Not that EPA’s 2015 “Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions” 40 CFR 170 (PDF) is a snoozer… Rutgers recommends several resources that will give you a leg up when it comes to understanding the revisions to the federal WPS: Quick Reference Guide to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) as Revised in 2015 (PDF). This one-page double-sided chart outlines requirements of […] Read More »
Continue reading...March 23, 2017 Pat Hastings
Rutgers-recommended “good reads”on the Revised WPS
Not that EPA’s 2015 “Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions” 40 CFR 170 (PDF) is a snoozer… Rutgers recommends several resources that will give you a leg up when it comes to understanding the revisions to the federal WPS: Quick Reference Guide to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) as Revised in 2015 (PDF). This one-page double-sided chart outlines requirements of […] Read More »
Continue reading...March 22, 2017 Hemant Gohil
DEP and NJDA Extend Allowance of Controlled Open Burns to Protect Crops from Frost Threats
(17/P23) TRENTON – With the state expected to experience more freezing temperatures tonight and Thursday night, the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Agriculture will again allow farmers to do controlled open burning or use specialized torches known as smudge pots to protect flowering crops from damage. The two agencies previously authorized precautionary and […]
Continue reading...March 10, 2017 Hemant Gohil
Burn Permit from NJ DEP and Department of Agriculture (Through At least Monday)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lawrence Hajna (609) 984-1795 March 10, 2017 Bob Considine (609) 292-2994 www.nj.gov/dep Caryn Shinske (609) 984-1795 DEP, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TEAM UP TO ALLOW FARMERS TO PROTECT FLOWERING CROPS AGAINST DEEP FREEZE THIS WEEKEND (17/ P16) TRENTON – With the state expected to plunge into a deep freeze tonight and […]
Continue reading...March 7, 2017 Rick VanVranken
Farm-to-School/Farmers Market Nutrition Survey Looking for Mid-Atlantic Produce Growers
Fruit or vegetable farmers in the Mid-Atlantic region (PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, WV, and DC) that have participated or have considered participating in: Farm to School sales or activities, OR Farmers’ Market Nutrition Incentive programs (like FMNP & SNAP matching programs) are invited to participate in a survey about their choices to participate or […]
Continue reading...March 6, 2017 Thierry Besancon
“In-Row” Control of Annual Weeds in Established Blueberries with Residual Herbicides
The program for the control of annual weeds in blueberries should consider the weed free strip under the row and the row-middles, sodded or tilled, separately. The “Weed Control Season” in blueberries starts in late fall. The program implemented in the spring depends on what herbicides were applied the previous fall. If herbicides were applied […]
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