By Jim Murphy Recent rains have stimulated more crabgrass to emerge. This will probably continue through the end of the month. If applied preemergence herbicides, especially early in the spring, you may start to see “breakthrough”. If have decided to control crabgrass postemergence (manually or with postemergence herbicides), you should scout for emerging plants after… Source: Read […]
Continue reading...July 17, 2012 Administrator
Small Fruit IPM Report July 17, 2012
-Dean Polk, Fruit IPM Agent and David Schmitt, Eugene Rizio and Atanas Atanassov, Program Associates, Tree Fruit IPM Grape Blueberry
Continue reading...July 13, 2012 Administrator
NJ IR-4 A Call for Project Submissions
The IR-4 Project is “a cooperative program of the USDA and the SAES, with the principle goal of developing data to support and to expedite regulatory clearances of newer, reduced risk pest control products for specialty crop growers.” More information on the IR-4 Project can be found at http://ir4.rutgers.edu. As the IR-4 liaison for the state of New Jersey, my main […]
Continue reading...July 13, 2012 Administrator
Vegetable IPM July 13, 2012
-Kristian Holmstrom Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adult catches have begun to increase again in some parts of the state. This is an indication that the second flight is starting. The most consistent catches at this time are in Salem and Cumberland counties, although low level catches are also being recorded in Morris and […]
Continue reading...July 10, 2012 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 7-10-12
Potato Report 7-10-12 Welcome to the new potato report for 2012! As always, we will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. Remember the threshold for P-days is 300! Once 300 P-days is reached for your location early blight fungicide applications should be initiated.
Continue reading...July 2, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Compliance Documentation – Storage and Transport Logs
Part 8 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan – Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline The USDA Good Agricultural Practices audit requires that certain activities on the farm be documented. These logs should accurately reflect what you have done on the farm to ensure food safety. If you do not write your activities down the […]
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