Frost Advisory in Effect Monday May 11 through Thursday May 14, 2020. A frost advisory is in effect for parts of Northern New Jersey for the nights of Monday May 11, Tuesday May 12, and Wednesday May 13 with temperatures at or below freezing predicted. Please take appropriate measures to protect tree fruit, grapes, strawberries […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2020 Tim Waller
Using Growing Degree-day calculators, nursery pest and pathogen updates, important resource links
Announcements: NJ Department of Agriculture Issues Burn Permit for Frost Protection –May 7 thru May 11 New Jersey Department of Agriculture has issued a notice concerning open burning due to colder spring overnight temperatures presently forecasted for areas of New Jersey from Thursday, May 7 through Monday, May 11, 2020, which could adversely affect fruit, vegetable, and […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2020 Michelle Infante-Casella
Spread the Word: “Killer” Hornet NOT Found in the Northeastern U.S.
By, Michelle Infante-Casella, Agricultural Agent/Professor, RCE of Gloucester Co. and William Bamka, Agricultural Agent/Associate Professor, RCE of Burlington Co. Although media reports have triggered panic over the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), there are no reports this pest is present anywhere else in North America besides the Pacific Northwest. Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Agriculture and Natural […]
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Sourcing Local NJ Farm Products and Concerns of Food Insecurity
By Michelle Infante-Casella and Stephen Komar, Agricultural Agents-Rutgers Cooperative Extension Where does food come from? Does the U.S. produce enough food to feed all Americans? Let’s stop right there for a minute and go back almost 5 decades. In the 1970’s gasoline and other energy prices soared causing an American economic crisis. Our country was […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2020 Stephen Komar
Livestock Marketing Roundtable Regional Producer Discussion
Friday, May 8, 2020 7-8 PM This web-based producer forum is being held to discuss the challenges and opportunities for livestock marketing in response to Covid-19. Join Rutgers Cooperative Extension faculty and staff, NJDA staff, producers and others interested in direct marketing of livestock and value-added meat and poultry products. To Participate: Click to join. […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2020 Hemant Gohil
NJ Department of Agriculture Issues Burn Permit for Frost Protection – Thru May 11
New Jersey Department of Agriculture has issued a notice concerning open burning due to colder spring overnight temperatures presently forecasted for areas of New Jersey from Thursday, May 7 through Monday, May 11, 2020, which could adversely affect fruit, vegetable, and floriculture crops in bloom or near bloom around the state. For details read below […]
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