Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Wet weather is expected to come in during the first part of the week and linger around for most of it. Now that strawberries are in full production growers need to pay close attention to fruit rots such as anthracnose and botrytis. Overipe or unharvested mature berries left in commercial or u-pick fields can act […]
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Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults are being captured with increasing frequency now. Areas of highest activity now include parts of Hunterdon and Morris counties (see ECB map). Within the past 3 days, IPM personnel have found low level ECB infestations in some of the earliest sweet corn plantings. At present, reports of feeding […]
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[Download PDF version] Peach Tufted Apple Budmoth (TABM) Timings for TABM control are outlined below. This is now a minor pest, due to its increased control in recent years. TABM adults started to emerge in northern counties on 5/17. If you are a grower who did have TABM damage last year, you are advised to […]
Continue reading...Traceability, which we often talk about as one step forward and one step backwards, is an important part of your food safety plan. Expect the auditor to spend time discussing and looking at examples of your traceability program. Here is what should be included in your traceability program: One step forward: 1. Reconciliation of product […]
Continue reading...Date: Thursday, June 18, 2015 Location: Integrity Propagation, Route 563, Speedwell Just south of Chatsworth. Look for the Lee Brothers Ocean Spray sign and turn down the road right next to the sign. You will see the greenhouses about ¼ mile down the road on the right hand side. All cranberry growers are invited […]
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