On Feb. 23, the Department of Animal Sciences at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences will host the American Society of Animal Science/American Dairy Science Association Northeast Student Affiliate (NESA) competition. Almost 200 competitors from land grant universities across the northeast are expected to attend the 2013 event, which offers a full day of activities […]
Commercial Agriculture
Assay Confirms Colostrum Intake
Recent work by scientists at Auburn and Rutgers Universities [Carol Bagnell is professor and chair, Department of Animal Sciences] indicates that colostrum does more than just provide energy and immunoglobulins to newborn piglets. If piglets with low…
Growing Ethnic Vegetables in the Garden State
Research Focuses on Specialty Crops Fresh fruit and vegetable consumption has been on a steady decline but a wave of health conscious consumers and the growing “eat local” movement have provided some measure of optimism. In certain states like New Jersey, another wave of consumers of fresh produce is immigrants from other countries who bring […]
NJDA Business Development Expert Karen Kritz Motivates Women Farmers at Annie’s Project Conference Feb. 20-22
Karen Kritz, business development representative with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, will be a featured speaker at all three locations of the New Jersey Farm Women Conference scheduled for Cumberland, Mercer and Morris counties on Feb. 20, 21 and 22. Participants in the women’s farm business management event, “Annie’s Project: Farm Women Conference,” will […]
Making Good In A Man’s Farm World
Farming is a man’s world, but the number of women farmers is on the rise, says Jenny Carleo of Rutgers Cooperative Extension in Cape May County and New Jersey head of Annie’s Project, a national initiative that seeks to educate, support, and connect fe…
Sustaining Farming on the Urban Fringe: New Grain Farmer Balances Conventional and Organic
A first generation farmer in Ontario, Canada runs both conventional and organic operations on 8,250 acres with a mixed bag of management tools. Read more.
Recapturing Jersey Tomato Flavor; Rutgers NJAES Brings Back Old Time Varieties
In the dead of winter, home gardeners pore over seed catalogs, carefully selecting varieties of vegetables for their home garden. A staple in most home gardens is the tomato, somewhat easy to grow and very versatile for home cooking. One feature most prized in a tomato is its flavor, the absence of which in store-bought […]
Projesi Sona Erdi (Suzanne’s Project ended)
[NOTE: Article is in Turkish.] Suzanne’s Project organized by Akdeniz University Korkuteli Vocational School, the Municipality of Korkuteli, and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey was held January 21 29, 2013. The project lasted approximately …
Messing Recognized for Revolutionizing Agriculture
Joachim Messing, among the world’s top experts in molecular genetics, became famous for developing a genetic engineering technique used in laboratories to create plants that have produced disease-resistant crops considered vital to feeding the world’s population. Instead of cashing in on his discovery, he gave this scientific blueprint – which revolutionized agriculture and helped to […]
Editor’s Notebook: Keeping green green
Brown doesn’t have to be the new green if the industry better manages its available water resources and applies practices that more efficiently and effectively keeps turf green. That was the resounding message of Rain Bird’s 2013 Intelligent Use of Wat…
