At the end of September, USDA released the Small Grains 2021 Summary Report. This report provides useful year over year yield information for barley, oats, rye and wheat (spring and winter planted; and by type) and comments on the crop progression from planting to harvest. National prices paid for commodities (cotton, corn, soybeans, small grains) […]
Continue reading...October 3, 2021 Melissa Bravo
Wheat Stem Rust Overview Available
USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service has a resourceful video on ‘Protecting Cereal Grains from Stem Rust’ available on their website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/maps/plant-health/barberry-cereal-gains An image gallery of stem rust pictures is available at https://www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area/stpaul/cereal-disease-lab/docs/cereal-rusts/cereal-rust-image-gallery/ “Stem rust (also known as black rust) was once the most feared disease of cereal crops worldwide. In the U.S., it […]
Continue reading...October 1, 2021 Meredith Melendez
Postharvest Equipment Cleaning and Sanitizing Twilight Meeting 11/17/21
The On-Farm Food Safety Team will hold twilight meeting at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Bridgeton focusing on the cleaning and sanitation of postharvest equipment. Topics to be covered: Cleaning Packing Equipment Difference Between Cleaning & Sanitizing Sanitary Design of Packing Lines Different products to use for monitoring pH and sanitizer concentration […]
Continue reading...September 29, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 09/29/21
Note: Next week (10/6) will be the final scheduled edition of the Vegetable IPM Update. Sweet Corn Corn earworm (CEW) moth captures from both trap types have declined dramatically with lower evening temperatures, although the population still poses a threat to remaining sweet corn. It is likely that CEW activity will rise and fall with […]
Continue reading...September 28, 2021 Tim Waller
Northeast Green Industry Showcase this Friday and Saturday – Rutgers Educational – Credit Opportunities –
Please join us for the Northeast Green Industry Showcase this Friday and Saturday (OCTOBER 1-2, 2021) at the Hunterdon County Fairgrounds. Educational Programing provided by Rutgers University in cooperation with NJLCA – pesticide recertification credits are available for select presentations What is NGIS? – The Northeast Green Industry Showcase is a comprehensive landscape, nursery, horticulture, […]
Continue reading...September 27, 2021 Melissa Bravo
Assess Untilled Soil and Plant Roots for Grasshopper Eggs
As posted throughout the season, grasshopper broods were prolific in South-Central NJ cropfields this year. Populations were also reported above normal in adjoining states. If you saw defoliating damage or grain damage from grasshoppers this year, it is highly likely more than one brood; and more than one species of grasshoppers (differential, two-striped red-legged) laid […]
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