The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and the Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program (RAP) have entered an agreement to develop and implement a Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program. The pilot program, which was announced on May 1 and will last for three years, is designed to demonstrate and study the compatibility of agricultural or horticultural […]
Commercial Agriculture
Announcement: Ming-Yi Chou is an Assistant Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Pathology
Announcement by Don Kobayashi, chair of the Department of Plant Biology On behalf of Department of Plant Biology and the Center for Turfgrass Science, please join me in welcoming Ming-Yi Chou, who has recently joined the faculty as an Assistant Extension Specialist with expertise in turfgrass pathology. Dr. Chou’s extension program will focus on evaluating […]
NJBPU Approves Agreement with Rutgers for Dual-Use Solar Pilot Program
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved an agreement with the Rutgers University Agrivoltaics Program (RAP) to facilitate the development and implementation of a Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program over the next three years. The Pilot Program is designed to demonstrate and study the compatibility of agricultural or horticultural production with solar […]
‘Fields of Devotion’ Wins Best Short Documentary at Garden State Film Festival
James Simon, Xenia Morin, Lara Brindisi – Dept. of Plant Biology; Micah Seidel – SEBS
Thierry Besançon Wins 2023 Weed Science Outstanding Educator Award
Thierry Besançon, associate extension specialist in weed science for specialty crops, received the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award from the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS). He was also elected vice president of the NEWSS board. Besançon was characteristically modest and credited the support of his Rutgers NJAES colleagues for the recognition he received from the weed science […]
Thierry Besançon wins 2023 Weed Science Outstanding Educator Award
Thierry Besançon – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
NJ produces a lot of America’s cranberries: Could crop be wiped out?
Peter Oudeman – P.E. Marucci Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center
Award-winning film highlights Rutgers efforts to protect basil from blight
James Simon – Dept. of Plant Biology; Andy Wyenandt – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers, NJDA report on Strategies for Urban Agriculture in N.J.
Richard Alomar – Rutgers Office of Urban Extension and Engagement
Award-winning Film Highlights Rutgers Efforts to Protect Basil
James Simon – Dept. of Plant Biology; Andy Wyenandt – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
