Kathy Demchak, Senior Extension Associate, from Penn State University and Dr. Mengjun Hu, Small Fruit Pathologist, from the University of Maryland have published an excellent article on disease management recommendations for fall planted strawberry plugs. Please click here for more information.
Continue reading...September 3, 2021 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 9/03/21
Phytophthora blight is being reported in pepper and cucurbit crops. For more information on Phytophthora blight control please click here. Pepper anthracnose is being reported in southern New Jersey. For more information on pepper anthracnose please click here. 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 2, 2021 Kate Brown
National Farm Safety and Health Week: September 19-25, 2021
September precedes one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year in agriculture – fall harvest time. For this reason, National Farm Safety and Health Week (NFSHW) is recognized annually during the third week of September. The theme this year is “Farm Safety Yields Real Results”. AgriSafe will host two FREE webinars each […]
Continue reading...September 2, 2021 Hemant Gohil
Grower and Winemaker Town Hall: Questions from the Field and Cellar
Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum has planned a virtual meeting on September 7th @ 3:00 PM ET. Here, regional viticulture and enology specialists will present a Grower and Winemaker Town Hall virtual meeting series to give seasonal updates and answer pre-submitted and live questions from grape and wine industry stakeholders. The structure of these meetings […]
Continue reading...September 2, 2021 Meredith Melendez
Food Safety for Flooded Farms
Flood waters can carry microbial and chemical contaminants that can be harmful to humans. Food crops should be assessed to determine if they have been affected by flooding surface water sources including rivers, lakes, or streams. These waters are the highest risk for contaminants. The biggest question to ask is has the edible portion of […]
Continue reading...September 1, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 09/01/21
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moths are still appearing in several locations, but numbers remain very low, and feeding has only occasionally been reported. ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers. The highest nightly blacklight trap catches of ECB for the week ending 09/01/21 are as follows: […]
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