Officials announced the preservation of 374 acres of land surrounding Cowtown Rodeo in Pilesgrove Township, a move which will help to keep the rodeo thriving.
FSA recently featured Jared Weeks of Ringoes, New Jersey, on the FSA Fence Post Blog. After working on a neighbor’s dairy farm, he started Hun-Val Dairy Farm in 2005 with a youth loan from FSA. He progressed to direct farm operating loans, which have been essential to the dairy’s growth over the years.
As the September deadline for the renewal of the Federal Farm Bill draws nearer, farmers at the local and commercial levels are speaking out against what they call burdensome regulations and looking to the future of the nation’s oldest industry.
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist., and Assemblyman Parker Space, R-24th Dist., stepped across the political aisle to attend a roundtable discussion for growers, producers and purveyors of agro-tourism ventures from around the area.
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TRENTON (March 1, 2018) — The Young Farmers and Ranchers committee of the New Jersey Farm Bureau held their first meeting of the new year at “The Farmhouse” — offices of the New Jersey Farm Bureau — on West State Street, directly across the street from the New Jersey State House.
After brief remarks from Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam, the gathering of about 20 young farmers between 18 and 35 years old was treated to anecdotes and jokes from Al Murray, who helped usher the “Jersey Fresh” marketing campaign to national prominence under former Ag Secretary Arthur Brown.
Murray now is the director of the New Jersey Agricultural Society.
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TRENTON — A healthy dose of skepticism was evident Tuesday at the Trenton War Memorial at a standing-room-only educational seminar for local and state officials on marijuana legalization.
There was nearly as much concern as enthusiasm about the prospect of allowing adults to use marijuana for recreational purposes, not just medical ones.
Frustrated by the focus on legalizing recreational marijuana in New Jersey, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of pot by treating it like a traffic offense in the state.
The bill, introduced Thursday, would allow a person caught with less than 10 grams of cannabis to face a fine of $100 the first time, $200 for the second offense and $500 for future violations. Offenders now are subject to six months in jail, a $500 fine, or both.
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The New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife will host a symposium on ‘Managing Deer in Suburban and Agricultural Landscapes’ March 19 at the Rutgers EcoComplex.
The workshop is FREE, but does require participants to be pre-registered. Spots are first come – first served.
There’s a place in New Jersey where bugs are not swatted, trapped or flushed but instead, counted, fed and cared for. Unfortunately, the bugs are in better condition than the building that houses them.
The Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory (PABIL) has been fostering helpful insects since its construction in 1985. But in recent years, while still structurally sound, the lab is in serious need of an upgrade if it is to fulfill its mission
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Honeybee colonies worldwide have come under attack in recent years by the mysterious colony collapse disorder and vicious mite infestations. Now, in New Jersey, state regulations aimed at backyard beekeepers could become another threat to the bee population.
The proposed regulations would, among other changes, ban individuals from maintaining hives on properties of less than a quarter acre and place a two-hive limit on beekeepers with anywhere from a quarter acre to five acres of land.
