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...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...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 […]
Continue reading...Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for July 25, 2023

This auction sells: lambs, sheep, goats, calves, beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, and all types of heavy fowl. Auctions are held every Tuesday with the first sale beginning at 10:00 am and ending with the last sale at 5:30 pm. Hay, straw, grain, and firewood are also for sale. Hackettstown Livestock Auction Farm Fresh Eggs available […]
Continue reading...Bilingual Labeling: Parts of Pesticide Labels Will be Required to Also Be In Spanish
EPA Seeks Public Comments to Ensure Information on Bilingual (Spanish) Pesticide Labels Reaches the Hands of America’s Farmworkers [Posted to EPA OPP Update August 3, 2023]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comments on h… Read More »
Continue reading...Vegetable IPM Update 8/02/23

Sweet Corn Occurrences of Fall armyworm (FAW) injury are becoming more common, with infestations discovered as far north as Warren County this week. Some infestations in whorl corn are in excess of 20%. It is likely that economic infestations are present in much of southern New Jersey now, and could occur anywhere. Growers are advised […]
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