Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: A biofix point for OFM was set on 4/10 in both northern and southern counties. All timings for first generation OFM have past. Third generation timings are updated below: OFM 2nd Generation Timing Insecticide Type County/Region Degree Days by 6/30 base 45 Conventional 2100-2200 2350-2450 Diamide 2025-2150 2375-2450 Gloucester – Southern […]
Continue reading...June 29, 2023 Michael Westendorf
Fourth of July Cookout Costs
According to the American Farm Bureau a Fourth of July Cookout will cost $67.73 for a party of 10, down 3% from last year’s record high. Cookout favorites include cheeseburgers, chicken breasts, pork chops, homemade potato salad, strawberries and ice cream, among other products. For more information: please see AFBF Fourth of July Cookouts. As […]
Continue reading...June 28, 2023 Kris Holmstrom
Vegetable IPM Update 6/28/23
Sweet Corn Low numbers of European corn borer (ECB) moth activity has declined to very low levels in areas where blacklight traps are operating in the northern and central counties. Feeding in whorl and pre-tassel stage corn has increased only slightly over the past week, with many plantings exhibiting no ECB injury at all. […]
Continue reading...June 28, 2023 Michael Westendorf
Manure/Methane Digester Ponzi Scheme
This comes from the “You can’t make this stuff up” category. A man in California duped investors out of 8.75 million dollars by claiming to build anaerobic digesters for producing methane from manure on dairy farms in California and Idaho. This was a classic “Ponzi” scheme complete with pictures and tours of existing digesters, phony […]
Continue reading...June 23, 2023 Dave Schmitt and Kaitlin Quinn
Rutgers Tree Fruit IPM Report for June 23, 2023
Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: A biofix point for OFM was set on 4/10 in both northern and southern counties. All timings for first generation OFM have past. Second generation timings are updated below: OFM 2nd Generation Timing Insecticide Type County/Region Degree Days by 6/23 base 45 Conventional 1150-1200 1350-1450 Diamide 1075-1150 1375-1450 Gloucester – Southern […]
Continue reading...June 22, 2023 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Sparganothis Fruitworm Degree-Day Update: As of June 22, 2023
Based on our degree-day (DD) model for Sparganothis fruitworm, peak flight is expected at around 884 DD (see chart). As of June 22, Sparganothis fruitworm has accumulated 827 DD (using April 15 as biofix; a biofix more realistic to New Jersey practices). Based on the April 15 biofix, egg laying should have been initiated. However, […]
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