Worldwide demand for hazelnuts is exceeding supply and this presents an incredible opportunity for farmers. Except here in the Northeast, Eastern Filbert Blight (EFB) has made growing this valuable crop impossible…until now. On September 24, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Rutgers Fruit and Ornamental Research and […]
Monmouth County
Gardener State: NJ waters stocked with rainbow trout
Nick Polanin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County
County, Rutgers to develop hazelnut farmer demonstration research orchard
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
It’s Fall, But You’ve Still Got Work to Do in the Garden
Diane Larson – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Monmouth County Kids Place In 4-H State Horse Show
Matthew Newman – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers Researchers Contribute to Visual Guide to Identify Invasive Self-Cloning Tick
Asian longhorned ticks threaten livestock, but scientists need help telling them apart from two near-identical species Rutgers researchers and other scientists have created a visual guide to help identify and control the Asian longhorned tick, which transmits a fatal human disease in its native countries and threatens livestock in the United States. The pest has […]
Master Gardeners teach hydroponic techniques to grow herbs indoors
Bill Sciarappa – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
In Memoriam: Sylvia Griffin (1926-2018), Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County Home Economist
Sylvia Futterman Meehan Griffin, age 92, of Tinton Falls passed away at Jersey Shore Medical Center on June 30, 2018. She was a Rutgers University professor and served as Cooperative Extension Home Economist of Monmouth County for thirty years until she retired in 1991. In addition to her adult education classes she wrote a by-lined […]
A Celebration of Excellence 2018
On April 23, faculty, staff and students attended the 25th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at Neilson Dining Hall. According to executive dean Bob Goodman, this signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered criteria, including creativity, original work and ideas, […]
Meet Doug Zemeckis, New Marine Agent
Doug Zemeckis, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
