Newsletters
Produce Pages is a monthly newsletter of the Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture program, and is published October through March. It provides readers with information on upcoming meetings, pesticide updates, pest management strategies, cultural practices, marketing ideas and research results from Cornell University and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Produce Pages is only available to enrollees in the Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture program.
Additionally, the Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture program produces multiple seasonal newsletters that are commodity specific. It is more focused on local conditions, crop development, pest activity and control strategies.
Produce Pages is only available to enrollees in the Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture program.
Additionally, the Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture program produces multiple seasonal newsletters that are commodity specific. It is more focused on local conditions, crop development, pest activity and control strategies.
Archived Weekly Veg Updates
2020 Weekly Veg Updates
September 16, 2020 (PDF; 1083KB)
In this issue:
- Allium Grower Alert—Fall Allium Leafminer Has Begun!
- Pre-Planting Garlic Considerations
- Review of Harvesting and Curing Sweet Potatoes
- Celery Anthracnose: The Leaf Curl Disease
- When to Stop Spraying Cucurbits
- Irish Potato Harvest
- PSA Grower Training
- Design Your Own Succession Plan
- Corn Trap Counts
September 2, 2020 (PDF; 1087KB)
In this issue:
- Preparing for the Fall Flight of Allium Leafminer
- Now May Be the Time to Adjust High Tunnel Soil pH
- Harvesting Sweet and Irish Potatoes for Storage
- Maybe It's Time to Plant the Garlic Earlier
- COVID-19 Testing on Your Farm or Packing Shed—Why It Is Important
- Developing a Great Farm Website
- Design Your Succession Plan
- Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Winter Squash and Pumpkins
- Post-Harvest Handling of Small-Scale Storage Onion Crops
- Timing Onion Sprout Inhibitor Application and Managing Black Mold
- Maintaining Brussels Sprouts Quality Through the Fall Season
- Managing Basil Downy Mildew
- USDA CFAP Payments are Now Available for Cut Flowers, Nursery Crops, and Microgreens
- 2020 Haikus
- Events, Updates, Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- 2020 CSA Outlook in Eastern NY
- Field Observations: Stink Bugs, Gold Fleck
- Field Observations: Spider Mites, Cucurbit Powdery and Downy Mildew
- Tobacco Mosaic Virus
- 2020 Leek Trial Evaluations Have Begun with Summer Varieties
- Apply for CFAP ASAP!
- Preparing for Onboarding Harvest Employees in the Context of COVID-19
- Farm Credit East—Blueprint Grant: Strengthening Farm and Food Business Viability
- Events, Updates, Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Two-Spotted Spider Mites and Other Pests
- European Corn Borer
- The Heat is On!
- Western Bean Cutworm: Implications for Sweet Corn Growers in ENY
- Powdery Mildew of Cucurbits: Time to Start Applying Controls
- Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update and Report
- Protect Yourself from the Sun
- Beat the Heat!
- CFAP for Fruit and Vegetable Farms (as of July 2020)
- Events & Updates
- Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Early Season Brassica Caterpillars
- What's That Spot On My Onions?
- The Root of the Problem
- Cucurbit Downy Mildew Confirmed in Western NY
- Reminder on Calculating Fertigation Rates for Plastic Mulches
- Midsummer Feeding
- Considerations for Timing the Garlic Harvest
- Show Me the COVID-19 Money—PPP is Back!
- Upcoming Events
- Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Irrigation Considerations Using Drip During This Dry, Hot Weather
- High Tunnel Tomato Nutrient Management
- Onion Fungicides for Managing Stemphylium Leaf Blight
- What is NourishNY?
- Leafhoppers—Check Your Potatoes and Beans!
- Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Angular Leaf Spot: A Perennial Problem of Cucurbits
- Managing Cucurbit Powdery Mildew
- Colorado Potato Beetle Management
- Managing Onion Thrips in 2020
- Slugs and Snails Attacking Various Crops
- The COVID-19 Corner
- Food Safety News
- Webinar Series Alert
- Updates & Events
- Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Transplant Stress
- Heat Necrosis in Transplants on Black Mulch
- Be On the Lookout for Cucumber Beetles!
