African Swine Fever Action Week “Every day the week of September 13-17, from 2:00 pm – 3:00pm EDT, APHIS will host a webinar on a different ASF topic. These webinars will also be recorded. The webinars will be as follows: Monday, September 13: African Swine Fever: Where it Exists and What’s at Stake Tuesday, September […]
Continue reading...September 10, 2021 Melissa Bravo
New round of pandemic assistance application opens Sept 23rd
USDA has announced a new program, called Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program. “The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program provides grants to food processors, distributors, farmers markets, and producers to respond to coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers against novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID–19). This program is authorized and funded under section 751 […]
Continue reading...September 9, 2021 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 9/09/21
Downy mildew, Alternaria leaf spot, Cercospora leaf spot, Black rot, and Clubroot have been reported in broccoli in southern New Jersey. All growers of fall-planted cole crops need to scout fields on a daily basis initiate preventative programs. Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber (6/16/21), cantaloupe (6/22/21) and pumpkin (8/27/21) in southern New […]
Continue reading...September 8, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 09/08/21
Sweet Corn Note: IPM technicians returning to their studies, as well as adverse weather have caused temporary gaps in data collection. This is particularly true in the counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex and Somerset. Please read the associated text below carefully for interpretation of the maps. Corn earworm (CEW) moth captures from both trap types remain […]
Continue reading...September 8, 2021 Michael Westendorf
Water, Water, Everywhere
Water, Water Everywhere We’re Gonna Get Wet; Such is the refrain in a video that my kids used to watch. This year we have had plenty of water. Water is the most important nutrient that we give our animals and the most abundant, cheapest, and least understood of all nutrients required for livestock production. We […]
Continue reading...September 6, 2021 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry Update: EPA Bans Use of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) On Food Crops
After years of debate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on August 18, 2021 that this year will be the last that the insecticide chlorpyrifos (the active ingredient in Lorsban) will be allowed for use on food crops, including cranberries. This means that use of chlorpyrifos will no longer be allowed on cranberries in 2022 […]
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