Rutgers Cooperative Extension
The Northeast SARE (USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program) makes grants available to farmers and partnerships to test your ideas. Lists of previous years’ Farmer and Partnership grant awards provide you an idea of the projects they have funded.
Continue reading...
Sweet Corn Low numbers of European corn borer (ECB) adults continue to be captured this past week. At the present time, highest activity remains in the Cape May-Cumberland County border area (see ECB map). Earlier ECB catches were extremely low, and these moths, likely representing a partial third flight, will not present much of a threat to host crops. […]
Continue reading...
Six training dates for the FSMA Produce Rule Grower Training Course have been set at locations throughout the state. Training Dates and Locations December 14 and 15 – Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County, 291 Morton Ave., Millville, NJ 08332 February 9 – New Jersey Agricultural Convention, Harrah’s Resort Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ February 22 […]
Continue reading...Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber in New Jersey. To date, cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on cucumber and melon in the mid-Atlantic region. All cucumber growers need to add a downy mildew-specific fungicide to their weekly fungicide programs. All cucurbit growers need to scout on a regular basis. Dickeya dianthicola was […]
Continue reading...Click to View | Download Report 9-2-16 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 […]
Continue reading...
Below are the latest livestock auction updates from the Hackettstown Livestock Auction. The Livestock Auction has a sale every Tuesday. This auction sells lambs, sheep, goats, calves, beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, and all types of heavy fowl. The auction begins at 10:30 am and ends with the last sale at 5:30 pm. This auction serves […]
Continue reading...
NJAES Event Calendar
