By Heather Cooper •
The survey is due February 14, 2025. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service(NASS) is conducting the 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties.Growers should receive a “Survey Code” by mail that allows them to fill outthe survey online. This survey is conducted just once every five years and is the only sourceof detailed production […]
By Heather Cooper •
If you are a fresh-market grower of sweet corn, the regional Corn Earworm IPM team would like your input! The CEW IPM team includes entomologists and extension specialists across multiple states and institutions, such as the Northeastern and Southeastern IPM Centers and universities in NJ, NY, DE, MD, NC, VA, and GA. This short survey […]
Rick VanVranken – November 26, 2024 – Plant and Pest Advisory plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/tools-for-calculating-crop-production-costs
By Heather Cooper •
Estimating costs of production for individual crops can be challenging, but an important practice to understand where there might be areas for savings or investment in better inputs. It becomes even more difficult when there are multiple crops grown on a farm. A new online tool is now available to make it easier. Rutgers farm […]
By Heather Cooper •
DOVER, Del. — The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) announced Jan. 3 that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County, Del., has returned presumptive positive for H5 avian influenza. State officials have quarantined the affected premises, and the birds on the property are being depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease. […]
By Heather Cooper •
There are two parts to the water rule (pre-harvest and harvest/post-harvest), and they are handleddifferently which I will review. Agricultural water must be safe and adequate sanitary quality for itsi n tended use. Pre-Harvest WaterThe pre-harvest water (irrigation, spray water, frost protection, fertigation, dust abatement, etc.)requirements for the FSMA/PSR became effective on July 5, 2024, […]