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, […]
Continue reading...February 26, 2018 Rick VanVranken
New Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Website!
I’m forwarding this from Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline. If you thought you were subscribed to receive food safety updates in the past but have been wondering why you haven’t been receiving any news, please go to your subscription page and change from ‘Food Safety’ to ‘Commercial Agriculture Updates’. Long story short, but the food […]
Continue reading...February 26, 2018 Rick VanVranken
NJ DEP Annual Ag Water Use Reports Due 2/28
If you downloaded the RCE irrigation pump log sheet posted here last fall, and you haven’t sent in your water use report yet, you have until Wed to calculate your monthly water use and submit it to NJ DEP. Keeping a hard copy of the log sheet by each well makes a simple way to […]
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