A call from a local farmer late last week indicated an NJ DEP inspector had stopped by to ‘survey’ water use and had asked to inspect his irrigation records. The call was to say, “Thank you!” for having given him earlier in the year an irrigation pump log sheet to use. He had made a […]
Continue reading...September 13, 2017 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/13/17
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches remain too low to register a map image. This flight has been extremely low and very spotty. ECB feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is nearly non-existent now. What remains has been overshadowed by fall armyworm (FAW) feeding. Check 5 plants each in 10 random locations for a 50 plant […]
Continue reading...September 13, 2017 Meredith Melendez
FDA FSMA Produce Safety Rule Updates
The FDA released several documents specific to the FSMA Produce Safety Rule. Large farming operations will still be expected to meet all produce safety requirements set by the rule for produce other than sprouts, except those related to agricultural water, by the original January 26, 2018 compliance date. However, FDA Commissioner Dr. Gottlieb announced that […]
Continue reading...September 8, 2017 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for September 8, 2017
Borers, Rots, Codling Moth and Leafhoppers Peach: Lesser Peachtree Borer and Peachtree Borer: With the few fruit left on the trees in northern counties, there is not much going on except for the borer application that still needs to be applied.
Continue reading...September 6, 2017 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 9/06/17
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches are very low, and with cooler evening temperatures through the weekend, not enough ECB have been captured to register a map image. This flight has been extremely low and very spotty. ECB feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is nearly non-existent now. What remains has been overshadowed by fall armyworm […]
Continue reading...August 31, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 9-1-17
Click to View | Download Report 9-1-17 Potato Disease Forecasting Report We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May […]
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