Rutgers Cooperative Extension
March 19, 2021What is a dummy calf? This condition refers to a newborn calf that has no voluntary muscle movement. Legs are stiff and unbendable. The calf is either born dead or presents with labored breathing and dies soon after parturition. This is due to the heart muscle being affected. Calves are often pre-mature in […]
Continue reading...Please print or download the two resources of this post (click on them): PRINTABLE Early Season Conifer Pest Scouting Guide 0-300 GDD (of information shown below) Expanded Early Season Conifer Pest Scouting Guide (0-300 GDD) with clickable links pertaining to pest’s biology, control considerations, and ID (Zoom in and click directly on the links within […]
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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) […]
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