December 22, 2025

Farm, Fisher, and Aquaculture Wellness Study

The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences is conducting a study to understand the impact of industry stressors related to the Farm, Fishery and Aquaculture industries.

As a member of the Farm, Fishery and Aquaculture industry, you are being invited to take part in this research. Your participation in the study is completely voluntary. If you agree to take part in this research, you will be asked to respond to survey questions that relate to your knowledge and experience about industry stressors. The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete and no information that can identify you will appear in any professional presentation or publication.

The survey and additional information can be found here: Farm, Fisher, Aquaculture Wellness Study

 

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June 13, 2025

Agritourism Marketing Survey

WVU Extension and other colleagues are trying to understand how we can better help you with your Agritourism Marketing. It will tremendously help us to help you in the future.

Please take a few minutes (at most 5 minutes) to answer the questions here: https://s.uconn.edu/agritourism-marketing

Filed Under: Christmas Trees, Fruit, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: , , ,
December 2, 2024

Does your farm, ranch or ag business host visitors?

Be counted! If your farm, ranch, or agricultural business is open to visitors, please take 5 minutes to complete a short survey from our colleagues at the University of Vermont. The deadline for the survey is Friday, December 13.

Click here to take the survey or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://go.uvm.edu/agt24

The goal of this survey is to understand how many agricultural operations in the U.S. welcome visitors for direct sales and experiences, including pick-your-own, farm stands, tours, overnight farm stays, recreation, etc. This information will be used to inform future programs and support.

This research study is led by Dr. Lisa Chase, Extension Professor at the University of Vermont and Director of the Vermont Tourism Research Center. If you have questions about the survey, please contact Lisa.Chase@uvm.edu or 802-656-7532. If you have questions about your rights as a participant in a research project, please contact the Research Protections Office at the University of Vermont at 802-656-5040.

 

Filed Under: Christmas Trees, Commercial Ag Updates, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: ,
November 14, 2024

Does your farm, ranch or ag business host visitors?

Be counted! If your farm, ranch, or agricultural business is open to visitors, please take 5 minutes to complete a short survey from our colleagues at the University of Vermont.

Click here to take the survey or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://go.uvm.edu/agt24 

Filed Under: Christmas Trees, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: ,
April 11, 2024

Survey about Farmer Stress

Cultivemos is a Cooperative Extension Regional Cohort and in the Northeast Region we are working diligently to help alleviate stress and burnout in the agricultural industry. To best understand what materials and resources would be most beneficial for industry members we are conducting a survey.

There are not currently a lot of resources in this space in New Jersey, so it is important that NJ is represented in this survey, please take a minute to complete it. You may be entered to win a $50 gift card for completing the survey. Also enclosed is a fact sheet about managing stress and burnout.

For more information and to participate, enter one of the anonymous links below:

https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d3Tc5nofBzLZf2S or https://bit.ly/Cultivemos

Filed Under: Christmas Trees, Commercial Ag Updates, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops Tagged With: , ,
June 8, 2023

2023 Spotted Lanternfly Tracking Survey

Rutgers NJAES Wine Grape Extension, in association with Penn State Extension Grape and Wine Team, is calling on those who own, operate, or manage a farm or vineyard in the New Jersey region to participate in a survey that aims to track the spread and severity of nymph and adult spotted lanternfly populations during the 2023 season. The data collected will provide insights into the distribution patterns of both nymph and adult SLF within and outside vineyards, enabling growers and researchers to better understand this invasive pest’s potential impact on agriculture in the Mid-Atlantic region. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Christmas Trees, Cranberry, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: , ,