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An increasing number of customers are bringing animals with them when they visit farm markets, pick your own farms, or agritainment activities. Animals can pose a food safety risk to produce, introduce disease to farm animals, frighten or upset farm animals. Outside animals can also pose a risk to employees and other market customers and […]
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The 2019 Wine Grape Twilight Meetings are being held in South Jersey on Wednesday, May 22 and North Jersey on Thursday, May 23. See flyer for details. South Jersey: Wednesday, May 22; 5:00-7:30 PM William Heritage Winery 480 Mullica Hill Rd Mullica Hill, NJ North Jersey: Thursday, May 23; 5:00-7:30 PM Fox Hollow Vineyards 939 Holmdel Rd […]
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Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: First generation timings are updated below: OFM 1st Degree Day (DD) Timing Insecticide Type County/Region Biofix DD by 5/1 base 45 Conventional 170-200, 350-375 Diamide 100-150, 300-350 Gloucester – Southern 4/8 344 1st – past 2nd – 5/1-5/2 1st – past 2nd – 4/27-5/1 Hunterdon – Northern […]
Continue reading...Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: First generation timings are updated below: OFM 1st Generation Timing Insecticide Type County/Region Degree Days by 4/23 base 45 Conventional 170-200, 350-375 Diamide 100-150, 300-350 Gloucester – Southern 254 1st – 4/18-20 2nd – 4/29-5/1 1st – past 2nd – 4/25-4/29 Hunterdon – Northern 186 1st – 4/28-5/2 2nd – 5/8-5/12 […]
Continue reading...Plum Curculio Biology and Management in New Jersey Peaches Dr. Anne Nielsen, Tree Fruit Entomologist Dr. Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Postdoctoral Research Associate Plum curculio (PC)continues to be a major pest of peach, apple, plum, cherry and blueberry, and can cause significant crop losses through early season scarring of the fruit. Untreated peach blocks in NJ […]
Continue reading...Three weeks ago, many turfgrasses began greening up as surface soil temperatures warmed into the 50s °F during the day. Currently, surface soil temperatures are reaching into the 60s °F during the day, which stimulates vertical leaf growth especially a… Read More »
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