Rutgers Cooperative Extension
A Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) from OSHA inspected a farm during the third week of June in Southern NJ for heat related items. With this recent inspection activity and the current legislative landscape pertaining to heat stress, the Rutgers Farm Health and Safety Working Group has increased outreach and education on this topic. […]
Continue reading...Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: A biofix point for OFM was set on 4/10 in both northern and southern counties. All Treatments for the second generation have past. Tarnished Plant Bugs; and Other Catfacing Insects: Catfacing remain very active. Very little recent fruit feeding has been observed. Thrips: Flower Thrips have been observed feeding in highly […]
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Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moths have declined in blacklight traps in the northern and central counties, and feeding is also declining as previously infested plantings enter the silk stage and are treated. Plantings now in whorl stage are showing little feeding. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 6/26/24 […]
Continue reading...[Tuesday June 25, 2024]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final cancellation order for Corteva’s chlorpyrifos product “Dursban 50W in Water Soluble Packets” and three Gharda chlorpyrifos products, and an amendment to the exis… Read More »
Continue reading...[Thursday 6/20/2024]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the Proposed Registration Review Interim Decisions (PIDs) for dicrotophos and dimethoate, as well as an Interim Registration Review Decision (ID) for tetrachlorvinphos (T… Read More »
Continue reading...Based on our degree-day model, Sparganothis fruitworm has accumulated 1038 degree-days (DD) as of June 24, using April 15 as the biofix date. This indicates that peak flight activity should have occurred at the end of last week. Historically, we recommend insecticide applications 10-14 days after peak flight. This period will fall between mid- to […]
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