Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Ask the Expert Series Orchard Edition Please Join us for an Interactive Discussion on Tree Fruit Diseases to Prepare for in 2021 March 24 9AM-10AM Zoom Link: https://go.rutgers.edu/ywve4sbu Meeting ID: 978 2658 5787 Password: 381884 Join by Phone: 1 646 558 8656 Expert Panelists Norm Lalancette PhD Rutgers U. Tree Fruit Pathologist and […]
Continue reading...Why use local growing degree-day models? You need to know local growing degree-day accumulation values to use pest scouting/management target lists like this. Timing is everything in pest management! Degree-day models allow us to predict when to scout for pests and when to target vulnerable life stages of pest development. Growing degree-days (GDD50) refer to […]
Continue reading...THE REGISTRATION LINK IN THIS POST HAS BEEN CORRECTED. Farming under solar panels = “Agrivoltaics”. On Wednesday, March 24th 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Rutgers NJAES will host a webinar on “Agrivoltaics” to explore farming the ground under solar panels (photovoltaics), what’s possible and what’s not in NJ. Please register in advance for this meeting […]
Continue reading...Attention Tree Fruit Growers The Rutgers University Tree Fruit Extension Team is looking forward to the 2021 growing season however, given the current restrictions we will be altering the meeting format this year. Since we are all suffering from Zoom Webex Skype fatigue, we are going to put a pause on our yearly (day long) […]
Continue reading...In the attached letter, NJ Secretary of Agriculture Doug Fisher encourages you to participate in a brief online survey to sign up your farmworkers for COVID-19 vaccinations. As stated, once your information is received by the Department of Health, it will be routed to a local Health official who will contact you to schedule vaccinations on […]
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Challenges of Pest Controls Accurately timing a control tactic against the most vulnerable stage of an insect’s development allows for the use of biorational pesticides as well as less use of traditional pesticides. Unfortunately, accurately timing controls is difficult because of the complex array of landscape plants and pests that can be present on any […]
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