NORTH JERSEY COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE GROWERS MEETING February 27, 2024 8:30 am – 3:30 pm Hunterdon County Complex 314 State Route 12, Bldg. 1 Flemington, NJ Program Program Chair Peter Nitzsche, Agriculture and Resource Management Agent Cooperative Extension of Morris County 8:30 – Registration Coffee and pastry compliments of industry sponsors 9:00 – Welcome and […]
Continue reading...February 20, 2024 Hemant Gohil
2024 South Jersey Commercial Fruit Growers Meeting
Date: March 12, 2024 (Tue) Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302 Pre-Registration: Required, by March 11th. Contact Joan Medany at (856) 224 – 8030 or […]
Continue reading...February 16, 2024 Michelle Infante-Casella
Deadline February 29, 2024 NJDA is offering USDA Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program Grants
The NJDA is offering USDA Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program Grants. The deadline for grant submissions is February 29th. For more information visit the NJDA grant site: Department of Agriculture | Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program Grants. Types of projects that could be funded include:• Expanding processing capacities, including adding product types, increasing production volumes, […]
Continue reading...February 15, 2024 Claudia Gil Arroyo
February 29 – Business Succession Planning for farmers
We have plenty of seats available and we’d love to see some of you there! It’s free. February 29 at 6pm at the RCE of Cape May County: 355 Courthouse – South Dennis Rd., Cape May Court House. To register click the following link: https://go.rutgers.edu/1ivomziz If you have any questions please email capemayag@njaes.rutgers.edu or call […]
Continue reading...February 14, 2024 Claudia Gil Arroyo
Cape May County Board of Ag Industry Night – March 4, 2024
The Cape May County Board of Agriculture will hold it’s first annual Industry Night! March 4, 2024 from 6-8pm. There will be vendors, free dinner, and a 45 minute talk from 6-6:45pm, with Patricia Hastings, Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator for NJ, titled Pesticide Safety & Compliance Tools for New Jersey Growers! Her talk has […]
Continue reading...February 14, 2024 Michael Westendorf
Humane Treatment of Domestic Livestock
Call for Public Comment – Humane Treatment of Domestic Livestock New Jersey State legislation (A-1970/S-1298), signed into law on July 26, 2023, required the State Board of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning the confinement, care, and treatment of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal. The rules and […]
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