The FSCSC application period for calendar year 2023 runs from February 1, 2023, through January 31, 2024. Eligible specialty crop operations can apply for FSCSC by working directly with the Farm Service Agency offices at your local FSA office for details. Applications will be accepted via mail, fax, hand delivery, or electronic means. How the Food […]
Continue reading...January 4, 2024 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crop (FSCSC) Cost Share Program
December 28, 2023 Tim Waller
Amended – Invasive Species Bill S2186 – Update
click here for the – Amended Invasive Species Bill s2186 Per NJNLA – Green Industry Updates “Invasive Species Bill Progresses out of Committee For the past year, the NJ Nursery & Landscape Association has been advocating for the nursery and landscape industries with respect to a bill that proposes to ban the propagation, sale, export […]
Continue reading...December 28, 2023 Tim Waller
New NJDEP Septic Permit for Farms – Public Comment Period is NOW – aggregate volume of sanitary sewage greater than 2,000 gallons per day
Please be aware that the public comment period for the below draft ENDS on January 19th – 2024. If you would like to comment on the proposed draft – please do so before the end of the comment period; contact the NJDEP Ground Water Permitting unit at dwq_groundwater@dep.nj.gov pertaining to the following: Category: GFSD – […]
Continue reading...December 22, 2023 Pat Hastings
EPA Launches New Program to Incentivize the Development of Novel Mosquito Control Products
[US EPA. December 21, 2023]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new program, the Vector Expedited Review Voucher (VERV) Program, to incentivize companies to develop novel or unique mosquito control products to help prevent t… Read More »
Continue reading...December 22, 2023 Pat Hastings
EPA Registers Novel Pesticide Technology for Potato Crops
[US EPA. December 22, 2023]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has registered biopesticide products containing the new active ingredient Ledprona for three years, a timeframe that is consistent with EPA’s approach to other novel biopestic… Read More »
Continue reading...December 21, 2023 Stephen Komar
