Monday, August 31, 2020 07:00 PM And Tuesday, September 1, 2020 07:00 PM For more information see: https://agritourism.rutgers.edu/training/ The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agritourism Working Group developed considerations to assist NJ farmers with agritourism operations on their farms during the COVID-19 pandemic. This document is designed to help operators manage strategies for compliance with State executive […]
Continue reading...August 19, 2020 Michelle Infante-Casella
Webinars: Considerations for Agritourism Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
August 19, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 8/19/20
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults remain very low, and no map will appear in this edition. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 8/19/20 are as follows: Downer 1 Matawan 1 Fall armyworm (FAW) larval infestations continue at a fairly steady rate, except for coastal Monmouth County, where infestations […]
Continue reading...August 19, 2020 Nick Polanin
CFAP Webinars for Additional Eligible Commodities
Join the USDA Farm Service Agency this afternoon, Wednesday August 19th at 3 pm, for the “Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Producer Webinar: Additional Eligible Commodities Added.” USDA Farm Service Agency will discuss additional commodities that are now eligible for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), providing detailed examples on nursery crops, specialty crops, cut flowers, […]
Continue reading...August 18, 2020 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Mansue
Fruit IPM for August 19, 2020
Peach: Stink Bugs Apples and Peaches: BMSB populations are becoming quite high in several northern locations. These populations have the potential to do serious damage to apples where populations are high. Growers with high BMSB populations should consider weekly insecticide applications and/or supplemental border applications with BMSB effective insecticides.
Continue reading...August 12, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 8/12/20
Note: Cucurbit downy mildew has now been identified on cucumber in southern and northern NJ. See the pumpkin and winter squash section below for more information. Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults remain very low, and no map will appear in this edition. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week […]
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
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 […]
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