Change is Upon Us The team and I are very pleased to announce that Heather Kase will be joining the ENYCH team as an Extension Associate Berry Specialist starting July 1. Heather brings a wealth of knowledge and experience working with growers across the Northeast as a technical sales rep for BioBee. She has a Read More…
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Veg News: ENYCHP Update 6.27.2024
Cabbage Whitefly- A “newish” pest comes to town. Teresa Rusinek The cabbage whitefly is a recent arrival to the Hudson Valley and highly attracted to brassica crops. If you grow brassica crops, keep an eye out for this pest and control it while populations are low. Originally from Europe, the cabbage or brassica whitefly (Aleyrodes Read More…
Berry E-News- June 21, 2024
Berry ‘To-Do’ list: We have found Spotted Wing Drosophila for several weeks in a row in traps at all locations throughout the region. Given the warm, humid weather we anticipate this pest to be a problem for cane berries and blueberries, and possibly the late strawberry varieties. Fruit that is ripening or ripe need to Read More…
Veg News: ENYCHP Update 6.20.2024
All crops: The main consideration on most people’s minds is the heat this week. A secondary consideration is ozone damage, which can present as a burned look on the surface of susceptible crops. To learn more about ozone damage, read this helpful article by Teresa: https://cornell.box.com/s/ixk0pvuvrkr3gjkzhj5vbez8vgd4j7y6 If you’d like a review of heat stress on Read More…