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…]
October 13, 2022 Rick VanVranken
NJ BPU Asking for Participation in Broadband Access Study Commission Survey
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS FROM THE NJ DEPT OF AGRICULTURE ON BEHALF OF NJ SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE DOUGLAS FISHER
The New Jersey Bureau of Public Utilities (BPU), in accordance with the New Jersey Broadband Access Study Commission – established by the state of New Jersey Legislature this past March, has engaged ECC Technologies, Inc., to complete a comprehensive broadband focused project in New Jersey. Among other things, the project addresses broadband infrastructure and service, and includes a survey to identify broadband availability.
We especially encourage state agricultural producers to participate in this project.
Read the full press release at https://bit.ly/3VlwvcU.
Find the survey at www.broadband-nj.com.
August 1, 2022 William Errickson
Green Industry Native Plant Survey
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth, Cumberland, and Middlesex County have developed a brief needs assessment survey to gain a better understanding of the educational materials and technical resources that are needed in the nursery and landscape industries to help promote the production and marketability of native plants.
If you operate a nursery, greenhouse, or landscape business in NJ and grow native plants (or have an interest in starting to grow native plants), please fill out this 5-minute online survey to help Rutgers Cooperative Extension develop resources and programs to support our green industries.
Survey Link: https://go.rutgers.edu/ojkdrelv
Or scan the QR code below to access the survey:
For more information contact Bill Errickson, Agriculture Agent RCE of Monmouth County: william.errickson@njaes.rutgers.edu 732-431-7260
Printable Flyer: RCE Native Plant Survey Flyer
October 29, 2021 Nick Polanin
NASS’ 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey
Check your mailboxes, Northeastern Region producers – the 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey is in the mail. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is surveying producers to collect information on the total planted and harvested area, yield, production, and value of hemp in the United States. Data is collected for hemp grown in the open and hemp grown under protection. This first hemp survey was sent to 2,400 potential hemp producers in the Northeastern Region.
This survey will set the benchmark for hemp acreage and production to assist regulatory agencies, producers, state governments, processors, and other key industry entities. Your response is important!
Online response is fast and secure. You may complete your form at agcounts.usda.gov. All you need is your unique survey code located on the front of the questionnaire mailed to you to complete your survey online. You may also complete and return your survey by mail using the return envelope provided.
If you received the survey and you are not an active hemp producer, answering a few simple questions at the beginning of this survey will ensure that you will not receive any further NASS communications about hemp.
USDA, NASS – Northeastern Regional Field Office
4050 Crums Mill Rd., Suite 203 * Harrisburg, PA 17112
Phone – 717-787-3904 * eFax – 1-855-270-2719
nassrfoner@usda.gov
Bruce Eklund, REE-NASS, Trenton, NJ bruce.eklund@usda.gov
August 4, 2021 Tim Waller
Nursery – Pest Scouting Guide for August – Reminders – Need a few more nurseries for Phytophthora sampling
NURSERY PEST SCOUTING GUIDE – August (1300-2200 GDD50)
Please download and print the pest scouting guide resource (printable version of the information below for your desk or truck) –(click on the link and then print):
- Pest Scouting Guide August 2021 (1600-300 GDD50 )
- To determine your local growing degree-days, please review this post “Obtaining your local growing degree-day information”
| Projected GDD50 accumulation as of 8/4/2021 | ||||||
| Region | Location | 1-Aug | 1-Sep | 1-Oct | 1-Nov | – |
| Southern | Upper Deerfield (NJ50) | 2145 | 2931 | 3477 | 3682 | – |
| Central | Howell / Freehold (NJ10) | 1896 | 2630 | 3109 | 3249 | – |
| Northern | High Point (NJ59) | 1490 | 2045 | 2352 | 2384 | – |
| Forecast: NOAA NCEP Coupled Forecast System model version 2 (CFSv2) forecast system (3.5 months) (USPEST.ORG) | ||||||
(Same material as downloads)
| Pest Scouting – Growing Degree-day Ranges | (1600-3000 GDD50) | |||||
| CROP TYPE | Common Name | Scientific Name | GDD Min (50F) | GDD Max (95F) | Reference | Developmental / Target Stage |
| Many | Redheaded flea beetle | Systena frontalis | 1570 | 1860 | Udel. | 2nd generation egg hatch |
| Many | Two-banded Japanese weevil | Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus | 1644 | 2271 | RU | Adults |
| Willow | Willow twig aphids | Lachnus spp. | 1644 | 2271 | 5 | Typical treatment window |
| Conifer | Juniper webworm | Dichomeris marginella | 1645 | 1917 | RU | Larvae Treatment |
| Euonymus | Euonymus Scale | Unaspis euonymil | 1700 | – | RU | Prophylactic 2nd generation treatments |
| Conifer | Cryptomeria scale | Aspidiotus cryptomeriae | 1750 | 2130 | RU, 4 | Crawlers emerge (2nd generation) |
| Many | Obscure scale | Melanaspis obscura | 1774 | – | 6 | Egg hatch / crawler |
| Oaks | Oak skeletonizer | Bucculatrix ainsliella | 1798 | 2155 | RU | Larvae |
| Conifer | Arborvitae leafminer | Argyresthia thuiella | 1800 | 2200 | RU | Larvae Treatment (3rd generation) |
| Mimosa, Honeylocust | Mimosa webworm | Homadaula anisocentra | 1800 | 2100 | RU | Larvae (2nd generation) |
| Conifer | Cooley spruce gall adelgid | Adelges cooleyi | 1850 | 1950 | RU | Galls open (Spruce) |
