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 […]
Continue reading...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
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 […]
Continue reading...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 […]
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...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 […]
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