Agriculture & Gardens

Fire Blight Management Options
2020 has been the year of the perfect storm for this disease in New Hampshire orchards.
2020 has been the year of the perfect storm for this disease in New Hampshire orchards. Learn More
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Alert - UPDATE
Our colleagues at the UMASS vegetable team just sent this alert at 1pm Friday, 7/24/2020: Cucurbit downy mildew was confirmed on cucumbers i... Learn More
Commercial Fruit Growers: Leaf Tissue Testing Time!
Measuring the foliar nutrient levels allows fruit growers to evaluate results from past fertilization and gives the most reliable data on which to bas... Learn More
Corn earworm
Over-informed on IPM - Episode 023: Corn Earworm
Anna catches up with George Hamilton (UNH) about sweet corn monitoring in New Hampshire and touches base with Tom Kuhar (Virginia Tech) about the current state of affairs in sweet corn IPM.
Anna catches up with George Hamilton (UNH) about sweet corn monitoring in New Hampshire and touches base with Tom Kuhar (Virginia Tech) about the curr... Learn More
Herbicide disappointments in dry weather
Commercial vegetable growers may be encountering some strange problems when using soil-applied herbicides in dry conditions.
Commercial vegetable growers may be encountering some strange problems when using soil-applied herbicides in dry conditions. Learn More
spotted wing drosophila on fruit
Over-informed on IPM - Episode 022: SWD Monitoring
Anna reports on her conclusions from a summer project funded by the New Hampshire Department of Ag & Markets IPM Program and catches up with some old friends from Cornell, Juliet Carroll of NYIPM, and Steve Hesler of the Loeb Lab at Cornell’s AgriTech cam
Anna reports on her conclusions from a summer project funded by the New Hampshire Department of Ag & Markets IPM Program and catches up with some old ... Learn More
Are you growing grapes in NH? We want to hear from you.
UNH Extension is working with the NH Winery Association to try to get an accurate assessment of how many grapes, and of what varieties, are ... Learn More
Fire blight outbreaks occuring in NH
  Fire blight outbreaks have been reported from several orchards around NH. The outbreaks likely occurred on unprotected blossoms during the... Learn More
Corn in a field
Over-informed on IPM - Episode 021: Seed Treatments in Field Crops
Anna gets philosophical with Dr. Kelly Hamby of the University of Maryland and asks: Are seed treatments really IPM?
Anna gets philosophical with Dr. Kelly Hamby of the University of Maryland and asks: Are seed treatments really IPM? Learn More
NH Vegetable Pest & Disease Update
Trapping data – Traps are out on farms throughout the state, and we’re monitoring for squash vine borer and the major sweet corn insect pests (Europea... Learn More