August 31st. In person. Salem County Cooperative Extension Office. 51 Cheney Road. Woodstown, NJ. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. The South Jersey Poultry Association invites small flock producers in South Jersey to their monthly meeting. Topics of discussion will be the ongoing HiPath Avian Influenza detections in wild birds in NJ and in wild birds […]
Continue reading...August 24, 2022 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 08/24/22
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches are largely unchanged; remaining at low levels throughout the state. Only occasional feeding in sweet corn has been detected by field personnel. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 08/24/22 are as follows: Dayton 1 Matawan 1 East Vineland 1 New Egypt […]
Continue reading...August 24, 2022 Rick VanVranken
REMINDER – Vegetable Research Plot Tour at RAREC Tonight
Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 4:30 pm (meet at the shelter near the parking lot) Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center 121 Northville Rd., Bridgeton, NJ (Upper Deerfield) PESTICIDE CREDITS approved for this event: 1A (AGRICULTURAL PLANT) – 07 10 (DEMONSTRATION & RESEARCH) – 07 […]
Continue reading...August 23, 2022 Michelle Infante-Casella
2023 Farmer Grant Proposals from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Do you have an idea you would like to try on your farm that is related to sustainable agriculture? Stephen Komar, Rutgers SARE Coordinator and Sussex County Agricultural Agent, would like to announce that Northeast SARE will open the website for 2023 applications for Farmer Grants on October 1st. Approximately $750,000 has been allocated to fund […]
Continue reading...August 22, 2022 Michael Westendorf
Feeding Nitrate Containing Forages
Whenever a summer drought limits forage production, nitrates can accumulate in plants. Adequate forages are essential for feeding ruminants and other herbivores. Forages provide an excellent source of nutrients, fiber for proper rumen function, and make use of renewable forage resources. Corn silage produced under drought conditions is often low in energy. Feeding drought-stressed forage […]
Continue reading...August 20, 2022 Melissa Bravo
Economics of using drought-stricken crop residue for livestock feed
Livestock producers who rely on purchased feed have an opportunity in this drought to purchase standing dry corn fodder (field corn, sweet corn) to offset potential shortages in hay availability due to waning pasture production. Due to the variability in precipitation during silking, many areas in NJ have fields that have acres of good corn, […]
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