Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Commercial Agriculture
New Basil Bred to Get the Upper Hand on Downy Mildew
Jim Simon – Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers NJAES Team Releases New Varieties of Downy Mildew Resistant Sweet Basil
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station researchers have created four new varieties of sweet basil that are flavorful and resistant to disease, particularly to downy mildew, the plague of basil growers. Seeds for the new varieties – named Rutgers Obsession DMR, Rutgers Devotion DMR, Rutgers Passion DMR, and Rutgers Thunderstruck DMR – are now available […]
An understanding of crop water use maximizes irrigation
Stephen Komar, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Sussex County
Have you thanked a horse lately? They bring big bucks to NJ
Rutgers Equine Science Center
The History of the Farm to Table Movement
Rutgers NJAES
Raw Milk for Real Health, Wealth
Joe Heckman, Department of Plant Biology
Understanding the Pollinator Population
As land conversion, climate change and increased pesticide use threaten ecosystems the world over, one animal in particular has been on farmers’ and the public’s radar in recent years: the bee. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that pollinators such as bees are responsible for maintaining at least 30 percent of the world’s crops and […]
New Jersey presents special challenges to farmers
Farmers in New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the nation, say the biggest problem they face is interference from nonfarmers. They voted it their No. 1 issue at the 2017 New Jersey Farm Bureau annual meeting. Farmers also need continual agr…
US (NJ): Rutgers scientists develop new varieties of sweet basil
James Simon – Department of Plant Biology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
