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.
Continue reading...August 11, 2020 Rick VanVranken
USDA Announces More Specialty Crops, Nursery Crops, Cut Flowers Eligible for CFAP Payments
August 11, 2020 Michelle Infante-Casella
Free Farm Succession Planning Webinar: August 26th – Pre-Register by August 24th
Roots of the Soil: Strategies and Resources for Succession Planning A LIFE Project Webinar Wednesday, August 26 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET This webinar notification was made available by the National AgrAbility Project. It will focus on basic strategies and first steps for succession. Succession planning begins with conversations; communication in the succession process is […]
Continue reading...August 9, 2020 Nick Polanin
The Show Must Go On(line) – 2020 Ag Progress Days Virtual Experience
Continuing a 50-year tradition, Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, brought to you by their College of Agricultural Sciences, is a one-stop shop this week, August 9-12, 2020, for the latest research, management practices, and regulations in agriculture. This year, Penn State Extension educators and faculty have come together to provide a FREE virtual learning program […]
Continue reading...August 7, 2020 Nick Polanin
Farmland Assessment for Woodland Owners Webinar
On Thursday, August 20th at 7pm, a free webinar entitled “Farmland Assessment on Woodlands: Multiple Benefit Activities” will be presented as part of the “Backyard Forestry in 90 Minutes” online program. The presenter, Andrew Kimm, is the President of New Jersey Forestry Association (NJFA). This session discusses the implementation of Farmland Assessment on woodlands and […]
Continue reading...August 6, 2020 Tim Waller
Register for the August Nursery Twilight Meeting (credit-bearing online webinar)
Thursday, August 27, 2020 6:00-7:00 pm Click here to register for the twilight meeting Registration password: nursery20 Please join us for presentations on pest management topics from our two nursery agents Tim Waller and Bill Errickson, Spotted Lanternfly updates from Steve Rettke, and water related updates from Sal Mangiafico. Given the current state of in-person […]
Continue reading...August 5, 2020 Tim Waller
Early August Nursery Update (2nd generation scale hatch and boxwood blight considerations)
This PPA has four updates: Growing Degree-day Update GDD50 2nd generation scale insect hatch / crawler growing degree-day targets Tuliptree and Magnolia scale insect activity and notes on treatment Late summer boxwood blight considerations (1) Growing Degree-days as of 8/5/2020 (Weather station selected for each location. Ex: NJ50 = Upper Deerfield) Upper Deerfield (NJ50)= 2242 GDD50 […]
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