(TRENTON) – With the state expected to experience colder spring temperatures, the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed with NJ Dept of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher’s request to allow farmers to do controlled open burning or use specialized torches known as smudge pots to protect crops from damage beginning Friday, April 7, through Friday, April […]
Continue reading...April 10, 2023 Hemant Gohil
NJ Department of Environmental Protection Issues Burn Permit for Frost Protection – Through April 14
April 7, 2023 Hemant Gohil
NJ Department of Agriculture Issues Burn Permit for Frost Protection – Through April 14
(TRENTON) – With the state expected to experience colder spring temperatures, the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed with NJDA Secretary Douglas Fisher’s request to allow farmers to do controlled open burning or use specialized torches known as smudge pots to protect crops from damage beginning today, Friday, April 7, through Friday, April 14. These […]
Continue reading...April 6, 2023 Kris Holmstrom
Allium leaf miner update: 04/06/23
Allium Leaf Miner (ALM) Allium leaf miner feeding and egg laying injury was discovered on chives and garlic near Milford in Hunterdon County on Wednesday. All weather stations on the NEWA network except for a few in the highest elevation sites in northern New Jersey have surpassed 250 growing degree days (GDD) base 39˚F. 39˚F […]
Continue reading...April 6, 2023 Rick VanVranken
NJ Dept of Health Scheduled Training for Farmers Participating in the NJ Farmers Market Nutrition Program
A MESSAGE FROM NJ SECRETARY of AGRICULTURE DOUGLAS FISHER: The New Jersey Department of Health will be hosting three face-to-face and one virtual mandatory training sessions for farmers who participate in the New Jersey Farmers Market Nutrition Program. The three regional trainings, one each in the Northern, Central and Southern sections of the state, will […]
Continue reading...April 6, 2023 Thierry Besancon
Alion herbicide received 24(c) Special Local Need label for use on Highbush Blueberry
Thanks to field research conduct by the Rutgers Specialty crops Weed Science lab and funded by Rutgers NJAES, Bayer CropScience, and the NJ Blueberry and Cranberry Research Council, Alion® herbicide received a FIFRA 24(c) Special Local Need label from the EPA and the NJDEP for use ONLY on dormant highbush blueberry in sandy soils containing […]
Continue reading...April 5, 2023 Matthew Elmore
Weeds of Early Spring
With warmer weather comes plant growth. The most conspicuous plants in the lawn and landscape right now are winter annuals such as hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta), henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum), and chickweeds… Read More »
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