Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu Delayed soybean harvest can lead to seed loss and lower profits. With some of the later planting this year, farmers may be considering the use of harvest aids — products like desiccants or defoliants… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist; owensd@udel.edu Soybeans Reports have come in of above threshold podworm in southern Delaware from Selbyville to Georgetown. We recorded a scouting video for podworm and will be uploading to YouTube hopefully by Saturday morning. It should… Continue Reading
Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu The 2025/2026 small grains enterprise budgets have been published. The excel budgets include wheat and malting barley and are attached to this article, here:https://sites.udel.edu/weeklycropupdate/files/2025/08/Small-Grains-2025_26.xlsx They are also published on the farm business management… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist; owensd@udel.edu Soybeans Continue scouting for stink bugs. We sampled more fields this week in Kent County and still have not found an economic infestation of them, so I suspect their populations are lower this year. Podworm… Continue Reading
Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu. We knew it was coming, but we have officially confirmed Tar Spot in all three counties this week (Figure 1). Most of these fields have been near MD state lines. Last week… Continue Reading
