2011 Issues
IN THIS ISSUE: A Word from Your Guest Editor; Beekeeping for Beginners – Virtual Webinar Series; Farm Food Safety (GAP) Workshops; 2011 Mid-Atlantic Convention Set for Feb 1-3; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: A Word from Your Guest Editor; Quote for the Month; Tomato Tar; SCRI High Tunnel Planning Project; Changes in the Law for Produce Growers and Farm Marketers: Things You Need to Know!; Local Food Showcase, A Grower/Buyer Event; Growing Edible Ginger in a Pennsylvania High Tunnel; Keeping Fresh Produce Safe Using Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) - Farm Food Safety Workshops; ABSs of Beekeeping Begins Making 30 New Beekeepers; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: A Word from Your Guest Editor; Quote for the Month; Mistaken Identity Impacts PA Greenhouse Tomato Grower; Use of Plasticulture for the Production of Melons; Updated Pesticide Regulations; SCRI High Tunnel Berry Survey Online until April 1st; Strawberry Winter Webinar Series; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: Cyclamen Mites on Strawberries; A Few More Berry Pesticides; Sandea for Blueberries; Produce Safety Alliance Recruits Members for Working Committees, Launches Website; Moveable High Tunnel Workshop; Heat Units for Scheduling Plantings of Vegetable Crops; Claims Process for Women and Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers; For the Bay: Chesapeake Nutrient Imbalance Must be Addressed; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: Soil Compaction Risk Greater with Wet Soils; Summary of Governor’s Proposed Budget Impacts on the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences; New Crop Opportunity; Pestwatch 2011; Movable High Tunnel at Horticulture Research Farm; Sandea for Blueberries Follow-up/Correction; That’s a Berry Good Question!!!; Sign-up for NRCS Funding Program for Organic Underway; Lowering Soil pH; New Miticide for Vegetable Growers; Endosulfan Label Information for 2011; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: New Project Underway Demonstrating Biodegradable Mulch Across the State; Announcing a New Vegetable and Small Fruit Information Resource for 2011!; Angular Leaf Spot on Strawberries; Effect of Transplant Age on Yield; Monitoring Efforts for Spotted Wing Drosophila in Strawberries in PA; Cover-Crop Seeder Pulls Triple Duty for Small Farms; Southern Tier Commercial Berry Growers Workshop; Penn State Researchers Develop Stink Bug Monitoring Tool; That’s a Berry Good Question!!!; National Value-Added Agriculture Conference, June 26-28, Pittsburg, PA; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: Job Opportunity: Penn State Extension Educator; No-till, No-herbicide Planting of Early Vegetable Crops into Winter-killed, Low Residue Cover Crops; New Native Pollinator Video Now Available on YouTube; High Tunnel Management Strategies; 1-800 Number Kicks Off Growing Season; Stink Bug Damage to Corn
IN THIS ISSUE: Temperatures, Pesticides, and Phytotoxicity; Growing Garlic; Got Sweet Corn Worms... Down Mildew... Late Blight?; 2011 Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference, Call for Workshop Presenters; The Year from Where for Berry Crops; Request for Input to Improve Common Acreage Reporting Process; New Fruit Pest Found in Pennsylvania; Spotted Wing Drosophila Management Guidelines for Berry Crops; Seeding the Future Conference; Plant Responses as a Result of the Heat Wave
IN THIS ISSUE: Washing Pesticide Contaminated Clothing; High Tunnels in Philadelphia; Blueberry IPM Training at Adams County Winter, Adams County, PA; Professional Development Webinars on Berry Crops; Spotted Wing Drosophila - More You Should Know; Organic Research Extension Associate Job Announcement; eOrganic: On-line Resource for the Organic Community; Southern Tier (NY) Commercial Berry Growers Workshop; Upcoming Meetings
How Healthy is Your Soil? Cornell Soil Testing Program Can Tell You; Flood Waters and Fields; Winterizing Your Drip Irrigation System; Lecturer Contract Position in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems; Spotted Wing Drosophila Attacking Fruit Crops in Pennsylvania and Surrounding States; Penn State Stink Bug Monitoring Tool Expands Nationwide; Recent Disasters Show Need for Emergency Readiness on Farms; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: Biological Control of European Corn Borer in Peppers; Garlic Growers Alert: Stem/Bloat Nematode; Growth Cracks and Secondary Growth on Potatoes; Postemergence Herbicide Applications; Frequently Asked Questions about Timber Rot on Tomato; Beginning Farmers: Help Us, Help You!; Upcoming Meetings
IN THIS ISSUE: The Potato – A Virtual Powerhouse; Biofumigation; Vegetable Transplants; Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrate Testing for Managing Nitrogen; Spotted Wing Drosophila – What We Learned in 2011
