This auction sells: lambs, sheep, goats, calves, beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, and all types of heavy fowl. Auctions are held every Tuesday with the first sale beginning at 10:30 am and ending at the last sale 5:30 pm. Hay, straw, grain, and firewood are also for sale. Farm Fresh Eggs available for purchase by the […]
Continue reading...August 21, 2019 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 8/21/19
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth captures have increased in some areas over the past week (see map at left), although catches are very inconsistent. Late summer activity is overall low and scattered. Minor feeding has appeared in whorl and pre-tassel corn, but rarely rises to the 12% threshold by itself. In combination with fall […]
Continue reading...August 20, 2019 Rick VanVranken
Vegetable Twilight Research Tour Tomorrow
Wes, Michelle and I invite you to our annual open house plot tour tomorrow evening at RAREC! Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 4:00pm Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center (meet at the shelter near the parking lot) 121 Northville Rd., Bridgeton, NJ (Upper Deerfield) Specialty Crop Evaluations – Albert Ayeni, PhD, Ethnic Crop Research Specialist, Rutgers […]
Continue reading...August 15, 2019 Meredith Melendez
FSMA Produce Safety Rule Training 9/11/19 Ewing
Need a food safety education certificate for the FSMA Produce Safety Rule or for a buyer required third party audit? Join us! September 11, 2019 Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County 1440 Parkside Avenue, Ewing, NJ 08638 9:00 – 4:00, lunch included $50 covers the training, materials, certificate and lunch Register online
Continue reading...August 14, 2019 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 8/14/19
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth captures have decreased somewhat over the past week, and no map will appear in this issue. The second flight remains very spotty, as is consistent with recent years’ second flights. Low level feeding has appeared in whorl and pre-tassel corn, but rarely rises to the 12% threshold by itself. […]
Continue reading...August 8, 2019 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for 8/10/19
Blueberry A Rare Tme for the Stars to Align: Sharpnosed leafhopper adults are flying, and scale crawlers are emerging.
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