Plant & Pest Advisory

July 20, 2026 Kate Brown and Pete Nitzsche

August Twilight Meeting for Vegetable Growers

Roadside sign for the Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm.

Join us for a Research Twilight Meeting at the picturesque Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm on Wednesday, August 12, 2026! Attendees will gain practical information on management of corn earworm and cucurbit downy mildew paired with timely reminders on resistance management. We will tour the research plots and share updates on the current research […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Organic Production, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: pesticide recertification credits, Twilight Meeting

July 17, 2026 Amanda Quadrel and Maria Cramer

Vegetable IPM Update 7/17/26

Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Read more for the latest pest and disease updates.

Filed Under: Organic Production, vegetable, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: cole crops, Insect management, IPM, sweet corn, tomato

July 16, 2026 Wes Kline, Meredith Melendez, Jennifer Matthews and Kate Brown

Letter from New Jersey Department of Agriculture concerning cyclospora

There have been several reports concerning Cyclospora in the news lately and the NJDA and Rutgers Cooperative Extension wanted to update growers as to the status in New Jersey. Below is a statement from NJDA. Dear New Jersey Residents and Consumers, The New Jersey Department of Agriculture wants to emphasize that no produce coming […]

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock, Food Safety, Fruit, vegetable, Vegetable Crops

July 14, 2026 Janine Spies, Kaitlin Quinn, Carrie Mansue and Katrina DeWitt

Fruit IPM Report Week of 7/6/2026

Apples Disease Management Considerations Hot, humid weather will increase the risk of fruit rots, including white rot, bitter rot, black rot, sooty blotch, and flyspeck. Bitter rot symptoms have been observed in southern and northern NJ counties. There is likely to be significant shoot vigor this growing season if there is little to no […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape Tagged With: apple, Apple Disease, Apple Insect, blueberry, blueberry disease, blueberry insect, blueberry pest management, grape, grape berry moth, Insect management, peach, Peach Disease, Peach Insect, Pear, pear disease, pear insect, pear psylla

July 13, 2026 Michelle Infante-Casella

Fillable Forms Now Requested by NJDEP Pesticide Control for Worker Protection Standards Training

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Pesticide Control Program is asking farmers to now use the fillable rosters for the required Worker Protection Standards training for both the “Handler” and “Worker” categories. Please see the correspondence from NJDEP PCP at the end of this article. The Handler rosters are the only rosters required to […]

Filed Under: Christmas Trees, Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf Tagged With: Handler Training, NJ DEP, Pesticide Control Program, worker protection standards

July 10, 2026 Amanda Quadrel and Maria Cramer