As scavengers, vultures play a critical role in nature’s clean-up crew and pose no threat to crop production in the Garden State. However, farmer conflicts with vultures can arise when Black Vultures prey on newborn livestock, or when problems associated with vultures roosting around the farm become a nuisance. In fact, nuisance vulture activity on […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County will host a spring pasture walk at the Burlington County Agricultural Center in Moorestown, NJ on Thursday, June 1, 2023 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pastures and their management will be discussed broadly as they apply to all livestock. Topics we plan to discuss include: Registration is appreciated. To […]
OTT Application of Dicamba Increased reports of off-target crop damage prompted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement additional requirements for over-the-top (OTT) application of dicamba products in dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton. Specifically, certified pesticide applicators must complete annual, product-specific training prior to the use of these products. The three dicamba products that require this […]
The University of Vermont’s Tourism Research Center recently hosted an excellent webinar on marketing for retail farms. After an introduction from Lisa Chase, the Center Director, the discussion was kicked off by Myrna Greenfield, the “Top Egg” at Good Egg Marketing and author of the recently published book, “Marketing Your Farm: a practical guide to […]
I was surprised to discover several Common Lambsquarters weeds in my garden last week with 2-6 true leaves. With the recent, summer-like temperatures, summer annual weeds are getting a jump on the season this year. As the planting season is near for many Burlington County farmers, I remind you to pay close attention to the […]
Since January 2023, youth spent their time indoors learning about the different types of equipment needed for fishing, the must-haves for their tackle box, and the types of fish they may encounter on a fishing trip. Youth also spent time learning about the anatomy of a fish and how to tie a perfect knot. On […]
Barnyard Bandits were invited to come out on Saturday, March 25th to Full House Pets located on Rt. 38 to celebrate their 1 year anniversary. Full House Pets – Ak Road, Mt Laurel
Happy Spring from the Goat Gang 4-H club of Burlington County, where our club members have goats, sheep, and chickens. We meet once a month to learn about livestock. We love goats! In December of 2022 we had a holiday party. We played a gift exchange and made a craft for the Goat Extravaganza. […]
On March 2nd we held the Burlington County 4-H Public Presentation Workshop and it went very well as we had hoped it would. We had an audience of about 42 from different clubs. Our Officers gave samples of each of the four types of 4-H presentations, explained about posters, gave a presentation on what not […]
