Please join us for the 2nd webinar to discuss our resource, “Considerations for Agritourism Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic” Time: Sep 1, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) To Join on Zoom: https://go.rutgers.edu/sfk96jlp Meeting ID: 912 2343 8378 Password: 636141 Join By Phone +1-646-558-8656 Meeting ID: 912 2343 8378 If you have any […]
Continue reading...August 31, 2020 Michelle Infante-Casella
Reminder: Considerations for Agritourism Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, last Webinar Tonight
August 28, 2020 Nick Polanin
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New Jersey
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) wants to remind New Jersey small grains producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 crop year is September 30, 2020. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until September 30 to do so.
Continue reading...August 28, 2020 Nick Polanin
Crop Insurance Listening Sessions Scheduled
As part of the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress required USDA’s Risk Management Agency to solicit feedback about improved crop insurance coverage options for farmers and ranchers selling through local food markets. This includes discussing how existing crop insurance programs can be improved, as well as exploring the possibility of a new crop insurance program. Sessions […]
Continue reading...August 28, 2020 Rick VanVranken
Sept 11 Deadline Approaching for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Application
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2020–U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers that the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is Sept. 11, 2020. This program provides direct relief to producers who faced price declines and additional marketing costs due to COVID-19. “FSA offers several options for […]
Continue reading...August 27, 2020 Rick VanVranken
OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool App
Thanks to our Univ of FL colleague Gene McAvoy for sharing news about this new tool. Would have been very valuable during July’s record heat wave, but there will still be hot, humid days ahead when this will help. When you’re working in the heat, safety comes first! With the OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool, you […]
Continue reading...August 26, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 8/26/20
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults continue to be very low, and no map will appear in this edition. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 8/26/20 are as follows: Cinnaminson 1 Downer 1 Medford 1 Fall armyworm (FAW) larval infestations have stabilized at low to moderate levels. Infestations generally […]
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