The South Jersey Vegetable Agents would like to invite you to our annual Spring integrated crop management meeting: Vegetable Integrated Crop Management Twilight Meeting Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. East Vineland Fire Hall 4931 Landis Ave. across from the Savoy Restaurant (park behind the building and enter conference room door in […]
Continue reading...Early Season Tree Fruit Pest Control in 2018

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Continue reading...Spring Weed Control Update
Weed Control Update It feels like winter is hanging on and it looks a bit more Siberia-like than it did at this time in 2017. I’m writing this while watching the telecast of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in sunny Florida (where the greens are rolling PURE) and another snowstorm is taking aim at the Northeast. […]
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South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – I 5 – 7:30 pm, April 4 @ Gloucester County Extension Office, 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Bldg. # A, Clayton, NJ 08312 Detailed program flyer available at: South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight – I Pesticide re-certification credits – CORE (2), 1A (4), PP2 (4) and 10 (4) Light fare […]
Continue reading...Weed Survey for Specialty Crop Producers Using Organic Practices

Do you grow specialty crops and use organic practices? Meredith Melendez, who is an Agricultural Agent at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County and Thierry Besancon, Weed Specialist, Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences are conducting a survey to assess weed pressure and management strategies. This research is […]
Continue reading...Survey of the Current, Critical or ‘Hot Topic’ Insect Pests of the Northeast
In the spring of 2017, vegetable and field crop entomologists of the Northeast States were surveyed for a current snapshot of what they considered to be ‘hot-topic’, or, critical insect (and slug) pests in their state or region. The responding states included New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. […]
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