- Spinach Leafminer on Beets and Chard
- Post-Emergent Sweet Corn Herbicides
- Environmental Causes of Tip Burn on Transplants
- How to Take a Photo for Crop Diagnostics
- Show Me the (COVID-19) Money! CFAP for NYS Fruit and Vegetable Farms
- Events & Updates
In this issue:
- Bacterial Diseases in Field Tomatoes
- Weed Control Between Plastic Mulches
- Transplants—Understanding the Differences in Rooting and Plant Survival in a Cold Spring
- Show Me the (COVID-19) Money!
- COVID-19: Farm Leadership Must Persevere to Victory
- Manure Application Considerations for Produce Safety
- Events & Updates
In this issue:
- Early Season Garlic Fertility
- Starter Solution Fertilizers at Transplanting
- Tips for Starting Quality Brassica Transplants
- Another Yo-yo Start
- 2020 Allowances for Respirator Fit Testing
- Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Fact Sheet #4
- Upcoming Events & Announcements
In this issue:
- Early Season Garlic Fertility
- Starter Solution Fertilizers at Transplanting
- Tips for Starting Quality Brassica Transplants
- Another Yo-yo Start
- 2020 Allowances for Respirator Fit Testing
- Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Fact Sheet #4
- Upcoming Events & Announcements
In this issue:
- ALM in the Hudson Valley
- Cleaning & Sanitizing
- EPA List N Sanitizers
- Spear Damage in Asparagus
- Asparagus Updates
- Paycheck Protection Program
- Marks on Your Garlic
- Upcoming Events & Announcements
2019 Weekly Veg Updates
September 19, 2019 (PDF; 3119KB)
In this issue:
- Preparing High Tunnels for Overwintered Spinach
- Fall Brood of Allium Leafminer is Out in Full Force!
- Tips for Harvesting and Curing Sweet Potatoes
- Harvest and Post-Harvest Handling for Fall Vegetables
- Harvesting Irish Potatoes for Storage
- Field Highlight
- Pre-Planting Garlic Considerations
- "Farm Focused" Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
- ALM IPM Meeting
- Farm Management Decision Aids/Upcoming Events
- Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Field Highlights
- Late Summer Brassica Scouting Report
- Organic and Conventional Management of Cercospora in Beets
- Preparing for the Fall Flight of Allium Leafminer
- Corn Earworm Moths
- How Do I Know When Winter Squash are Mature?
- Clarification on Ag Labor Housing
- Keeping Yourself Safe from Severe Weather
- Corn Trap Counts
In this issue:
- Cucurbit Downy Mildew Confirmed in Orange County, NY
- Corn Trap Counts
- Sweet Corn Pest Update
- Curious Caterpillar Pests
- Stressed? You Aren't Alone
- Veg Team Haiku
- Upcoming Events
In this issue:
- 2019 Heat Tolerant Lettuce Trial is Off and Running!
- Timing Onion Sprout Inhibitor Application and Managing Black Mold
- Powdery Mildew: Time to Start Applying Controls
- Be Prepared for Phytophthora capcisi
- Hornworms on Tomatoes
- Tomato Ripening
- Sweet Corn Update
- Corn Trap Counts
- Are You Ready for the Public to Come to Your Farm?
- Hemp Field Meetings
- Upcoming Events
In this issue:
- Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update
- Identifying and Managing Bacterial Diseases of Tomato
- 2019 Early Blight Management in Tomatoes
- Cabbage Aphids
- Diagnosing and Managing Verticillium Wilt in Eggplant
- Corn Trap Counts
- Harvesting Garlic—Timing is Key!
- Planning for Dramatic Changes for Farm Labor Management in New York
- Sexual Harassment Prevention
- Upcoming Events
In this issue:
- Prepare Now for Late Summer and Fall Harvests
- Cautions with Herbicides In and Around High Tunnels and Greenhouses
- Be on the Lookout for Tarnished Plant Bugs
- Leek Moth Update
- NYS Legislature—Late Night Lawmaking
- Want to Schedule an OFRR this Season?
- Corn Trap Counts
- Upcoming Events
In this issue:
- Be Prepared for Basil Downy Mildew
- How Copper Sprays Work and Avoiding Phytotoxicity
- Chuck's Scouting Report for This Week
- Are You Exempt From FSMA?
