Category: Agriculture
2013 Delaware Ag Week information
| November 27, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture |
The 2013 Delaware Agriculture Week Planning Committee is pleased to announce the release of updated information concerning the annual week long focus on Delaware agriculture held in January at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington Delaware Ag Week begins Monday, January 14 to Friday, January 18, 2013. The website includes a detailed daily schedule of…
UD Extension & Researchers to hold Irrigation Field Day
| September 6, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Delaware Agriculture, Delaware Cooperative Extension, Irrigation |
The University of Delaware Irrigation Program invites farmers, industry and the general public to tour UD’s Warrington Irrigation Research Farm on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 9:00 a.m. UD Irrigation Engineer James Adkins along with Sussex County Agent Cory Whaley and Kent County Agent Phillip Sylvester will present the following: First year experiences with Subsurface Drip…
Delaware Extension takes a close-up look at new noxious weeds for 2012
| August 31, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Delaware Agriculture, Delaware Cooperative Extension, Weed Science |
Palmer amaranth and Texas Panicum added to Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Noxious Weed List In 2012. two noxious weeds were added to Delaware’s Noxious Weed list – Texas panicum and Palmer amaranth. In an effort to increase awareness of these troublesome and costly weeds, the Delaware Department of Agriculture arranged for a media opportunity to…
Delaware Soybean Board & Delaware Cooperative Extension hosts summer soybean tour
| July 13, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Continuing credits, Delaware Agriculture, Delaware Cooperative Extension, Irrigation, workshops |
Delaware Soybean Field Day August 22, 2102 (rain or shine) Tentative Agenda: Noon – 1:00 p.m. Welcoming Remarks & Sponsored Lunch – The Grove, next to Carvel REC Dr. Mark Isaacs, Director of the Carvel Research & Education Center, Dr. Michelle Rodgers, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach and Director…
Cooperative Extension Weed Science Field Day 2012
| June 27, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Delaware Cooperative Extension, Weed Science |
Cliff Blessing has been coming to Weed Science Field Days since 1989, back when they were a component of the larger Farm Home Field Day held on the University of Delaware’s Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown. Blessing joined the Delaware Department of Agriculture that same year “when they drafted me to work two…
Subsurface irrigation is researched at Warrington Farms
| June 23, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Delaware Agriculture, Irrigation |
The benefits and efficacy of subsurface irrigation, an alternative to the more common Center Pivot system, is being evaluated by researchers and scientists at the University of Delaware. At the 18-acre Warrington Farm in Harbeson, James Adkins, UD irrigation scientist, has overseen the installation of 44 different zones of irrigation tape placed under the soil…
UD Extension short course on Pest and Beneficial Insects – June 26, 2012
| June 22, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Delaware Agriculture, Delaware Cooperative Extension, workshops |
June 26 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Cost: $10 Sussex County Extension Office, 16483 County Seat Hwy., Georgetown, DE 19947 Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM )in your business? Correct I.D. is key to control of pests in the landscape. Enhance your skills at identifying both beneficial insects and pests in the landscape. Instructors: Brian Kunkel…
Cooperative Extension to hold Weed Science Field Day on Wed. June 27
| June 22, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Delaware Agriculture, Delaware Cooperative Extension |
Anyone with an interest in weed management is invited to this year’s Weed Field Day at UD. A variety of herbicide programs for conventional tillage and no-till production are being evaluated. Many of the registered corn and soybean herbicides are being tested, herbicide evaluation for watermelons, weed control programs for snap and lima beans, and…
