Sweet Corn – Fall Armyworm As of Wednesday (7/27) evening, significant fall armyworm (FAW) infestations were found in whorl stage sweet corn in Cape May County. These infestations were nearing 50% of plants infested, and are an indication that all sweet corn growers in southern NJ should be checking fields regularly for signs of FAW […]
Continue reading...July 27, 2022 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 07/27/22
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches continue to be extremely low around the state, although there has been some increase in adults in southern traps. ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 07/27/22 are as […]
Continue reading...July 27, 2022 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for July 28, 2022
Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: A biofix point for OFM was set on 4/11 in southern counties, and on 4/14 in northern counties. The third generation timings are updated below. Insecticide Type County/Region Degree Days by 7/28 base 45 Conventional 2000-2100 2350-2450 Diamide 2025–2150 2375-2450 Gloucester – Southern 2437 1st –past 2nd –7/26-7/28 1st –past 2nd […]
Continue reading...July 27, 2022 Melissa Bravo
Drought driven cow culling. Opportunity for replacement heifers in 2023?
The July 1, 2022, beef cow inventory compiled by USDA NASS indicates the national beef replacement heifer inventory is below 5 million head. Unprecedented cow culling is occurring in the southwest due to the ongoing drought conditions. To put that in perspective, the United States has not seen numbers this low since 1972 and 1973 […]
Continue reading...July 26, 2022 Melissa Bravo
Crop progress: Drought stress continues
Drought conditions continue to stress crops in South-Central counties and a significant portion of northern NJ. Although the US Drought Monitor indicates conditions are only in the abnormally dry category, local conditions along the Pilesgrove-Upper Pittsgrove border west of the Salem River and adjoining areas of Gloucester County are experiencing moderate drought conditions in some […]
Continue reading...July 25, 2022 Michelle Infante-Casella
Skin Cancer and Farmers
Skin cancer is the single most common cancer in the United States and the rising number of incidents is staggering: 5.4 cases in 3.3 million people in 2012, according to The Skin Cancer Foundation. More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year than all other cancers combined. Farmers, livestock producers and agriculture industry personnel […]
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