Agriculture & Gardens

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
What's making my squash (or pumpkin) leaves bright yellow???
One likely answer is the ‘B’ gene. This gene, also called “precocious yellow”, causes the stem of the squash to be yellow rather than green. Oved Shif... Learn More
NH Agriculture Open Forum - Summer Series
UNH Extension will continue to host a NH Agriculture Open Forum (using Zoom) for farmers and service providers to discuss how they are adapting in the... Learn More
Spotlight on research: can hand-picking Japanese beetle really help??
Today’s episode of Spotlight on Research focuses on a paper published in the journal Horticultural Entomology in 2014. A pair of researchers from East... Learn More
bee on blueberry flower
Over-informed on IPM - Episode 020: Mummyberry and Pollinator Protection
Anna seeks the help of her neighborhood plant pathology experts, directors of the plant diagnostic clinics at UVM & UNH Ann Hazelrigg of UVM & Cheryl Smith of UNH, to break down IPM of mummyberry, a fungal disease affecting blueberry. Things get complicat
Anna seeks the help of her neighborhood plant pathology experts, directors of the plant diagnostic clinics at UVM & UNH Ann Hazelrigg of UVM & Cheryl ... Learn More
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How Can I Find a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm?
Community Supported Agriculture or CSAs are farms that offer consumers regular (usually weekly) deliveries of locally-grown farm products during the s... Learn More