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Soil temperatures have been steadily warming since late March at Hort Farm No. 2 (North Brunswick). Temperatures consistently ran above 50 degree Fahrenheit in early April, and between 50 and 60 degrees from 10 to 27 April. May 1st was the fifth consecutive day of the maximum soil temperature reaching at least 65 degrees. Thus, soil temperatures […]
Soil temperatures have been steadily warming since late March at Hort Farm No. 2 (North Brunswick). Temperatures consistently ran above 50 degree Fahrenheit in early April, and between 50 and 60 degrees from 10 to 27 April. May 1st was the fifth consecutive day of the maximum soil temperature reaching at least 65 degrees. Thus, soil temperatures […]
Water testing is a major component of FSMA. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that growers begin sampling agricultural water to create a microbial water quality profile when they need to start complying with FSMA. No grower needs to start sampling until January, 2018 (growers over $500,000), small growers 2019 (growers between $250,000 and […]
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Gretchen Wall of the Produce Safety Alliance talked with growers at the NJ Agricultural Convention and Trade show about agricultural water and produce safety under the FSMA Produce Safety Rule. This recorded talk is now available at the Rutgers NJAES YouTube channel.
Continue reading...Sweet Corn The Vegetable IPM blacklight trap network is nearly complete. With limited numbers of traps having been checked, only one European corn borer (Allentown, Mercer County) and one corn earworm (Old Bridge, Middlesex County) have been recorded. As sweet corn is currently in the seedling stage, neither of these catches represent a threat. As catches […]
Continue reading...Sorry no pictures for this post, but thought I would share some recent observations. The recent rains and warm night on Friday/Saturday brought out two diseases on annual bluegrass earlier than we typically experience at the research farm in North Brun… Read More »
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