Plant & Pest Advisory

August 12, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update 8/12/20

Note: Cucurbit downy mildew has now been identified on cucumber in southern and northern NJ. See the pumpkin and winter squash section below for more information. Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults remain very low, and no map will appear in this edition. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops

August 12, 2020 Rick VanVranken

Additional “Guidance and Compliance Assistance on Farmworker Safety & Pay During the Pandemic” Offered by US Dept of Labor – Wage & Hour

The following message was shared by Shavonne Person, Community Outreach & Resource Planning Specialist (CORPS), and Steven Risko, Assistant District Director, U.S. Department of Labor – Wage & Hour Division, Southern New Jersey District Office in Lawrenceville: “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division enforces some of our nation’s most comprehensive labor laws […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, employee safety, farm labor safety, Health, labor, migrant farm labor, USDOL

August 12, 2020 Michael Westendorf

Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for August 11, 2020

This auction sells: lambs, sheep, goats, calves, beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, and all types of heavy fowl. Auctions are held every Tuesday with the first sale beginning at 10:30 am and ending with the last sale at 5:30 pm. Hay, straw, grain, and firewood are also for sale. Hackettstown Livestock Auction Farm Fresh Eggs available […]

Filed Under: Field, Forage & Livestock

August 12, 2020 Andy Wyenandt

Vegetable Disease Update – 8/12/20

No reports of Late blight in region. To track the progress of Late blight in the US please click here. Cucurbit downy mildew remains active on cucumber in southern and northern New Jersey. There have been no reports of CDM in other cucurbit crops in the region to date. For a review of CDM control […]

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops

August 11, 2020 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson

Fruit IPM for August 12, 2020

Peach: Stink Bugs Apples and Peaches: BMSB populations are generally low and little changed since last week. However, hatching egg masses are present statewide. Therefore populations can increase in the near future. As the peach season comes to a close, BMSB has the potential to be more of a problem in apples.

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape

August 11, 2020 Rick VanVranken

USDA Announces More Specialty Crops, Nursery Crops, Cut Flowers Eligible for CFAP Payments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that additional specialty crops, including nursery crops and cut flowers, are covered by the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and that the deadline to apply for the program is extended to September 11th.

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: COVID-19, cut flowers, emergency relief, fruit, ornamentals, small fruit, specialty crops, vegetables

Vegetable IPM Update 8/12/20

Additional “Guidance and Compliance Assistance on Farmworker Safety & Pay During the Pandemic” Offered by US Dept of Labor – Wage & Hour

Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for August 11, 2020

Vegetable Disease Update – 8/12/20

Fruit IPM for August 12, 2020

USDA Announces More Specialty Crops, Nursery Crops, Cut Flowers Eligible for CFAP Payments

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