During this one-hour lunchtime webinar, learn the ins and outs of the Food Safety Modernization Act: Produce Safety Rule (FSMA: PSR), Pre-Harvest Water changes. The final rule establishes requirements for systems-based pre-harvest agricultural water inspections and assessments for hazard identification and risk management decision-making on covered farms. Covered farms – those that are subject to […]
Continue reading...December 4, 2024 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez and Jennifer Matthews
Webinar: FSMA PSR, Pre-Harvest Water – Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 12 pm – 1 pm
December 4, 2024 Rick VanVranken
Farmworker Housing and Firefighters: Free Webinar, Dec. 6
Something to share with your colleagues at local fire companies, from www.morningagclips.com – December 3, 2024 Many first responders are unaware of the various mandates surrounding farmworker housing ONLINE — Farmworker housing poses unique challenges to rural fire departments in terms of both fire code inspections and emergency response. Furthermore, many first responders are unaware […]
Continue reading...December 2, 2024 Claudia Gil Arroyo
Does your farm, ranch or ag business host visitors?
Be counted! If your farm, ranch, or agricultural business is open to visitors, please take 5 minutes to complete a short survey from our colleagues at the University of Vermont. The deadline for the survey is Friday, December 13. Click here to take the survey or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://go.uvm.edu/agt24 […]
Continue reading...November 27, 2024 Michelle Infante-Casella
Get Ready for the 2025 NJ Ag Convention – February 3-6
It is that time of year again to sign up for the annual NJ Agricultural Convention, co-sponsored by the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. Visit the VGANJ website at https://vganj.com/convention-tickets to register. For 2025 there are new and exciting opportunities to learn about all […]
Continue reading...November 26, 2024 Rick VanVranken
Tools For Calculating Crop Production Costs
Estimating costs of production for individual crops can be challenging, but an important practice to understand where there might be areas for savings or investment in better inputs. It becomes even more difficult when there are multiple crops grown on a farm. A new online tool is now available to make it easier.
Continue reading...November 25, 2024 Rick VanVranken
Ag Irrigation Water Log Template Simplifies Annual Water Use Reporting To NJ DEP
https://go.rutgers.edu/IrrigationLog As 2024 winds down and irrigation pumps are finally being shut off after a very long, dry season, thinking about calculating how much water was used to be able to fill out that NJ DEP report form in a couple of months is likely the furthest thing on your mind. However, the […]
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