Welcome to Weed of the Week
From October 2022 to March 2023, we will profile one of our common weeds in eastern New York. Get familiar with these weeds as we prepare for an intensive weed workshop we are planning ...
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Welcome to Weed of the Week
Share CCE PSA Video to Help Fight Spotted Lanternfly!
Viticulture Extension Educator Jennifer Russo with the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program has developed a public service announcement (PSA) to educate New York State residents about the threat the Spotted Lanternfly poses to the agricultural ...
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Fighting the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
(reprinted from Morning Ag Clips, August 21, 2022, see full article at: https://www.morningagclips.com/see-it-squish-it-fighting-the-invasive-spotted-lanternfly/ ) Kill-on-sight requests are part of public campaigns to fight an invasive insect now feeding on plants across much of the eastern ...
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Beginning Livestock Farmer Etiquette: Building a Good Processor Relationship
Written by the CCE Livestock Program Work Team So, you have decided to raise livestock. You can sell meat as retail cuts, requiring a USDA-licensed slaughterhouse. Or, you can sell animals as halves, ...
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Ag Report July 6, 2022
Click here for the Ag Report July 6, 2022 In this issue: Boom Sprayer Meeting Soil Health Field Days Thoughts on Organic No-till Systems
Pest Alert: Chilli Thrips
By CAAHP Commercial Horticulture Educator, Jingjing Yin (photo from Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida) Chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis), an invasive species, were first found in Florida in 2005, attacking roses and foliage ...
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Resources for Meat Processing
A page of resources for Meat Processing created by the CCE Livestock Program Work Team has been posted on our blog along with the link to CCE Livestock Program Work Team’s page. If you ...
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Pest Alert: Spongy Moth
Spongy Moths Will be Hatching Soon! Jingjing Yin, CAAHP Commercial Horticulture Educator I still remember last year, when Spongy Moth (formerly called Gypsy Moth) caterpillars turned trees and bushes into brown skeletons, leaving ...
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Internet Resources Soil and Soil Health
This list is a list of a few primary internet resources for soil and soil health. Click Here Internet Resources Soil & Soil Health