The FDA expects fresh produce growers to prove their exemption or need for compliance with the FSMA Produce Rule starting January 2018. The catch is that they will expect to see records from the previous three years. Keep this in mind so that if you are asked to show your records in 2018 in relation […]
Continue reading...August 2, 2016 Meredith Melendez
Recordkeeping in 2016 Important for FSMA Exemption and Compliance in 2018
August 2, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
Dickeya dianthicola update: 8/2/16
In addition to Dickeya dianthicola being found in potato fields in New Jersey, the pathogen has also been detected in fields from Long Island to Florida this summer. To date using PCR test results and North American Certified Seed Potato Health Certificates to track Lot No., the pathogen has been detected in 11 states (DE, […]
Continue reading...August 1, 2016 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-2-16
Click to View | Download Report 8-2-16 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...August 1, 2016 Andy Wyenandt
‘Yukon Gold’ potato seed from Canada test positive for Dickeya dianthicola in U.S.
‘Yukon Gold’ (2015-3079137-010) certified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has tested positive for Dickeya dianthicola in Virginia this summer. This is the second report of Dickeya dianthicola in the U.S. originating from seed potato from New Brunswick, Canada this summer. Importantly, Dickeya-infested potato seed has also been shipped from multiple sources in Maine to 11 states […]
Continue reading...July 28, 2016 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-29-16
Click to View | Download Report 7-29-16 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...July 28, 2016 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Mansue
Fruit IPM for 7/28/16
Peach: Cat-facing Insects, Tarnished Plant Bug (TPB) and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB): BMSB traps show only very low levels of bugs. Where ground cover consists of numerous flowering weeds, TPB population is very high. Up to 37 adults and nymphs per 50 sweeps were seen this past week in northern counties.
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