- Foliar Testing for Tomatoes Starts with Early Fruit Set
- Hemp Reminder—Law Enforcement
- Farm Service Agency Bulletin
- Corn Trap Counts
- Upcoming Events
In this issue:
- Post-Emergent Sweet Corn Herbicides
- Spinach Leaf Miner on Beets & Chard
- Bolting in Spring-Planted Vegetables
- Post-Harvest Washing of Vegetables
- Pest Alert—SWD
- Onion Thrips Management Recommendations for 2019
- Are You Getting Hemp Information?
- Corn Trap Counts
- Pesticide Certification
- On-Farm Readiness Review
- Upcoming Events
In this issue:
- Brassica Downy Mildew Detected
- Weed Management in Tomatoes Grown on Plastic Mulch
- Beware of Arugula Bacterial Diseases this Spring
- Time to Put Up Sweet Corn Traps
- Are You Required to Let the Public Bring Their Animals onto Your Retail Farm?
- A New Approach to Newsletters for 2019
- Upcoming Events
In this issue:
- Starter Solution Fertilizers at Transplanting
- Botrytis Leaf Blight on Onions
- Common Asparagus Beetle Management
- Spring Cover Cropping Options
- Reminder: A New Approach to Newsletters for 2019
- Herbicide Options for Pumpkins and Squash
- EPA Worker Protection Standard Update
In this issue:
- Attention Allium Growers
- Got Swede Midge?
- Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) Update
- A New Approach to Newsletters for 2019
- Public Hearings on the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act
2018 Weekly Veg Updates
September 19, 2018 (PDF; 2124KB)
In this issue:
- Late Season Caterpillar Management in Brassica Crops
- Harvesting Sweet and Irish Potatoes for Storage
- Pre-Planting Garlic Considerations
- Price Trends Retail, Farmer's Market and Auction 2018
- Corn Pest Trap Counts
- Wireworm Bio-Control Update
- Farm Financial Education for Women
- Manage Your Risk in an Agritourism Business
- Upcoming Events
2017 Weekly Veg Updates
2016 Weekly Veg Updates
2015 Weekly Veg Updates
2014 Weekly Veg Updates
Archived Tree Fruit News
2020 Tree Fruit News
2019 Tree Fruit News
2018 Tree Fruit News
2017 Tree Fruit News
2016 Tree Fruit News
2015 Tree Fruit News
2014 Tree Fruit News
2013 Tree Fruit News
Archived Berry News
2018 Berry News
2017 Berry News
2015 Berry News
Archived Grape News
2018 Grape News
2017 Grape News
2016 Grape News
2015 Grape News
2014 Grape News
Archived Produce Pages
2021 Produce Pages
2020 Produce Pages
2019 Produce Pages
2018 Produce Pages
2017 Produce Pages
2016 Produce Pages
2015 Produce Pages
2014 Produce Pages
2013 Produce Pages
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Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cherries
Cucumbers
Dry Beans
Eggplant
Ethnic Vegetables
Garlic
Grapes
Horseradish
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce / Leafy Greens
Melons
Nectarines
Onions
Parsnips
Peaches
Pears
Peas
Peppers
Plums
Potatoes
Pumpkins / Gourds
Radishes
Raspberries / Blackberries
Rhubarb
Rutabaga
Snap Beans
Squash - Summer
Squash- Winter
Strawberries
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
Upcoming Events
Field Day at Philia Farm
August 5, 2021
Johnstown, NY
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension's Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program for a field day at Philia Farm in Johnstown, NY from 4-6 pm on August 5th. The meeting will showcase a variety of research projects, including a high tunnel pea variety trial; a storage onion trial; a leek trial; a biofungicide trial on beets; a mesotunnel insect netting trial; and a reduced tillage trial for fall vegetable crops.
2 DEC pesticide credits will be available in category 23
Respirator Fit Testing Clinic
August 11, 2021
Warrensburg, NY
The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) and HealthWorks is pleased to provide respirator fit testing clinics in your region in 2021.
During the clinics NYCAMH will provide medical evaluations; respirator fit tests; and WPS compliant trainings on how to properly inspect, put on, take off, fit, seal check, use, clean, maintain, and store respirators.
Clinic appointments are one hour long, and groups of 4 workers can be seen at a time. Medical evaluations, fit tests, and trainings are available in both English and Spanish.
Respirator Fit Testing Clinic
August 18, 2021
Highland, NY
The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) and HealthWorks is pleased to provide respirator fit testing clinics in your region in 2021.
