Vegetable Crops Edition
Seasonal updates and alerts on insects, diseases, and weeds impacting vegetable crops. New Jersey Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations updates between annual publication issues are included.
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EPA Registers Novel Pesticide Technology for Potato Crops
New NJAES Fact Sheet: FS1355: Reducing Black Bear Damage to Farm Operations
Joseph Paulin, Conservation Expert in Wildlife Management with Rutgers Cooperative Extension and NJAES, has published a new fact sheet FS1355 titled “Reducing Black Bear Damage to Farm Operations.” It is available to download or read online from the NJAES publications page here: <https://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.php?pid=FS1355>
EPA Update on Next Steps for Chlorpyrifos
Free webinar series: Agritourism Business Planning with AgPlan
Draft your business plan this winter! For seven weeks, from February 13 through March 26, we will guide business owners and managers through the process of developing your business plan using AgPlan. Each week will cover a different section of the process. If you do your homework in between sessions, you’ll have a business plan drafted by the end of March. You can register here.
- Feb 13, 2024 01:00 PM
- Feb 20, 2024 01:00 PM
- Feb 27, 2024 01:00 PM
- Mar 5, 2024 01:00 PM
- Mar 12, 2024 01:00 PM
- Mar 19, 2024 01:00 PM
- Mar 26, 2024 01:00 PM
Free webinar: Marketing Planning for Farms
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County will host Marketing Planning for Farms, a free webinar for farmers, on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The informational talk geared to local farmers on the importance of marketing and participants will learn to identify the components of a marketing plan, develop goals and tactics, analyze markets and customers, and evaluate results.
Registration is required for this free program, please, go to https://go.rutgers.edu/xmkjv0n2. For more information, please contact us at 609-465-5115, ext. 3601 or email capemayag@njaes.rutgers.edu.
Free webinar: Business Planning for Agritourism Enterprises
Date and time: January 23, 2024 at 01:00 PM
This free webinar will cover key steps for business planning and introduce you to a new online tool. We’ll provide a general overview of business planning for agritourism as well as information about registering for an online training series in February and March for those who would like to develop a business plan this winter with guidance from Extension business planning experts.