Rutgers Cooperative Extension
A robust annual worker training is a requirement of both the FSMA Produce Safety Rule and a buyer required third-party audit. Are your produce workers trained? Do you feel good about the training they receive? Develop, review, or improve your produce worker food safety training by using our Developing Your On-Farm Food Safety Worker Training Program […]
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Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Here are this week’s latest pest and disease reports:
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The requested disaster declaration regarding Freeze from April 19, 2026, through April 22, 2026, has been approved by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins on June 8th, 2026. All 21 counties in New Jersey, seventeen (17) primary and four (4) contiguous, are covered by this designation. A Secretarial Disaster Designation makes farm operators in primary […]
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Cape May County NJ, with inset of Rio Grande (township) Box tree moth (BTM) has been confirmed in Cape May County, NJ. An official NJDA press-release expected within days – this PPA post has no legal bearing. What is happening: Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) has been reported and Federally confirmed in the area of […]
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Across the state, daytime temperatures ranged from the upper 60s to the mid-70s until mid-week, when temperatures increased into the low 90s. Fruitlets that did not develop continue to drop, and additional drops are expected throughout this month. Growers are encouraged to continue evaluating blocks carefully before making management decisions throughout the season. Despite reduced crop potential, continued monitoring and management remain important, particularly in blocks with surviving fruit or where maintaining […]
Continue reading...Recent detection (on June 3, 2026) of New World screwworm in Texas (Zavala County) have renewed attention to a livestock pest that was eradicated from the United States more than 50 years ago. While the current detections are far from New Jersey, they serve as a reminder of the importance of animal health surveillance and […]
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