Need a Manure Spreader? Nutrient Management Assistance Grants – Deadline 6/16/25

New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA), Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources is offering the following grant opportunity: Nutrient Management Assistance GrantsAvailable Funding: Up to $25,000 Application Deadline: June 16, 2025Funding Period: Three Years The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA), Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources is pleased to announce a funding opportunity to […]

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South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – I

When: May 7th (Wed) @ 6:00 pm Where: Gloucester County Govt. Services Building, 1200 N. Delsea Drive,  Clayton, NJ 08312 Pesticide credits – 4 each PP2, 1A, and 10 6:00 pm       Light Fare (Pizza, Donuts, and Coffee) 6:15 pm        Welcome and updates. Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agricultural Agent, Rutgers NJAES Peach Quality […]

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Tree Fruit IPM Report April 21, 2025

Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology remains advanced in peach, but development is slowing. In southern counties all peach orchards are late bloom to petal fall. PF-17 was at approximately full bloom on April 8. Plums are near shuck split. Pears are near petal fall. Apples and cherries are coming into bloom. Peach: Brown Rot: […]

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2025/2026 New Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guides are Available (Print and Electronic)

Print copies of the 2025/2026 New Jersey Tree Fruit Production Guides are available at your local Cooperative Extension Offices for $25 per copy. The guides are also available for FREE online.  E002: 2025/2026 New Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide If you have any trouble obtaining a guide from your local office please contact: Kim Crommelin: […]

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North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting I

North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting I In collaboration with the New Jersey Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association     May 1, 2025 4:30 PM-7:30 PM VonThun Farms 438 Route 57 West Washington, NJ 07882 4:15 PM – Registration 4:30 PM – Strategies to Reduce Pesticide Exposure in Applicators Kate Brown, Agricultural Agent III, Rutgers NJAES […]

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Ornamental IPM 4/8 Recording Upload – Next session Tuesday 4/22

Ornamental IPM – next session is Tuesday 4/22/25  Sign up here for the NEW 2025 – Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program.   Click here for a PDF of April 08, 2025 webinar that can be printed and used as a field guide or similar Click here for a VIDEO recording of April 08, 2025 webinar Next […]

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