The New Jersey Farmer Archives
Jamieson returns to ‘the dark side’
SPARTA TOWNSHIP — Kimberly Maxwell Jamieson is on her third career and this is the one she has always wanted.Jamieson operates Pineapple Hill Farm.Her previous careers were quite different. She worked for a computer company and raised two children...
VanVranken encourages awareness
ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic County Rutgers Agricultural Extension Service Agent Rick VanVranken spoke at length about marketing social responsibility here on Feb. 5 at the annual Vegetable Growers’ Association of New Jersey annual convention and trade...
Durner discusses supplemental lighting with strawberries
HERSHEY, Pa. — During the recent Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, Dr. Edward F. Durner, of Rutgers University, related his experiments with supplemental field lighting.Using Albion strawberry plants this past season, he evaluated his...
Company would use bees as agents to deliver bio-control products to plants
ATLANTIC CITY — Bees already do quite a bit for farmers who need pollination assistance in their crop production.But a Canadian company showcased at the recent Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey Convention and Trade Show is getting bees to...
Rutgers facility advocates for value-added production
ATLANTIC CITY — Nolen Lewin, of the Rutgers Food Innovation Centers, advocated for farmers to consider value added production of their crops and how the centers can help turn an idea into reality. Lewin spoke at the New Jersey Agricultural Convention...
Hall examines green industry’s economic state
LINTHICUM, Md. — Dr. Charles Hall, professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University and holder of the Ellison Chair in International Floriculture, was the keynote speaker for the first day of Chesapeake Green 2020,...
Fair Oaks’ owner discusses welfare, industry’s future
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Sue McCloskey, co-owner of Fair Oaks Farms, presented “Fairlife: Sparking the Fire for Innovation” at the Dairy Summit on Feb. 5.Although she had no background in dairying prior to her dairy farms, McCloskey said, “I’ve always...
Pesticides are business decisions (Editorial)
In a recent ruling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the widely used herbicide glyphosate was again confirmed as safe to use and not a carcinogen.Meanwhile, more than 40,000 claims have been filed in court against Bayer, the manufacturer...
Where does agriculture fit in? (Off the Secretary’s Desk)
(Editor’s note: Douglas Fisher is the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture.)Every day we hear messaging about some aspect of our inhabiting a world that is constantly grappling with the natural environment and the effects that humanity has made to it....
Meat consumption depends on trends, market (Animal Science Update)
(Editor’s note: Micheal Westendorf is with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University.) United States per capita consumption of beef and pork averaged 56.8 and 49.7 pounds, respectively in 2017 (Unless otherwise noted,...
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