New Jersey farmers and agricultural experts questioned representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday about new regulations that will bring federal officials to their farms. The federal regulators visited the Rutgers University E…
Farmers learn of dangers from experts
Remember the terrifying scene in the movie "Witness" when the bad guy gets caught in a silo as thousands of tiny kernels fall on top of him, burying him in a suffocating cloud of corn? On farms, the danger of a storage accident is real. So are …
Wrightstown academic honored for lifetime of achievement
Not all career paths are obvious right from childhood, but in the case of Mark Robson, it’s pretty much a straight line. Start with happy years growing up on a family farm in Jacobstown. Continue with studies at Rutgers University and degrees in agricu…
Farming tradition fading
In July, Sunny Red Farm in Southampton closed. Its owners, Wayne and Roberta Shontz, sold the last of their dairy cows, and an auction company drove onto their farm and removed trucks and equipment. They had been raising dairy cows on their land along …
Making hay not easy in the rain, say Burlington County farmers
In all his 17 years, young farmer Noah Bassett hasn’t seen anything like it – sun, followed by rain, almost every day. "It’s an interesting year, that’s for sure," he said dryly. "At the mildest, it’s worse than crazy," said Roger Kumpe…
Rutgers agent gives a helping hand to disabled farmers in Burlington County
Ray Samulis is Rutgers University’s agricultural extension agent in Burlington County. As such, he’s sort of a Mr. Fix-It for farmers. If they have a problem with a crop or a piece of equipment, Samulis is the man to call. If a farmer needs help, Samul…
Fuel savings a hot topic at Rutgers EcoComplex
Smog was nowhere to be found Wednesday when the Rutgers EcoComplex hosted a conference for industry experts to discuss the use of alternative fuels to help reduce vehicle-caused air pollution and save energy. The weather cooperated fully as conference …
Snow job: Predicting March storms can be tricky
Mother Nature can be a tricky lady. Those looking for proof of that needed only to look at the ground Thursday morning. Parts of Virginia may have been pounded with nearly 2 feet of snow, but the Philadelphia and South Jersey regions received barely a …
Haycock earns prestigious environmental certification
So intent was Julie Fagan on inspiring her hometown of Haycock to earn a prestigious environmental certification, she wore a bee costume to a supervisors meeting….An associate professor in the school of environmental and biological science at Rutgers…