Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber in southern New Jersey. This is the first report in the state this growing season. There have been no reports of CDM in other cucurbit crops in the region to date. For a review of CDM control please click here. To track the progress of CDM on […]
Continue reading...July 17, 2020 Michael Westendorf
Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for July 14, 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 […]
Continue reading...July 17, 2020 Rick VanVranken
NJ Ag & Health Urge Use of Free COVID-19 Testing For Farm Workers
Earlier this week, NJ Secretary of Ag Douglas Fisher released this attached letter, co-signed by Dept of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, urging all growers with farm labor to take advantage of opportunities to help protect your employees from COVID-19. As the letter states, “One program that is being implemented FREE OF CHARGE for all farms […]
Continue reading...July 15, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 7/15/20
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults have all but disappeared over the past week, and no map will appear in this edition. Larval infestations are sparse now, as the last corn plantings to be exposed to ECB in the whorl now have entered the silk stage. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB […]
Continue reading...July 15, 2020 Pat Hastings
Worker Protection Standard: Videos for Annual Training of Workers and Handlers
Use Rutgers NJAES Worker Protection website loaded with “Quick-Connect” With EPA’s short term WPS training exemptions for COVID-19, provide your workers and handlers access to videos they can watch without being disturbed as an alternative … Read More »
Continue reading...July 15, 2020 Pat Hastings
EPA Releases Guidance on Pesticide Safety Training Requirements During COVID-19
Agricultural workers and pesticide handlers directly support the nation’s agricultural production and food supply and EPA is committed to ensuring they are protected from workplace hazards. EPA has released guidance regarding the annual pesticide safet… Read More »
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