Rutgers Cooperative Extension
An increasing number of farms are being asked by their wholesale produce customers to comply with a third-party audit. What do you need to know if a buyer asks you to have a third-party audit? Who would ask for a third-party audit? Current buyers of your product may notify you that you need a third-party […]
Continue reading...Given the high costs of ‘commercial’ fertilizer components (N, P, K), many are looking at the range of nutrient credit from “unmanipulated animal or vegetable manure”1 sources. Here is a very comprehensive calculator created by The University of Minnesota Extension for growers who keep track of all costs associated with fertilizer application. To fine tune […]
Continue reading...The Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) team on Spotted-Wing Drosophila (SWD) is working on Best Management Practices to effectively manage this pest on small fruit crops in the United States. The research team has developed some technologies which are currently being used by growers and is still researching ways to improve on these technologies. […]
Continue reading...EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – PLUS EGG MASS VISUAL GUIDE Crippling load-by-load phytosanitary requirements are a very REAL concern for the nursery industry this spring. WE as an industry are in this together, in order to safeguard our industry please do the following: SLF Training Permits for hang-tags (click here) are required for each company driver who […]
Continue reading...Producers, please be aware of the following permit requirements. The updated list of states with detections can be accessed at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/2022-hpai The following information is from the NJ Dept. of Agriculture https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/ah/diseases/avian_influenza.html Only poultry or hatching eggs moving into New Jersey live bird markets, from HPAI states, require a permit and 72 hour test. The […]
Continue reading...Thierry E. Besançon, Rutgers University, and Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Cornell University Many growers in the US have been focused on predicted herbicide shortages in the upcoming field season. While the primary concerns have surrounded glyphosate and glufosinate, there is increasing apprehension that active ingredients of importance to tree fruit and small fruit growers may also […]
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