The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection coordinated workshops in the past two weeks to assist farmers with Agricultural Water Certifications/Registrations who needed 5-year renewals. Those farmers with certifications expiring in 2023 were invited by NJDEP to attend the scheduled workshops. NJDEP Staff visited the 4 counties: Gloucester, Salem, Burlington, and Cumberland to complete renewals […]
Continue reading...March 2, 2023 Michelle Infante-Casella
NJDEP Bureau of Water Allocation and Well Permitting Workshops Held
March 2, 2023 Dave Schmitt
Early Season Tree Fruit Pest Control for 2023
Dormant season oil sprays Dormant season copper sprays Dormant season urea sprays
Continue reading...March 2, 2023 Pat Hastings
Resources for Attendees of 2023 Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting
Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting 2023 Private Applicator Resource Guide Read More »
Continue reading...February 24, 2023 Wes Kline
Last Two Food Safety Trainings Until Fall
March 1, 2023: Advanced Audits Online Training from 9:00-12:00 This online program offers growers a deeper dive into audit standards and on-farm food safety issues they face on their farms. Current hot topics in food safety will be discussed as well as how to foster a food safety culture on your farm, updates to the […]
Continue reading...February 24, 2023 Melissa Bravo
December Prices Received by Farmers Data
The ‘December Prices Received by Farmers’ section of the USDA NASS Agriculture Prices publication contains useful price-margins-costs of production forecasting information for producers. The report highlights prices received by farmers for principal crops, livestock and livestock products; indexes of prices received by farmers; feed price ratios; indexes of prices paid by farmers; and parity prices. […]
Continue reading...February 23, 2023 Andy Wyenandt
‘Fields of Devotion’ screening in New Brunswick, 2-4pm on March 3rd
When climate change-induced diseases wipe out farmers’ fields, growers turn to scientists for help. Fields of Devotion, a 30-minute science-in-action film, follows the decade-long partnership between Rutgers plant biologists, the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), and New Jersey small family farmers as they work together to develop resilient basil crops. A story of hard work, […]
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