Special Announcement! : The long awaited update to the NJ Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide is available. We have updated the pesticide tables to include new products, pesticide safety, and efficacy. We hope to have the text sections updated for 2021. Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology remains advanced, but development is slowing. In southern […]
Continue reading...April 13, 2020 Michelle Infante-Casella
Marketing Tip: Consider Pre-Bagging Produce at Farm Markets
By, Michelle Infante-Casella and Meredith Melendez, Agricultural Agents Farm marketers can learn from recent behaviors observed in supermarkets and other food outlets as we start the produce season in New Jersey. Besides facilitating social distancing and having employees and customers wear masks and other protective gear, farm owners and workers can help ease shopping anxiety […]
Continue reading...April 13, 2020 Rick VanVranken
TONIGHT – Spanish-language Training for Farmworkers and Farmers on Coronavirus
The Cornell Farmworker Program and the Finger Lakes Community Health Clinic will be hosting a webinar and Q and A, in Spanish, for farm workers and farmers. Dr. Canario, Medical Director of Finger Lakes Community Health will discuss the coronavirus, what it is, how to protect oneself, and what one should do now. He will […]
Continue reading...April 13, 2020 Michelle Infante-Casella
April 10: Governor Murphy’s EO 122 – Impacts to the Landscaping Industry
NJ Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 122 pertaining to non-essential construction and landscaping as of Friday, April 10, 2020: • Maintenance including cutting grass, weed wacking and leaf blowing (including cleanups) Permitted • Install patios, walkways, pools, etc – NOT PERMITTED, unless project has begun before Friday 4/10 at 8:00 pm or there is an emergency […]
Continue reading...April 12, 2020 Andy Wyenandt
Edema development in brassica crops
Edema is often expressed as off-color swellings or galls that appear on leaves and stems. Edema develops when epidermal cells hold excessive water due to a slowing of evapotransporation when hot, muggy days are followed by cooler, wetter weather. Edema develops because the plant takes in more water (due to a high soil moisture contant) faster than it can get […]
Continue reading...April 10, 2020 Andy Wyenandt
Understanding and controlling angular leaf spot in strawberries
Often considered a minor pathogen, angular leaf spot caused by the bacterium, Xanthomonas fragariae, can cause serious leaf and calyx infections ruining the marketability of fruit if left uncontrolled. Like all bacterium, the pathogen will infect leaves and the calyx through natural openings or wounds. Primary infections of new growth in the spring originate from […]
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