Author: ENYCHP
2023 Northeast SARE Farm Grants
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Calling for 2023 Farmer Grant Proposals: The Call for 2023 Northeast SARE Farmer Grants is now available. Awards typically range from $5,000 to $30,000, depending upon a project’s complexity and duration. Northeast SARE Farmer Grants provide the resources farmers need to explore new concepts in sustainable agriculture conducted Read More…
How-To Video on Apple Maturity Testing for Long-Term Storage
Michael Basedow and Andy Galimberti, CCE ENYCHP Your apple harvest should be timed to provide the best quality fruit to your specified market. While fruit destined for immediate sales and eating can be picked for optimal color and flavor, fruit destined for long-term storage need to be picked while less mature, to prevent the fruit Read More…
Visitor Food Safety Policies for a Successful Pick-Your-Own Season
Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP With pick-your-own (PYO) apple season upon us, customers are eager to get outdoors and enjoy the fall season and orchard scenery. Welcoming visitors to the orchard requires many advanced preparations to ensure a positive experience for both customers and employees. Food safety considerations should be included in these preparations as well. Read More…
Late Season Pest Considerations
Art Agnello, Cornell University; edits by Michael Basedow, CCE ENYCHP and Monique J. Rivera, Cornell University With the start of harvest, there are just a few remaining insect pest management issues to keep in mind. The primary concern at this point should be internal leps. With labor concerns and a good crop, fruit may hang on Read More…
Fall Pre-Emergent Herbicide Timing Results and Takeaways
Michael Basedow, CCE ENYCHP and Janet can Zoeren, CCE LOFP In the August TFN, David Bittner and I discussed his strategy of post-harvest applications of 2,4-D and clopyralid (Stinger) to clean up the herbicide strip and row middles of perennial broadleaves. In addition to making that application in the fall to manage your problem perennials, Read More…
Heat Induced Pollination Problems in Blackberry
by Mark Bolda, University of California Cooperative Extension Originally published on: August 8, 2014 Interesting case documented in the pictures below of PrimeArk 45 blackberry in which the fruit did not pollinate very well. The issue is limited to one area of the field, where the grower suspects it wasn’t quite moist enough during the hot spell of Read More…
Understanding the Nuances of Farm Business Taxes
by Elizabeth Higgins, CCE ENYCHP Taxes can get confusing because there are many different definitions of a farm business used by different programs. In New York State many purchases for a commercial farm business are exempt from sales tax if the item will be used more than 50% for the business. Commercial farm businesses in Read More…
Jimsonweed – Don’t Ignore This Late Season Weed
by Andrew Senesac, CCE Suffolk County Jimsonweed, (Datura stramonium L). is a late appearing annual weed that produces large black seeds enclosed in spiny seed pods. Each pod or capsule contains more than 500 seeds. If the seeds are allowed to ripen and drop, the problem will be worse in that area next year. Although Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 6
Mike Basedow, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week I am reporting on Marshall Mac, Rogers Mac, Honeycrisp, Buckeye Gala, NY-1, Royal Court Cortland, and Ambrosia. This week’s samples were collected on Monday September 19th and processed the same day. Fruit were picked from orchards in Peru and Chazy. Sample size is 10 fruit picked for average maturity, from multiple trees, Read More…