Fall and winter are the prime time for food safety training. We will be starting in October with basic hands-on training for anyone starting to farm or wanting a basic refresher. That is followed by a two day online Produce Rule Training. This training is required for most fresh fruit and vegetable growers before the […]
Continue reading...Fruit IPM Report August 26 2025
Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): Overall, OFM trap captures have been low and treatments should be over for the third generation flight statewide. Additional treatments should be made if trap captures are over 6 moths per trap. Scale Insects: Scale crawler emergence is past peak and declining. White Peach scale has a third generation in […]
Continue reading...August 26, 2025 Kate Brown
Spanish Course for Ag Workforce – Registration Open
The Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education will host a course on ‘Spanish for Ag and Horticulture Workforce’ from January 16-March 6, 2026. This is an online, self-paced course with approximately 21 hours of course content designed to help participants study conversational Spanish and gain technical vocabulary specific to those in the agriculture and horticulture […]
Continue reading...Ornamental IPM Webinar – Next Session Tuesday 8/26 plus upload from 8/12 RU PDL guest
Still time to Sign up for the remaining 2025 sessions- Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program Please visit our new –Rutgers Ornamental IPM Program Website (click here) Join us for the next session Tuesday 8/26/25 Topics covered: 1.Beneficial insect: Dragonflies 2. Leafcutter bees 3. Fleahopper 4. Nostoc 5. Nickel deficiency in River Birch 6. […]
Continue reading...August 22, 2025 Amanda Quadrel and Maria Cramer
Veg IPM Update 8/22/25
Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Sweet Corn Corn earworm (CEW) moth captures have increased and are now in the typical range for late August, with most southern and central locations needing 3-day spray intervals (see map). When temperatures are high (>85 degrees F), shorten the spray interval by one day. Rotation is important for […]
Continue reading...August 21, 2025 Kate Brown
Fall Vegetable Twilight Meeting
Fall Vegetable Twilight Meeting (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) Norz Hill Farm & Market, LLC., 120 S Branch Rd, Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844 Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm AGENDA 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Welcome, load wagons, wagon ride to field 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm Drone Seeding Winter Cover Crops into Pumpkin Peter Nitzsche, Agricultural […]
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