Thursday March 23, 2023 12-1pm Eastern Time Rutgers Cooperative Extension is partnering on a regional project with other New England Land Grant Universities to offer webinars related to agritourism in the northeast. Join our speakers for Incorporating Classes into Your Agritourism Business, where they will share their experiences with offering, hosting, and teaching classes. As […]
Continue reading...March 21, 2023 Michelle Infante-Casella
Webinar: Incorporating Classes into Your Agritourism Business
March 21, 2023 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for March 22, 2023
Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree fruit phenology is advanced based on historical observations. In southern counties some early blooming varieties are 5-10% bloom. Redhaven was at bud swell on March 9, about 3 weeks earlier than the median observation date. Red Delicious was at silver tip on March 9, about 12 days earlier than the median […]
Continue reading...March 15, 2023 Pat Hastings
In-Person Pesticide Exams for April
The Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education has scheduled multiple opportunities to take pesticide exams before the growing season (excerpted & linked below) at the Pesticide Applicator Certification Exam Registration (PACER) webpage at… Read More »
Continue reading...March 14, 2023 Tim Waller
Updated 2023 Pest Scouting Guides are up – Getting prepared for the season ahead
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 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 […]
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