Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu For the most part, grain markets during the month of October have experienced a sort of lull in price movement. Mixed reports on corn and soybean yields out of the Corn Belt and… Continue Reading
Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Another season has flown by. We saw some elevated levels of Fusarium head blight in 2025, a little lower than 2024, but more than the few years prior. While we won’t know… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist; owensd@udel.edu Soybean Continue scouting double crop soybean that have not reached R6 for stink bugs. Once pods are full, thresholds start rising from 5 to 7 per 15 sweeps, and as leaves and pods begin yellowing,… Continue Reading
Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu Grain markets saw considerable price movement in the month of September after hitting seasonal lows in August. Despite the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasting a record corn crop for the 2025/2026… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist; owensd@udel.edu Soybean Last Friday we visited a double crop field not quite at R6 with significant defoliation occurring caused by soybean looper and numbers along, and only by, the edge coming out to 4 per sweep.… Continue Reading
