Plant & Pest Advisory

August 6, 2026 Kate Brown and Pete Nitzsche

Research Twilight Meeting for Vegetable Growers – RSVP by August 10

Roadside sign for the Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm.

Join us for a Research Twilight Meeting at the picturesque Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm on Wednesday, August 12, 2026! Attendees will gain practical information on management of corn earworm and cucurbit downy mildew paired with timely reminders on resistance management. We will tour the research plots and share updates on the current research […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Organic Production, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: pesticide recertification credits, Twilight Meeting

August 5, 2026 Janine Spies, Katrina DeWitt, Kaitlin Quinn and Carrie Mansue

Fruit IPM Report August 5, 2026

San Jose scale crawlers on maturing apple fruit.

It has been a wet start to the month, with parts of New Jersey receiving more than 4 inches of rainfall on Monday alone. On average, 4 inches of rainfall is typical for the whole month of August. With wet and hot conditions this week, the potential for disease pressure will be high and will […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Uncategorized, Wine Grape Tagged With: apple, Apple Disease, Apple Insect, blueberry, blueberry insect, fungicide resistance management, Insect management, IPM, IPM Observations, IPM Updates, Peach Disease, Peach Insect, peachtree borer, Pear, pear disease, pear insect, pear psylla, pest scouting guide, tree fruit, wine grape, wine grape disease, wine grape insect, wine grape pest management

August 5, 2026 David Hlubik and William Errickson

Pesticide Credits Assigned- Specialty Crop Twilight Meeting August 20

Pesticide credits have been assigned for this event: CORE (1), PP2 (1), 1A (1), 10 (1) Join us at the Rutgers Specialty Crop Research and Extension Station on Thursday August 20, 2026 for a Specialty Crop Twilight Meeting. The event will run from 5:30pm to 7:30pm and will be held at 283 Route 539, Cream […]

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Uncategorized, vegetable, Vegetable Crops

August 5, 2026 Meredith Melendez

Introduction to GAP Audit Prep – Online Training

GAPs for fruit and vegetable producers: GAP audit prep and food safety plan writing workshop Presented by educators from University of Minnesota, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, and Rutgers Cooperative Extension. August 19th 9:30 – 2:30. Using good food safety practices on your farm can reduce risks of foodborne illness, improve product quality and […]

Filed Under: Food Safety, Fruit, Vegetable Crops

August 3, 2026 Ramandeep Kumar Sharma and Salvatore Mangiafico

Save the Date for Salem County Agronomy Twilight Meeting-2

Salem County Agronomy Twilight Meeting- 2 Monday, August 31, 2026 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Rutgers Cooperative Extension 51 Cheney Rd, Woodstown, NJ (program starts at 6 pm; please arrive earlier) Please Save the Date! To register 856-769-0090 e_dehart@salemcountynj.gov Schedule & Topics to be Covered 6:00 pm Welcome & Introduction – Salvatore […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Disease Forecasting, Field, Forage & Livestock, pesticide credits, training, work shop

July 31, 2026 Amanda Quadrel and Maria Cramer