Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Apples Disease Management Considerations Apple scab, cedar apple rust, and powdery mildew: Few apple scab lesions have been found in orchards throughout the state. Mildew infections have also been observed on leaves in several orchards with a history of the disease. This past week, cedar apple rust symptoms were also reported at several orchards […]
Continue reading...June 30, 2026 – 9:00am to 11:00am Location: Deep Cut Gardens, 152 Red Hill Rd., Middletown Township, NJ 07748 NJ Pesticide License Recertification Credits 3A: 4 8C: 4 10: 4 PP2: 4 This program will provide hands-on experience in IPM best management practices. Participants will tour the ornamental plants of Deep Cut Gardens and learn […]
Continue reading...Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for vegetable production, but it can also be one of the easiest to lose (by leaching), especially on New Jersey’s sandy Coastal Plain soils. Heavy rainfall or excessive irrigation can move nitrogen below the crop root zone before plants have a chance to use it. One way […]
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A robust annual worker training is a requirement of both the FSMA Produce Safety Rule and a buyer required third-party audit. Are your produce workers trained? Do you feel good about the training they receive? Develop, review, or improve your produce worker food safety training by using our Developing Your On-Farm Food Safety Worker Training Program […]
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Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Here are this week’s latest pest and disease reports:
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The requested disaster declaration regarding Freeze from April 19, 2026, through April 22, 2026, has been approved by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins on June 8th, 2026. All 21 counties in New Jersey, seventeen (17) primary and four (4) contiguous, are covered by this designation. A Secretarial Disaster Designation makes farm operators in primary […]
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