Farm Food Safety: An Emergency Plan for your Portable Toilet

What would you do if your portable toilet had a spill? Operations that utilize portable toilets should have an emergency containment plan in place and all workers should be familiar with this plan. The goal of this plan is to contain the spill to the immediate area around the portable toilet and to prevent contamination of […]

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Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-11-14

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Fruit IPM Report July 10, 2014

Syrphid Fly Larvae Attack Woolly Apple Aphids Photo: Good Fruit Grower

This week in Fruit IPM Peach Apple Grape Blueberry Tree Fruit Trap Counts   New Blueberry Fruit IPM Program Associate Amy Raudenbush Welcome Amy Raudenbush! Amy is now the Fruit IPM Program Associate working in blueberries. A native of New Jersey, Amy joined the Fruit IPM Program this past Tuesday, July 8. After getting a […]

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Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 7/9/14

Vegetable IPM Report 7-9-14 – Click to View | Download | Print Maps for the Week –European Corn Borer Map –Corn Earworm Moth Blacklight Trap Map –Corn Earworm Moth Pheromone Trap Map Topics for the Week Sweet Corn Peppers Pepper Weevil Report Tomatoes BMSB Pumpkins and Winter Squash

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Golf Turf Diseases of the Week: Here Comes the Fuzz!

For the most part, late spring and early summer this year has been reasonable, weather-wise. So goes the weather, so goes the turfgrass. So far, the turfgrass submissions to the Plant Diagnostic Laboratory have been slow and steady… until last week, that is. Golf turf suddenly realized it was summer and the party started with […]

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Weed Control Options for Double Cropped Soybeans

With small grain harvest underway, there are some questions about preplant weed control with double cropped soybeans. This has always been a challenging situation, and with the presence of herbicide-resistant weeds, it has become even more complicated and results are often less than satisfactory. Larger plants that have been cut off or damaged by the […]

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