Sengottuvelan Murugan, post-doc associate in the Department of Animal Sciences, received a prestigious Gallo Award for his outstanding cancer research at the 2013 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey, which was held at UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on May 23. This is the second year in a row that Murugan has received a Gallo Award. Each year, […]
Archives for July 2013
Rutgers NJAES IPM Program Helps NJ Farmers Reduce Environmental Impact
New Jersey farmers, whether organic or conventional growers, have been introduced to alternative ways to control pests other than chemical pesticides. Rutgers Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for fruits and vegetables gives farmers the tools they need to keep pests under control, without solely relying on pesticides. View our Rutgers IPM image gallery below and […]
Landscape Architecture Students Engage in Enriching Summer Experiences
Think summer is a quiet time for students and faculty? Think again. Summer is a time for internships, research and educational travel opportunities for many of the faculty and students in the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture. Summer internships are a valuable opportunity to apply knowledge from the classroom into direct experience. Over the past […]
Farming must be seen as a business – U.S. specialist
Rutgers University Professor, Dr Robin Brumfield said Guyanese farmers must begin applying entrepreneurial techniques and view their production enterprises as businesses. Brumfield, a specialist in farm financial management and greenhouse production, w…
Geoengineering: The Technological Fix to Climate Change?
You may have missed it, but last week national headlines read, "the CIA wants to control the weather." Those headlines came on the heels of the media learning the CIA was funding a report on geoengineering. It’s an idea that’s akin to a man-mad…
Where’s the (grass-fed) beef?
Danny Murphy is sold on grass-fed beef. So much so that Murphy, owner of Danny’s Grill in Red Bank, will soon expand his restaurant’s current offering of grass-fed New York strip and rib eye steaks to include filet mignon and chuck hamburger. Murphy sa…
Jersey Fresh: South Jersey farmers feel climate change effects, and making wine
Farmers in New Jersey have always had to deal with seasonal weather differences, varying changes in temperatures and extreme weather events, but with climate change becoming increasingly noticeable, many have had to modify procedures and some have begu…
What’s in Season from the Garden State: The Bug That Moved Orchards
As the old Frank Sinatra song “High Hopes” goes, “anyone knows an ant can’t move a rubber tree plant,” unless, of course, “he’s got HIGH hopes.” So how could an insect move orchards? No high hopes needed, just piercing/sucking mouth parts that suck plant juices from twigs, branches, fruit and foliage. Such is the case […]
Female shadehouse farmers doing ‘cost of production’ training
Female shadehouse farmers will be the beneficiaries of "cost of production" training which will enable them to calculate costs, returns and profitability and plan for niche marketing. Dr. Robin Brumfield, a Professor of Rutgers University in th…
Master Farmers to see agri-business operations in Hunterdon, Morris
A group of around 50 “cream of the crop” farmers, those given the designation Master Farmer, will see a sampling of agri-business in Hunterdon and Morris counties Saturday during the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer Tour. It will include the…