Reprinted from the Winter 2022 Equine Science Quarterly, Rutgers Equine Science Center. Upon hearing about the impending retirement of Somerset County 4-H agent Carol Ward, Equine Science Center director Karyn Malinowski was immediately interested in highlighting someone who has given so much back to the equine and 4-H community. With a long career spanning multiple […]
Extension
Beginner Farmer Training Program educational session
Bill Hlubik – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Air Plants – Trendy plant with a long story!
Bruce Crawford – Morris County Park Commission
Plant of the Month: Air Plants—A Trendy Plant with a Long Story!
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission It is no secret that plants, much like clothing go through trends. In fact, plants that are popular during one decade may not even be seen at nurseries during the decades to follow. Air Plants, botanically known as Tillandsia were a mere curiosity 10 years ago, and […]
Bambi’s blight
Joe Paulin – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Bruce Clarke, Extension Specialist in turfgrass pathology, retires
Bruce Clarke – Department of Plant Biology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
New Jersey 4-Hers Win the North American Dairy Educational Experience Dairy Bowl
Rachel Lyons – Department of 4-H Youth Development
NJAES Beginner Farmer Training Program Hosts Educational Session on February 10 — Part of the NJ Vegetable Growers Association Convention
This one-day session will provide an introduction to farming in New Jersey for interested new and beginner farmers. RU Ready to Farm, the beginner farmer training program from the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension, will hold an educational session on February 10, 2022, at 9 am at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City […]
In Memoriam: Charles Meirs Holmes, Former Agricultural Agent for Cape May and Mercer Counties
Charles Meirs Holmes, retired professor emeritus with Rutgers University, passed away on January 14, at the age of 92, in Holland, PA. Born and raised in Cream Ridge, NJ, he also resided in Titusville and Seaside Park, NJ before moving to Holland, PA in 2016. He was a 1st Lieutenant in the United State Army, […]
New Jersey 4-Hers Win the North American Dairy Educational Experience Dairy Bowl
With COVID-19 preventing an in-person contest, organizers developed the North American Dairy Educational Experience (NADEE), where youth evaluate a scenario on a dairy operation and provide responses to prompts about the operation. One team per state could enter. The winning team was from New Jersey and is part of the borrow-a-dairy heifer program facilitated by […]
