Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Work in or around produce safety? We have a new project that wants to know what produce safety concerns keep you up at night. In this anonymous online survey you will be asked to rank your top five produce safety risk management areas that need improvement. The information collected will be used to guide Extension […]
Continue reading...USDA’s Farm Service Agency will accept CFAP 2 applications through December 11, 2020. Ornamental crop producers (Christmas trees, Floriculture/Cut flowers, Nursery crops, Cactus) are eligible for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2). The CFAP 2 program is open to all of these operations and is based on sales, inventory, acreage or production in […]
Continue reading...[November 12, 2020]. Due to the continued COVID-19 public health emergency, the NJDEP has revised its’ September 28th alert on paper license delays. The updated alert is excerpted in whole below, and has been posted to NJDEP Licensing and Registr… Read More »
Continue reading...[November 9, 2020]. The NJDEP has updated its’ September 28th alert on pesticide certification examinations. The update is excerpted in whole below, and has been posted to NJDEP Licensing and Registrations – Pesticide Links and www.pcpnj.org… Read More »
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By, Stephen Komar and Michelle Infante-Casella Livestock producers are eligible for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2). If you commercially raise animals for food, fur, fiber, or feathers, you may be eligible for assistance. Check to see if you raise eligible livestock through the USDA’s Eligible Commodities Finder. USDA’s Farm Service Agency will […]
Continue reading...As you may have read in this week’s NJ Farm Bureau newsletter or heard about elsewhere, following-up on a side comment about unfair trade practices concerning produce imports from Canada on an earlier phone call regarding the impact of COVID-19 on NJ agriculture, Congressman Jeff Van Drew arranged a meeting for growers with USDA Under […]
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