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Continue reading...March 20, 2018 Matthew Elmore
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. […]
March 16, 2018 Hemant Gohil
Save the Date
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...March 16, 2018 Meredith Melendez
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...March 15, 2018 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
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. […]
Continue reading...February 26, 2018 Rick VanVranken
US Food & Drug Administration Announces Microbiological Surveillance Sampling for Fresh Herbs (Cilantro, Basil & Parsley) to Continue Through 2018
The US FDA has announced an ongoing surveillance program started in October 2017 will continue through 2018 until they collect at least 1600 samples each of fresh cilantro, parsley and basil. FDA inspectors will be visiting farm packinghouses, wholesale packers, domestic and import warehouses and shippers, as well as retail purveyors, From their press release, […]
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