This fall the Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Team is rolling out two brand new classes as part of our From the Ground Up initiative to support new farmers and all small-medium size farms. Our goal in creating these two complementary programs is to give farmers the power to achieve success in food safety and business. […]
Continue reading...August 14, 2023 Dave Schmitt and Kaitlin Quinn
Tree Fruit IPM Report for August 14, 2023
Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: A biofix point for OFM was set on 4/10 in both northern and southern counties. All timings for OFM have past. Additional treatments are only necessary if trap captures exceed 6 adults/trap: Brown Rot: Brown rot is now appearing in ripening fruit in all regions. Most rotting fruit is the result […]
Continue reading...August 13, 2023 Pat Hastings
Private Applicators: NJDEP August Mailing of 2024 Invoices & Recertification Credit Status
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has mailed out pesticide license credit status to applicator, operator, and dealer mailing addresses of record. If you have not received your notice please review “NJDEP Pesticide Licensing &#… Read More »
Continue reading...August 11, 2023 Wes Kline and Andy Wyenandt
Agri-Technology and Vegetable Research Twilight Meeting
Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC) 121 Northville Road, Room 146. Bridgeton, NJ 08302 Wednesday August 16, 2023 5 PM until dark This meeting is free with no registration required. Refreshments and ice cream will be served. This year’s twilight meeting at RAREC will showcase new agricultural technologies including the newly installed agrivoltaics system […]
Continue reading...August 10, 2023 Kris Holmstrom
Corn Earworm Alert 8/11/23
Corn earworm (CEW) activity has increased significantly as of this Tuesday (8/9/23). While some trap numbers (blacklight and pheromone) in the northern counties are not excessively high, there have been much higher counts almost everywhere, with a number of very high trap catches. The number of pheromone traps reporting since the beginning of the week […]
Continue reading...August 9, 2023 Kris Holmstrom
Vegetable IPM Update 8/09/23
Sweet Corn Fall armyworm (FAW) infestations in whorl stage plantings are increasingly reaching threshold levels, and although they are not found in every field, FAW damage is in all corn growing areas at this time. In scouted fields, some infestations in whorl corn are in excess of 20%, and are likely much higher in the […]
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