By Jack Rabin Anthony Noto, “AJ” to his friends, is a SEBS ’16 Biotechnology major. He received the Rutgers-FMC Corp. Crop Protection 2015 paid summer farm research internship. AJ spent the summer learning how to drive tractors, operate farm equipment and manage vegetable crops under commercial conditions. He also learned to design field studies, collect […]
Commercial Agriculture
Harvest Your Own Pepper Event Grows into Annual Tradition
The 2015 Harvest Your Own Pepper (HYOP) event took place on October 26 at Rutgers Horticultural Research Farm III on Cook Campus in New Brunswick where the Rutgers community is invited to pick their own hot peppers left over from research variety trials. Over sixty faculty, staff and alumni visited the research plots to pick […]
NJAES Tree Fruit Breeder Joe Goffreda (CC’83) Named “Inventor of the Year” for Patented Peach
Joseph Goffreda (CC’83), associate professor of plant biology and pathology and director of the Rutgers Fruit and Ornamental Research Extension Center was one of seven individuals honored with the “Inventor of the Year Award” by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame on Oct. 22. Goffreda shared the spotlight with two other Rutgers professors, Peter […]
NJAES Researchers Receive Grant for Consumer Study to Enable Growers to Capitalize on Organic Market
While small farms represent the dominant form of production agriculture in the world, typical agricultural knowledge and technology development models have often failed to improve small farm productivity, enhance resource conservation, reduce rural poverty, or improve regional food security. A new research study in organic farming–a unique value-added form of agriculture–has been undertaken to help […]
Rutgers NJAES Board of Managers Member Jess Niederer Recognized as New Jersey’s 2016 Outstanding Young Farmer
Jessica Niederer, a Hopewell Township organic produce and flower farmer, has been chosen as New Jersey’s 2016 Outstanding Young Farmer by the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture. Niederer will be presented with her award at the February 2016 New Jersey State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City. In 2015, Niederer became a member of […]
New Jersey and Climate Change: Impacts and Responses (Video)
Produced by the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, this video provides a comprehensive overview about impacts of a changing climate to people, places and valuable assets throughout the Garden State. Rutgers Professor of Environmental Sciences Tony Broccoli, Distinguished Professor at Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Michael Greenberg, Executive Director of Voorhees Transportation Center […]
Rotational Grazing Good For Horses Too
Rotational grazing is widely used for managing cattle on pasture, but it is also a good tool to use with horses. A good grazing system can maximize pasture health and forage yield. Laura Kenny, Rutgers University Department of Animal Sciences, is worki…
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Garners $460,170 USDA Grant to Assist NJ Beginning Farmers
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) was awarded a significant grant of $460,170 by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of $17 million in new federal funding announced on Oct. 8 to benefit beginning farmers and ranchers across the U.S. The three-year grant to Rutgers, awarded through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program […]
Breaking the Grass Ceiling: New Jersey’s “Annie’s Project” Featured in National Farming Magazine
The nationally acclaimed farm business educational program for farm women, Annie’s Project, helps women in farming strengthen their farm management experiences and network with other women working in the highly complex business of farming. The program, which operates in 33 states across the U.S., is offered in New Jersey through Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit […]
ESC Director Karyn Malinowski (CC’75, GSNB’80,’86) Featured in Major Interview by NJFB “Ag Matters”
Founding director of the Rutgers Equine Science Center Karyn Malinowski (CC’75, GSNB’80,’86) was the subject of a far-ranging interview on the state’s equine industry in the Summer 2015 issue of Ag Matters, published by the New Jersey Farm Bureau. An equine specialist, Malinowski is a professor of animal sciences at the School of Environmental and […]
