Pre-Season Farm Labor Meetings

In conjunction with NJ Farm Bureau, Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension has scheduled the following 2012 Pre-Season Farm Labor Meetings:

• Wed., February 29, RCE-Cumberland Office, Morton Ave, Rosenhayn, 7:00-9:30pm
• Mon., March 5, RCE-Atlantic Office, Old Harding Hwy, Mays Landing, 7:00-9:30pm

Updates and overviews of farm labor regulations will be presented by representatives of NJ and US Depts of Labor; NJ DEP Pesticide Control Program; Rutgers Cooperative Extension and NJ Farm Bureau covering:

• Worker Protection Standards
• Federal Labor Regs including Migrant & Seasonal Ag Worker Protection Act (MSPA); Farm Labor Standards Act; and transportation issues.
• NJ Labor Regs covering Wage & Hour and Child Labor.
• Immigration Reform Updates

Rick VanVranken

Fertilizer Prices Spiking Again

"Fertilizer prices jumped last fall on global demand and expectations for a large increase in corn plantings in the United States."  Worrisome news for all growers.

Rick VanVranken

U.S. farmers may fail in fertilizer face-off

By Tom Polansek

CHICAGO

Mon Feb 13, 2012

Source: www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/us-fertilizer-sales-idUSTRE81C0DX20120213

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