During the clinics NYCAMH will provide medical evaluations; respirator fit tests; and WPS compliant trainings on how to properly inspect, put on, take off, fit, seal check, use, clean, maintain, and store respirators.
Clinic appointments are one hour long, and groups of 4 workers can be seen at a time. Medical evaluations, fit tests, and trainings are available in both English and Spanish.
Announcements
2021 SWD Insecticide Quick Guide
Prepare your sprayer and make sure you have the insecticides of choice on hand. Click on the following link for the revised 2021 SWD Insecticide Quick Guide: https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_981.pdfCurrent recommendations are to use the most effective material you can early in the spray program - even though the population seems small. The strategy is to keep the population small for as long as possible as it's very hard to gain control after the numbers have ballooned.
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance for Producers
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance for Producers Facing Inclement WeatherSevere weather events create significant challenges and often result in catastrophic loss for agricultural producers. Despite every attempt to mitigate risk, your operation may suffer losses. USDA offers several programs to help with recovery.
Risk Management
For producers who have risk protection through Federal Crop Insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), we want to remind you to report crop damage to your crop insurance agent or the local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office.
If you have crop insurance, contact your agency within 72 hours of discovering damage and be sure to follow up in writing within 15 days. If you have NAP coverage, file a Notice of Loss (also called Form CCC-576) within 15 days of loss becoming apparent, except for hand-harvested crops, which should be reported within 72 hours.
Disaster Assistance
USDA also offers disaster assistance programs, which is especially important to livestock, fruit and vegetable, specialty and perennial crop producers who have fewer risk management options.
First, the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) reimburses producers for a portion of the value of livestock, poultry and other animals that died as a result of a qualifying natural disaster event or for loss of grazing acres, feed and forage. And, the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides assistance to producers of grazed forage crop acres that have suffered crop loss due to a qualifying drought. Livestock producers suffering the impacts of drought can also request Emergency Haying and Grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres.
For LIP and ELAP, you will need to file a Notice of Loss for livestock and grazing or feed losses within 30 days and honeybee losses within 15 days. For TAP, you will need to file a program application within 90 days.
Documentation
It's critical to keep accurate records to document all losses following this devastating cold weather event. Livestock producers are advised to document beginning livestock numbers by taking time and date-stamped video or pictures prior to after the loss.
Other common documentation options include:
- Purchase records
- Production records
- Vaccination records
- Bank or other loan documents
- Third-party certification
Additional Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Tool can help you determine program or loan options.
While we never want to have to implement disaster programs, we are here to help. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact the Rensselaer County USDA Service Center @ 518 271 1889 ext. 2. The office is open for business, however due to pandemic restrictions all in-person visits require an appointment.
Resources from CCE ENYCHP!
We are developing new ways to connect with the CCE ENYCHP team this year! We have a Youtube page located at this link. Check out videos on Table Grape Production, Pest Updates and the 20 Minute Ag Manager - in 4 Minutes series.We have a Facebook Page here as well as an Instagram page. We keep these places updated with current projects, events, and other interesting articles and deadlines.
There are also text alerts available. Fruit and vegetable farmers in 17 Eastern NY counties can now receive real time alerts on high risk disease and pest outbreaks texted directly to their cell phone. The Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture program, which is supported by local Cornell Cooperative Extension associations, will now offer text alerts to those that enroll in our program in 2019.
The text alerts will be reserved for important crop alerts that could impact management decisions immediately. For instance, if there were an outbreak of Late Blight in the area, this would be transmitted to vegetable growers.
Farmers can choose the crop for which they wish to receive updates. Additionally they can request that Ag Business Alerts be sent to them. These alerts might include due dates for crop insurance deadlines, market opportunities etc.
If you have questions, please contact enychp@cornell.edu
Podcasts
Palmer Amaranth in Specialty Crops with Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie
July 14, 2021
Weed scientist Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie discusses the threat posed by Palmer amaranth to specialty crops in the region with specialist Ethan Grundberg. Specific topics include Palmer amaranth identification, herbicide resistance, and management strategies.Resources:
https://blogs.cornell.edu/weedid/pigweed-identification/
https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/WS/WS-51-W.pdf
https://extension.psu.edu/invasive-pigweeds-palmer-amaranth-and-waterhemp#section-1
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