February 8, 2021 by Melissa Bravo, Assistant Professor, County Agent III, Salem County Now is a good time to review your personal pesticide exposure knowledge for the products you will be handling this season. To get you started, take this pesticide handling self-assessment quiz. Then ask yourself the following questions:
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2021 NJ Ag/VGANJ Convention Virtual Educational Sessions – Tues
Day 1 is in the books. Tomorrow we start again. Please join in via the following links. Access for all morning sessions begins at 9am Tues Feb 23 here: https://go.rutgers.edu/iexg7ly5 Like Monday, once you’ve logged in you will be directed to ‘breakout rooms’ for each of the morning sessions. While you’re waiting please listen to […]
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2021 NJ Ag/VGANJ Convention Virtual Educational Sessions – Mon
We’re ready to go! Are you? Access for all sessions begins at 9am Mon Feb 22 here: https://go.rutgers.edu/bs9ohbuk Once you’ve logged in you will be directed to ‘breakout rooms’ for each of the morning sessions, but while you’re waiting hear a few welcoming remarks from our Interim Executive Dean Dr. Laura Lawson, Director of Rutgers Cooperative […]
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New Harmonized and Harmonized Audit Standards
There is a new Harmonized and Harmonized Plus Audits dated February 8, 2021. They are available at https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/gap-ghp/harmonized. You can download the ‘Produce GAPs Harmonized Food Safety Standard”, the “Produce GAPs Harmonized Food Safety Standard USDA Checklist.”, “Produce GAPs Harmonized Plus Food Safety Standard” and The Produce GAPs Harmonized Plus Food Safety Standard USDA Checklist”. […]
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New Cover Crops Decision Making Tool Available Online
The Northeast Cover Crops Council (NECCC) recently released an online tool designed to support farm decision-making around cover crops. The Cover Crop Decision Support Tool is available at no cost at: http://covercrop.tools/. It includes a Cover Crop Explorer that provides in-depth information on more than 35 cover crop species. It also has a Species Selector […]
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Proceedings Book – Speaker Summaries for February 22-25th NJ Vegetable Meeting
Each year for the New Jersey Vegetable Meeting, Rutgers Cooperative Extension publishes a proceedings book with summaries of presentations given during the educational sessions. The 2021 proceedings book is now posted on the Rutgers Vegetable Online Resources webpage. All proceedings books dating back to 2009 are also archived on this site and can be found […]
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