Northeast
Winter squash for extended sales pursued
Growers with CSAs, sales to schools and institutions, or restaurant customers should consider storing and marketing winter squash. Winter squash include a wide range of types including butternuts and neck pumpkins, acorns, spaghetti squash, buttercup... more »
Small-scale field grown and season extension budgets offered
Enterprise budgets have been made available by Penn State University for several popular vegetable crops grown in the field and in high tunnels. Field-grown Many horticultural crops lend themselves well to small-scale production. These crops... more »
Delayed fruit set and pumpkin development seen in 2020
Some pumpkin fields have seen a delay in fruit set due to high temperatures in late June and July in 2020. When set is delayed until August, the question is will the pumpkin develop and... more »
Late blight seen in Pennsylvania tomatoes; pests still a problem
September in the Northeast region has been dominated by warmer and drier than normal conditions, which has been layered on top of a warmer than average July and August. The hottest summer on record was... more »
Biopesticide startup gets $750K more in NSF funding
Cornell-based startup Ascribe Bioscience, which applies the emerging field of metabolomics to the soil microbiome to develop new products for agriculture, has won a $750,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II... more »
It’s a good time to check vegetables for root knot nematode
As this growing season winds down, and for the next few weeks, it is a good time to examine vegetable roots for root knot nematode (RKN). I would be suspicious of having RKN if my... more »
Reimbursement of certification costs possible for New Jersey organic outlets
New Jersey organic producers and handlers may be eligible for reimbursement of a portion of their organic certification costs under a federal program. Please note that there have been changes to the Cost Share Reimbursement... more »
Hort prof named to federal committee on minority growers
Elsa Sánchez, professor of horticultural systems management in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers. “USDA is excited to announce new... more »
