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 […]
Continue reading...August 5, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 8/05/20
Note: Due to the disruption caused by tropical storm Isaias, IPM technicians were unable to reach a number of blacklight and pheromone traps in the southern counties. Maps in this edition are representations of data from contributing traps. Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults remain very low, with only a few traps in the […]
Continue reading...August 5, 2020 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for 8/4/2020
Grapes: Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD): The spotted wing drosophila is an invasive fruit fly which can infest sound ripe thin-skinned fruit. The SWD female has a saw-like ovipositor which she uses to literally saw through healthy skin and deposit her eggs, which develop into small maggots. At this time of year each generation takes slightly […]
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