As of Friday, April 21, we confirmed that ALM is in south Jersey and it is likely that it can be found throughout the state. Infested field chives were found in East Vineland as well as in backyard chives in Atlantic County and onion sets in the Middlesex/Monmouth County area. Feeding scars have been found […]
Continue reading...April 22, 2017 Thierry Besancon
Controlling Emerged Marestail in Blueberry
In spring, one of the first weeds that will break through the residual herbicide coverage provided by preemergence applications is horseweed, aka marestail. Horseweed has two primary periods of emergence, from late March through June and from late summer through late fall. Some of the most problematic horseweed emerges in the fall and over winters […]
Continue reading...April 20, 2017 Thierry Besancon
Update on Use of Chateau for Weed Control in Potato
Chateau herbicide has a supplemental label for application to potatoes after hilling for preemergence suppression of various broadleaf weed species. This supplemental label will expire on June 30, 2017 and Chateau must not be used on potato after this date. This supplemental label will not be renewed by Valent as the company is in the […]
Continue reading...April 19, 2017 Wes Kline
Updated USDA Harmonized Audit Standards
The updated USDA Harmonized Audit Standards and Checklists are to be used starting on May 1, 2017. The USDA has made changes to the Harmonized audits. Most changes are minor. Listed below are the section numbers with major changes for each audit. Field Operations and Harvesting Standard: 2.1.3, 2.4.3.4, 2.4.3.5, 2.4.3.6 and section 5 […]
Continue reading...April 18, 2017 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Allium Leafminer Alert II in New Jersey
A survey of fields from Princeton/Pennington in Mercer County northward through Milford and Asbury (Hunterdon County) and east to Chester in central Morris Co. revealed heavy allium leafminer feeding and active adults in chives only. There was only one garlic plant at the Pennington site that had feeding signs. Yellow sticky cards from chive plots in the […]
Continue reading...April 18, 2017 Hemant Gohil
South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting III
5:00 pm May 1, 2017 @ Hill Creek Farms, 1631 State Highway 45, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 5:00 pm. Welcome Remarks and Updates Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agriculture Agent and Program Organizer 5:05 pm. National Peach Council Updates […]
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