Rutgers Cooperative Extension
by Julie Kikkert, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell Vegetable Program (Reprinted with permission from Cornell VegEdge Newsletter Vol. 17 (14), July 14, 2021, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program, Canandaigua, NY.) Scaring birds out of sweet corn and other crops is not new, based on the centuries-old placement of scarecrows dressed in old clothes (oftentimes filled with straw) in fields. […]
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This Rutgers Plant & Pest Advisory blog will review a few of the landscape summer pests specific to mostly oak trees (Quercus). The scarlet oak sawfly will be discussed first, followed by the oak spider mite & finally the oak lace bug. All three pest species have multiple generations during the summer months & therefore […]
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Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches continue to be extremely low around the state. We are in between adult generations at this time. ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 07/14/21 are as follows: Crosswicks […]
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New Jersey vegetable growers are invited to join Dr. Jim Simon, New Use Crop Specialist, and PhD Student Tori Rosen for a twilight visit to their Amaranth “Tropical Spinach” field trials. Participants will help select amaranth varieties of interest for use as leafy greens at the Rutgers Horticultural Farm III, 67 Ryders Land, East Brunswick, […]
Continue reading...In a recent research article just published in Plant Disease, potato researchers in Maine and elsewhere examined 16 isolates associated with the Dickeya dianthicola outbreak in potato which began on the East Coast in 2015. This is a follow-up to an article published late last year looking into the origins of the outbreak. For more information […]
Continue reading...July 9th, 2021. “USDA Announces $500 Million for Expanded Meat & Poultry Processing Capacity as Part of Efforts to Increase Competition, Level the Playing Field for Family Farmers and Ranchers, and Build a Better Food System” – “Specifically, USDA announced its intent to invest $500 million in American Rescue Plan funds to expand meat and […]
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