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 […]
Continue reading...September 3, 2021 Melissa Bravo
Concerned about flooded pastures or forage contamination?
If producers have concerns about flooded pastures and forage quality; or concerns about heavy metal contamination in flood contaminated water and soils that can lead to livestock toxicities, here is an article for Progressive Forage I wrote on this topic this spring that may be useful. See the article, Adverse Weather Impacts Essential Nutrient Uptake. […]
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