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
Worker Protection Standard: Videos for Annual Training of Workers and Handlers
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 »
Continue reading...July 14, 2020 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for 7/15/20
Stink Bugs Apples and Peaches: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) activity is starting to increase in spotty locations.
Continue reading...July 14, 2020 Jim Murphy
Tropical Storm Brings Rain But What About Gray Leaf Spot?
The passing of tropical storm, Fay brought some needed precipitation to the region, albeit too much at once in many places. Relatively dry soils (assumes not being over-irrigated) and the long, warm days of summer should allow turfs to dry out reasonab… Read More »
Continue reading...July 14, 2020 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cranberry Toad Bug Monitoring and Management
Cranberry toad bugs (Figure 1) should be the last insect pest of concern this season. Growers should start monitoring for this insect from now until the end of July. Life cycle. Toad bugs, Phylloscelis rubra (Hemiptera, Dictyopharidae), feed only on cranberries. This insect has a single generation per year. It overwinters as eggs. The nymphs […]
Continue reading...July 14, 2020 Pat Hastings
Revised New Jersey Pesticide Regulations — NOW POSTED ONLINE!
The final revisions to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) pesticide regulations at N.J.A.C. 7:30 for the Pesticide Control Code were adopted on April 6, 2020. Public comments received on NJDEP’s proposed revisions… Read More »
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