| Many | Redheaded flea beetle | Systena frontalis | 1878 | 2318 | Udel. | 2nd generation Adults feeding |
| Turf | Hairy chinch bug | Blissus leucopterus | 1903 | 2160 | RU | Second generation- 50%- 2nd instars |
| Tulip | Tuliptree aphid | Illinoia liriodendri | 1917 | 2033 | RU | Nymphs |
| Conifer | Zimmerman pine moth | Dioryctria zimmermani | 1917 | 2154 | 5 | Treatment window (adult flight-1700 GDD) |
| Mainly Oaks | Orangestriped oakworm | Anisota senatoria | 1917 | – | 6 | Egg hatch – early instars |
| Conifer | White pine aphid | Cinara strobi | 1991 | 2271 | RU | Adults |
| Rhododendron | Azalea whitefly | Pealius azaleae | 2032 | 2150 | 5 | Adults/nymphs (3rd generation) |
| Maple | Sugar maple borer | Glycobius speciosus | 2032 | 2375 | 5 | Typical treatment window |
| Conifer | Maskell scale | lepidosaphes pallia | 2035 | – | 6 | Egg hatch / crawler (2nd generation) |
| Mainly Tulip | Tulip tree scale | Toumeyella liriodendri | 2037 | 2629 | RU | Crawlers (1st generation) |
| Mainly Magnolia | Magnolia scale | Neolecanium cornuparvum | 2155 | 2800 | RU | Crawlers (1st generation) |
| Euonymus | Euonymus Scale | Unaspis euonymil | 2235 | – | 6 | Egg hatch / crawler (2nd generation) |
| Locust | Locust borer | Magacyllene robiniae | 2271 | 2805 | 5 | Typical treatment window |
| Poplar and Willow | Poplar and willow borer | Crytorhynchus lapathi | 2271 | 2806 | 5 | Typical treatment window |
| Conifer | Spruce spider mite | Oligonychus ununguis | 2375 | 2806 | 5 | Typical treatment window – fall activity |
| Many | Southern red mite | Oligonychus ilicis | 2500 | 2700 | 5 | Typical treatment window |
| Maple | Japanese maple scale | Lopholeucaspis japonica | 2508 | – | 6 | Egg hatch / crawler (2nd generation) |
| Yew, many conifers | Fletcher Scale (Yew) | Parthenolecanium fletcheri | 2515 | 2800 | RU | Fall control of overwintering stage |
| Conifer | Elongate hemlock scale | Fiorinia externa | 2515 | 2625 | RU | Typical treatment window – fall activity |
| Hardwoods | Fall webworm | Hyphantria cunea | 2793 | – | 6 | Egg hatch / crawler (2nd generation) |
| Conifer | Cooley spruce gall adelgid | Adelges cooleyi | 2800 | 3000 | 3 | Fall control of overwintering stage |
| Conifer | Eastern spruce gall adelgid | Adelges abietis | 2800 | 3000 | 3 | Fall control of overwintering stage |
| Note: Growing degree-day values utilize daily average air temperatures with a minimum temperature threshold (a.k.a. ‘base’) of 50F = GDD50 (max. temp. threshold set at 95F). These values are accumulated from a biofix date, such as January or March 1st in the NE USA. Provided GDD50 are scouting ranges and should be truthed. | References | RU | Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Landscape IPM Notes | |||
| 2 | http://ccetompkins.org/resources/using-growing-degree-days-for-insect-management | |||||
| 3 | https://extension.psu.edu/ipm-basics-for-christmas-trees#section-2 | |||||
| 4 | https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/agriculture/christmas_trees/gdd_of_conifer_insects | |||||
| 5 | https://www.agriculture.nh.gov/publications-forms/documents/landscape-pests.pdf | |||||
| Daily GDD50 = (Max + Min temp.) / 2 – 50 (min temp. threshold) | 6 | https://extension.umd.edu/ipm/pest-predictive-calendar-landscapenursery | ||||
| 7 | https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/agriculture/christmas_trees/gdd_of_landscape_insects | |||||
| Unv. Del. | Coorespondance with Dr. Kunkel (University of Delaware)-evolving GDD ranges | |||||
| Compiled 8-04-2021 – Timothy J. Waller, Ph.D. – Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Cumberland County Nursery Crops – twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu | ||||||
Redheaded flea beetle considerations:
Adults should be surfacing any day in the southern regions of the state. However, in two sentinel plot locations I have yet to see second generation adults as of 8/3/2021.
Contact materials aimed at managing developing larvae (especially growth regulators) may be particularly useful at this time. Contact materials or fast acting systemics should be used to target adults in the next few days to weeks. The use of long lasting systemics should also be considered to protect foliage from the next generations adults (if a third generation occurs) and again late season to guard from first generation adults in the 2022 spring season.
These GDD estimates and corresponding calendars are evolving as we continue to learn more about this pest. If you have high populations please contact Tim Waller so we can continue to adapt our recommendations in NJ. Email: twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu
SURVEY REQUESTS
WE NEED A FEW MORE FARMS!! Please answer a few questions if you would like to be included in a statewide Phytophthora in Conifer Nurseries sampling project
Contact – Timothy J. Waller – twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu for more information
June 17, 2021 Hemant Gohil
Spotted Lantern Fly (SLF) in the NJ Vineyards – Survey
Dear Vineyard operator,
Rutgers Cooperative Extension in collaboration with NJ Center for Wine Research and Education (NJCWRE) is seeking your response regarding Spotted Lantern Fly (SLF) infestation and losses in your vineyard in previous years. Your responses are critical to understanding the distribution and impact of this invasive pest in New Jersey. If you are unfamiliar with the spotted lanternfly or want to learn more about it, click here (https://njaes.rutgers.edu/spotted-lanternfly/). Please use the below link to fill out your responses.
The Survey Link: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0OCjMZlaqXrOd6u
