The updated Pest Scouting Guides are here, and have a few improvements that enable YOU to share what YOU are seeing in the field with RCE. Please click, download, and print these scouting guides for use at your nursery, landscape, or conifer plantation. Once printed you can scan the QR at the top of document […]
Continue reading...March 14, 2023 Tim Waller
Updated 2023 Pest Scouting Guides are up – Getting prepared for the season ahead
March 14, 2023 Thierry Besancon
2023 Weed Control with Residual Herbicides for New Jersey Highbush Blueberry
With T3 stage forecasted for the end of March this year, soil-applied preemergence herbicides should be sprayed before blueberry bud break to minimize the risk of crop injury and allow sufficient time for residual herbicide to be “activated” by rainfall. Soil-applied preemergence herbicides should be applied prior to weed seed germination. If applied to weeds […]
Continue reading...March 13, 2023 Nick Polanin
The 2022 Census of Agriculture – There’s Still Time To Be Counted!
New Jersey farmers still have time to be counted in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Although the deadline for submitting the ag census has just passed, NASS will continue to accept completed census questionnaires through the spring to ensure all farmers and […]
Continue reading...March 13, 2023 Steven K. Rettke
White Pine Weevil: Overwintering Adults Become Active in March & April
Many arborists & landscapers often find it difficult to prevent white pine weevil pests (Pissodes strobi), because they are typically applying fertilizer & dormant oil treatments during the control window. In the state of NJ, the control window against feeding white pine weevil adults occurs in March & April. Adults over-winter in the duff beneath trees. […]
Continue reading...March 10, 2023 Michelle Infante-Casella
2023 Pre-Season Farm Labor Meetings to be Held Soon
Sponsored by NJ Farm Bureau and Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, two opportunities for farmers to learn about seasonal updates for farm labor will take place at two different locations. See below: When: Wednesday, March 22, 7-9pm Where: Cumberland County Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office, 291 Morton Ave., Millville, NJ When: Thursday, March 30, 7-9pm Where: Atlantic County […]
Continue reading...March 9, 2023 Kris Holmstrom
Allium leaf miner update: 03/09/23
Allium Leaf Miner (ALM) Allium leaf miner feeding and egg laying injury was reported on chives in southern Cape May County on Thursday. The West Cape May weather station (closest station) has recorded 295 growing degree days (GDD) base 39˚F as of Thursday. 39˚F is close to the lower developmental temperature (38.3˚ F) which our […]
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