North Jersey Fruit and Vegetable Twilight Meeting II June 7, 2023 4:45 PM – 7:30 PM Terhune Orchards* 330 Cold Soil Road Princeton, NJ 08540 *Park in the main lot and meet in the Winery Tasting Room 4:45 PM Registration/ Light Dinner at the Terhune Orchards Tasting Room The meeting will commence as a […]
Continue reading...June 1, 2023 Michael Westendorf
Getting a Grip on the FDA Antibiotic Rule
(Editor’s note: This article is taken from the June 1st, New Jersey Farmer Animal Science Update column. It is co-authored by Michael L Westendorf PhD, Rutgers University; Jon E Higgins VMD Acorn Farmvets LLC; and Dan Wunderlich, New Jersey Department of Agriculture). You may have heard and are seeking more information about upcoming changes in […]
Continue reading...May 31, 2023 Kris Holmstrom
Vegetable IPM Update 5/30/23
Sweet Corn Due to continued cold night temperatures, European corn borer (ECB) moth captures have been extremely low in northern and central county light traps. Thus far this flight has been weak, and no feeding has been detected on whorl and pre-tassel stage sweet corn as far south as northern Burlington County. An increase in […]
Continue reading...May 30, 2023 Kate Brown
Pasture Walk in Burlington County on Thursday, 6/1
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County invites you to a Spring Pasture Walk to be held at the Burlington County Agricultural Center on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Meet us under the red market barn and we’ll begin our walk through the sheep pastures promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Continue reading...May 27, 2023 Steven K. Rettke
Beware of Cryptomeria Scales on True Firs within Christmas Tree Farms
Armored scales are generally regarded by green industry plant managers as being one of the more difficult insect pests to control. The Cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae ‘Kuwana’) is an armored scale that is notorious for being especially difficult to detect because of the translucent waxy cover. The elongate hemlock scale species resembles this scale, but it […]
Continue reading...May 27, 2023 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Managing Blunt-nosed Leafhoppers in Cranberries – 2023
Blunt-nosed leafhoppers (BNLH) are important pests of cranberries in NJ because they vector a phytoplasma that causes false blossom disease. BNLH has one generation a year. It overwinters as eggs, which begin to hatch in early May. The nymphs will go through five instars in about a month. The adults begin to appear by the […]
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