A second reminder that the Bucks Montgomery Annual Wool Pool will be held this coming Saturday. The Bucks/Montgomery Cooperative Wool Pool will hold it’s annual wool pool 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 8th, at Delaware Valley University’s Roth Farm, 1260 Welsh Road, North Wales, Pa. Date: Saturday, June 8, 2019 Time: 7:00 AM – 2:00 […]
Continue reading...June 5, 2019 Michael Westendorf
Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for June 4, 2019
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...Fruit IPM For 6/4/19
Peach: Plum Curculio (PC): PC oviposition should be done in all areas of the state, and there is up to 2-3% of fruit injury with egg scars. We have accumulated about 911 DD since petal fall (apple) in southern counties and just over 663 DD in Hunterdon County. The Cornell model calls for insecticides applied […]
Continue reading...May 31, 2019 Andy Wyenandt
Phytophthora blight control in wet weather
Most of New Jersey has been plagued by heavy rains and pop-up thunderstorms these past few days making conditions ideal for pathogens such as Phytophthora blight (P. capsici) on pepper, eggplant, tomato, and cucurbit crops. Now that the temperatures are starting to rise the threat of infection will only begin to increase. Unfortunately, Phytophthora blight […]
Continue reading...May 31, 2019 Andy Wyenandt
Early-season Phytophthora blight control in pepper
Phytophthora blight typically develops in low-lying areas after a heavy rain and can spread quickly throughout the entire field. Fortunately, this spring in New Jersey has been really dry – too dry thus far, but that does not need you don’t need to prepare for potential phytophthora issues down the road. This is particularly important […]
Continue reading...May 31, 2019 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 5/31/19
Downy mildew in pea has been reported in southern New Jersey. Bacterial leaf spot of parsley has been reported in southern New Jersey. Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported as far north as southern Georgia. Weather the past week has been ideal for downy mildew development on spring crops. Growers are advised to scout fields […]
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