Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu Corn prices continued their downtrend in the month of August with futures trading in the $0.10 – $0.30 range throughout the month. December corn is now sitting below $4.00 per bushel. Corn carryover… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This week, I’ve got a couple of small worms that showed up in a sweep net. Which one(s) is (are) corn earworm? Enter your guess here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oz5-yCm8xifZtDlvZ-vPbd8a0GR-V6H9ddb9fhAyzzY/edit.
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu One person wrote in a potential cause of last week’s trickle tape woe is red brown algae. Another one, and is the case in this photo, is excessive iron deposits. A blurb from Weekly Crop… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu What is going wrong in this picture? This afflicted my cantaloupes this year, and it looks like Lyndsie Mikkelsen is taking steps to tackling this ‘pest’. Enter your guess here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oz5-yCm8xifZtDlvZ-vPbd8a0GR-V6H9ddb9fhAyzzY/edit.
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Roger Schmick Rankin among others for correctly identifying Corn smut in the tassel! While we often see common smut of corn within ears, the galls can develop on ears, leaves, stalks or even… Continue Reading
