The Northeast SARE (USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program) makes grants available to farmers and partnerships to test your ideas. Lists of previous years’ Farmer and Partnership grant awards provide you an idea of the projects they have funded. [Read more…]
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July 14, 2014 Lawrence Coia and Daniel Ward
Cluster Thinning Effects on Cabernet Sauvignon and C. Franc Yield and Wine Quality
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Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc can produce excellent wine grapes and wine in New Jersey, but the effect of cluster thinning on optimal yields has not been established. This study suggests that high quality grapes and wines can be made from these varieties under various climatic conditions and without the necessity of economically unsustainably low yields that can result from cluster thinning.
Grant support: USDA NESARE and from Coia Vineyards, the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association, and Rutgers NJAES.
April 11, 2014 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Pepper Weevil Situation for 2014
Sign up for pepper weevil monitoring with the Rutgers IPM Team. Our base fee is $450 per farm and $100 per trap deployed. If we are already doing insect trapping or field scouting at a farm, then the only additional cost is for the weevil pheromone traps. We suggest that one trap be set in a high traffic area near the packing shed and then at least one trap per field.
For more information or to sign up for weevil monitoring, contact Joe Ingerson-Mahar, phone – 856-889-5718, or email, mahar@aesop.rutgers.edu
For the past two years we have had two NE-SARE grants and a grant from the Charles and Lena Maier Fund, New Jersey Vegetable Growers Association, to study the movement of pepper weevil within New Jersey and how it arrives here. This article summarizes our findings and what the situation is for 2014. [Read more…]
October 31, 2013 Wes Kline
Marketing for Profit: Tools for Success
This webinar series for farmers and educators is supported by USDA NE SARE and runs November 2013 through February 2014.
Designed with the assistance of regional and national marketing experts to provide critical marketing insights for farmers and farm markets throughout the northeast, the webinars are free, approximately an hour and a half long, and easy to access with a basic internet connection. This winter, 6 webinars will be held and interested participants are encouraged to register.
For more information and to register go to:
http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com/ work-shop-programs/online-marketing-for-profit-course.html?massmail=122
Sponsors: The Farmers Market Federation of NY and the NY Farm Viability Institute in partnership with USDA Northeast SARE
