will consist of presentations on the horticulture, entomology, and pathology of tree fruits during the morning, followed by an included lunch. The Full program will be published in the upcoming weeks.

Pre-registration is required and a fee will be charged to cover the cost of morning coffee/pastries and lunch.

Pesticide Credits Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07)

For registration call or email:

Susan Bradbury at bradbury@aesop.rutgers.edu or (856) 455-3100 x 4101 or

Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or (856) 307-6450 x1

For program details contact: Hemant Gohil at 856-418-6538 or email at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu

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August 16, 2017

Fruit IPM for August 16, 2017

Peach:

Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD), Crop Diversity, Alternate Hosts, Wild Grape, Tall Trees and ‘Ready to Eat Fruit, Table-Ripe’ Fruit: Some farms, particularly in northern counties have diverse crops where stone fruit, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and cherries (all SWD hosts) are grown on the same farm and often next to or close to each other. These same farms may be surrounded by woodlands that include wild chokecherry, wild grape, maturing pokeweed and other alternate hosts for SWD. As the season progresses, be aware that SWD populations go in only one direction – UP! The later the season, then the higher the population, and the greater the pest pressure. This means that the likelihood of infestation is increased, while control is made more difficult if sprays are skipped.

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Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape
August 2, 2017

Delayed Harvest and Extended Storage of ‘Gloria’ Peaches.

‘Gloria’ is a large, yellow-fleshed, freestone, non-melting peach that ripens around mid-August. This late blooming variety, developed by Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is unique because of its very attractive color, low acidity, distinctive flavor, and very firm flesh. Previously we saw that letting ‘Gloria’ hang longer lets fruit get sweeter and larger. Firm flesh allows for relatively longer hang time on the tree after fruit has reached commercial maturity, providing greater flexibility in harvest scheduling and shipping to growers as well as buyers. We have estimated how long it is safe to let ‘Gloria’ fruit remain on the tree and in cold storage without affecting fruit quality. Studies in two orchards in Southern NJ indicated that; [Read more…]

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