Future Harvest is now accepting applications for its 2021 Beginner Farmer Training Program (BFTP) which provides free, year-long training in sustainable agriculture to the next generation of Chesapeake region farmers. The Beginner Farmer Training Program combines a comprehensive classroom curriculum… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This week, we started harvesting our late tomato trial to evaluate insect injury. We came across a tomato that doesn’t seem to quite fit what we expect out of bug injury. Besides the cracking, what… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Bob Leiby and Claire, among many others, for correctly identifying the photo as Palmer amaranth. This was one of the most-guessed quizzes on the year. Obviously it stirs quite a bit of hatred.… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu We are reaching the end of the season and past the point that new foliar lesions should be detracting from corn yields. However, I did want to update that a new corn disease… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Hemp Corn earworm can be found in flower buds. EPA has approved a couple of products that have worm efficacy: Gemstar, Surtivo Ultra, Crymax and Spear Lep. The first two products are viruses. They are… Continue Reading
