Agriculture & Gardens
The Tools To Grow
Our agriculture and horticulture specialists use trusted research-based information to give New Hampshire farmers, businesses and citizens the tools they need to succeed. We provide a wide-range of resources, including workshops, fact sheets, programs, on-site consultations and comprehensive pest, plant and soil diagnostics.
Articles
This position is based at UNH's campus in Durham, N.H.
The Plant Pathology Program Manager will work under the general direction of the Plant Diagnostic Lab director and Extension’s Food and Agriculture Pr...
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NH Ag Financiers Launch the Loan Readiness Toolkit
This month, NH Agriculture Financiers launched the Loan Readiness Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to help farms and food businesses become more prep...
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Food safety programs provide important production support for N.H. farmers
UNH Extension offers high-quality food safety educational programming and technical assistance for many audiences, including farmers.
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Extension's customized programs support New Hampshire's women farmers
Extension’s Women in Agriculture program offers workshops taught by women, for women, with topics like trucks and trailers, sprayer calibration and sa...
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Advice on developing helpful end of year surveys
With summer CSAs ending and markets shifting to winter hours, autumn is a great time for farms to gather feedback from customers on their experience t...
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Serena Britos worked as the Farmer Networks Support Intern for UNH Cooperative Extension in summer 2023. She traveled across the Granite State to look...
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Foods stored more than a day using 4% vinegar or lower should be discarded
The National Center for Home Food Preservation asks that foods stored using 4% vingar or less, for more than 24 hours, be discarded.
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On March 30 and 31, 2023, landscaping professionals, watershed organization members, and community leaders responsible for managing land and water res...
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Events
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December 6, 2023 to December 7th, 2023
Come learn how to fine-tune your high tunnel crop production skills and visit the trade show. This conference is for high tunnel growers and agricultural
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January 17, 2024
5 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., A panel discussion with large and mid-sized landscaper businesses operating in NH.
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January 25, 2024
9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Whether it’s coping with extreme weather, or other unforeseen circumstances, it's good to have a plan in place to protect your farm. The goal for this
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February 7, 2024
8 a.m. - 3 p.m., To get the most out of this workshop, we encourage participation by company owners/managers AND their accounts manager.
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March 19, 2024
7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., The NH Arborists Association and the NH Landscape Association are te a.m.ing up, along with UNH Extension, to provide a full day of educational sessions,
Resources
Exobasidium leaf and fruit spot of blueberry is a fungal disease affecting both leaves and berries. Symptoms matching this disease were reported in se...
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Optimizing your boom sprayer's distribution pattern is a key part of controlling pests on fruit and vegetable crops, or in the landscape. This fa...
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Proper calibration of the low-pressure boom sprayer is necessary to ensure uniform and economical application, free of overdoses and skips. This fact ...
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Proper calibration boom sprayer equipment can help ensure spray applications are effective, efficient, and economical. This fact sheet describes the s...
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A one-of-a-kind, comprehensive 6-part video series covering the intricacies of greenhouse or high tunnel construction. Developed by the University of ...
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Optimizing your air blast sprayerʼs distribution pattern is a key part of controlling pests on fruit and vegetable crops. This fact sheet outlines fou...
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