Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Communicating your policies to customers is critical during this season, especially about your COVID-19 policies. Printable signs have been developed for use on New Jersey farms. Click on the images below for a direct link to the letter-size paper printable of each sign. Visit the Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety COVID-19 website for more resources. Cloth […]
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The weather this spring has been anything but normal with the up and downs in the temperature as well as the on and off again sunny days followed by many days of cloudy weather. These types of weather patterns can cause problems in transplant production in the greenhouse, especially when it comes time for watering. […]
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Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology remains advanced, but development is slowing. In southern counties peach orchards are at Shuck Split to Shuck Off. Pears are past Petal Fall. Red Delicious was about Full Bloom on 4/25 and is late bloom/Petal Fall on May 4. Other varieties still have considerable bloom. Cherries are just […]
Continue reading...New Jersey Statewide Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting May 12, 2020 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM It has been a VERY busy spring for the tree fruit industry in New Jersey. Let us all take an evening to sit and discuss field and industry updates. Rutgers University Agricultural Agents and Specialists will assist us all in […]
Continue reading...Today the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs. The EIDL portal reopened today as a result of funding authorized by Congress through the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Farmers and ranchers are encouraged […]
Continue reading...PPE suppliers have been backlogged with orders for N95 facemasks, hand sanitizers, disinfectants and disposable gloves. Sourcing supplies for your essential agricultural workers may be a challenge. NJ Farm Bureau, with assistance of staff from Congressman Van Drew’s office, have been compiling lists of local and regional businesses that are able to supply PPE equipment […]
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