Rutgers Cooperative Extension
The last few weeks have been very windy, and we already received numerous calls from specialty crops growers inquiring about the risk of herbicide drift or investigating if observed crop damages may be the result of herbicide drift. Why does it seem like crops are more affected by herbicide drift in the spring? Well, mostly […]
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NJ Dept of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher just announced, “At 3:30 today, we just received final approval to release the attached official guidance on migrant seasonal farmworker housing.” The New Jersey Department of Health is partnering with its sister agencies New Jersey Department of Agriculture and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to […]
Continue reading...Last night on “Ask the Ag Agent” we discussed The NJ Department of Health’s “Interim Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, Their Employers, and Housing Providers” guidance document. We will continue to facilitate discussion on “Ask the Ag Agent” forum for this topic and others next week. Please feel free to […]
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Sweet Corn The black light trap network is complete at this time. To date, one corn earworm (CEW) was captured at Eldora, Cape May County. A very few European corn borer (ECB) moths have been captured this past week, indicating that as warmer weather begins to arrive, we should see increasing numbers over the next several weeks. […]
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There is continued concern among New Jersey cranberry growers of increases in blunt-nosed leafhopper populations due to changes in pest management strategies (e.g., adoption of new reduced-risk products and decreased applications of broad-spectrum insecticides). Blunt-nosed leafhopper is of particular concern because they are vectors of false blossom disease. Life Cycle – The blunt-nosed leafhopper has […]
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Peach: Plum Curculio (PC): As the weather gets warmers, we should see a lot more of PC adult activity. They have been active, at various levels for the past 5 weeks, and can be problematic especially around petal fall and shortly thereafter. Therefore make sure to include a PC effective insecticide in your petal fall […]
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