New Cover Crops Decision Making Tool Available Online

The Northeast Cover Crops Council (NECCC) recently released an online tool designed to support farm decision-making around cover crops. The Cover Crop Decision Support Tool is available at no cost at: http://covercrop.tools/. It includes a Cover Crop Explorer that provides in-depth information on more than 35 cover crop species. It also has a Species Selector […]

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Proceedings Book – Speaker Summaries for February 22-25th NJ Vegetable Meeting

Each year for the New Jersey Vegetable Meeting, Rutgers Cooperative Extension publishes a proceedings book with summaries of presentations given during the educational sessions. The 2021 proceedings book is now posted on the Rutgers Vegetable Online Resources webpage. All proceedings books dating back to 2009 are also archived on this site and can be found […]

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Annual Rutgers Horse Management Seminar is a “Virtual” Success!

Each year, Rutgers hosts a Horse Management Seminar featuring invited speakers from New Jersey and across the U.S. on a wide range of topics in equine health, performance, and management. The seminar has traditionally been held on the second Sunday in February at the Rutgers Cook Campus. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 Horse […]

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New Jersey Annual Vegetable Meeting: Hemp Session

Please join the Rutgers Hemp Team on Tuesday, February 23 at 9:00 AM

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Reminder: Register for the VGA-Nursery/Ornamental sessions by this Wednesday (2/17) for pesticide credits!

Reminder: register here by Wednesday Feb. 17th for pesticide credits! Please join us at the NEW- Nursery and Ornamentals Track at this year’s virtual VGA Nursery/Ornamental track is on Monday, February 22nd  Session I:  9:15 – 11:45am Session II:  1:15 – 3:45pm (pesticide recertification credits acquired: 3 Cat 1A; 4 Cat 3A; 4 Cat 8C; […]

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Pest Notes: Witches’ Brooms, Pitch Mass Borers and Ants

WITCHES’ BROOMS: The development of witches’ brooms on woody plants and the resulting formation of abnormal growth can cause curiosity and concern to your clients. Typically, the new growth is distorted, and a proliferation of leaves or fruit/cones closely clumped together appears when apical dominance is lost. Witches’ Brooms are created on plants when the […]

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