From usda.gov/media/press-releases on April 17, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). “The program will provide $16 billion in direct support based on actual losses for agricultural producers where prices and market supply chains have been impacted…” including $9.5 billion in aid to cattle, dairy and hog farmers, $3.9B […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Rick VanVranken
Soil Temperatures and Seed Germination/Growth
This season’s warm March made it tempting to get an early start planting crops. However to give plants a jump on the season, resist the lure of warm air temperatures. Instead, pay more attention to your soils’ temperatures. One might think the warmer March, not to mention the very mild January and February, and even […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Rick VanVranken
Rutgers Ethnic Crops Research In The News
Dr. Albert Ayeni of Rutgers Department of Plant Biology summarized ongoing work of our Ethnic Crop Research Group exploring new crops for the diverse ethnic populations of the Garden State and beyond in an article published on HortDaily.com during the summer. According to Ayeni, “Ethnic (or Exotic) crops present new opportunities for growers, produce marketers […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Tim Waller
Sustainable Nursery Production Website Updates / Join Our Nursery Grower Email List
Please visit (click on links) the Rutgers Sustainable Nursery Production website for the following: Join our Nursery Growers email list: please email Brandi Williams at brandiwi@co.cumberland.nj.us to stay connected during this time of COVID-19 social distancing and beyond. We will only email you important nursery industry related materials. Voice your needs: please complete the 2020 Nursery Industry Survey to help the […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 4/21/20
Bacterial leaf spot has been reported on savoy cabbage in southern New Jersey. Timber rot has been reported in greenhouse pepper in southern New Jersey. For more information on white mold on tomato and pepper click here. Cold weather injury has been reported in numerous vegetable crops throughout the state. Bacterial leaf blight in Cilantro […]
Continue reading...April 21, 2020 Andy Wyenandt
Recognizing cold injury in spring crops
If the erratic, wet weather wasn’t enough, temperatures have fluctuated wildly this spring with night time temperatures dropping to near freezing in some parts of the state and region in recent days. With this comes the potential for cold injury on spring planted crops. Cold injury can take may different shapes on affected plants and […]
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