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EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Beginner Farmer Training Program In National News Spotlight
Kudos to fellow Rutgers Professor/County Agent William Hlubik, and congratulations to his team for getting a spotlight on our aging American farmers! The need for new farmers, and the great Rutgers Cooperative Extension and other programs out there that assist those beginner farmers, was the topic of a special segment of CBS Evening News ‘Eye on America’ last week. It’s been exciting to watch the enthusiastic students graduating from Bill’s RU Ready to Farm program with the knowledge and resources to make farming a successful career choice. Thanks to CBS Evening News for covering this important topic! You can watch the clip here:
UPDATE – Box tree moth confirmed at private residence in Kent County DE. BE ON THE LOOKOUT
UPDATE: Box Tree Moth has been positively confirmed in Kent County – DE. PLEASE BE VIGILANT
Click here to see the original link from DE.gov (write-up with more photos) “The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) has confirmed a find of box tree moth (BTM; Cydalima perspectalis) at a private residence in Kent County, Delaware. The box tree moth is a federally regulated pest that primarily feeds on boxwood species (Buxus spp.)”
Box Tree Moth poses a serious threat to boxwood production, maintenance, and export.
If you think you see this on Boxwoods in the landscape, garden, commercial locations, parking lots, anywhere boxwoods are growing – we want to know!!
If you see, or think you see this pest, or its damages in New Jersey please contact:
- RCE -Cumberland Co. Nursery Agent: Tim Waller – twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu
- or
- Nursery Inspection Program Manager: Sarah Katzenbach – sarah.katzenbach@ag.nj.gov (609) 406-6939
Please educate yourself about this in-bound pest here – Resources:
- Prior PPA post regarding expanding quarantines
- Video: Click here for- “Demystifying Box Tree Moth” – HRI
- Factsheet: Box Tree Moth: Fact Sheet, Management & Visual Guide
- OSU Guide: What to look for with Box Tree (Boxwood) Moth
- [Draft] Compliance agreement: National Plant Board – Box Tree Moth
EPA Releases Proposed Protections for Pesticide Malathion: Public Comment Period Opens
EPA Announces New, Earlier Protections for People from Pesticide Spray Drift
Box Tree Moth on the Horizon – BE VIGILANT NOW, like right now – Resources
Box Tree Moth poses a serious threat to boxwood production, maintenance, and export.
Please educate yourself on this important in-bound pest. It is CRITICALY IMPORTANT we stay on top of this issue – as it can cause devastation on par with, or worse than, boxwood blight. We are not looking to cause alarm – just being pragmatic about this spreading invasive pest.
If you think you see this in the landscape, gardens, commercial locations, parking lots, anywhere boxwoods are growing we want to know!!
If you see, or think you see this pest, or its damages in New Jersey please contact:
- RCE -Cumberland Co. Nursery Agent: Tim Waller – twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu
- or
- Nursery Inspection Program Manager: Sarah Katzenbach – sarah.katzenbach@ag.nj.gov (609) 406-6939
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