PDF Version of WCU 16:27 – September 19, 2008 In this issue: Last Issue of Weekly Crop Update for 2008 Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Lima Downy Mildew Alert Nematodes in Vegetables Ending Vegetable and Fruit Notes for the 2008 Season… Continue Reading
A four-part series planned for winter 2009. Dates to be announced. ● Apples and pears ● Peaches, plums, cherries, and other stone fruit ● Lesser known and alternative tree fruits from figs to pawpaws ● Nut crops Contact: Gordon Johnson,… Continue Reading
Planned food safety educational programs for fresh market produce growers – winter and spring 2009, dates to be announced. ● Know your enemy – produce associated food-born illnesses question and answer panel ● Good agricultural practices recordkeeping workshop ● Farm… Continue Reading
Programs will begin again in December and continue through March. Dates, topics and speakers will be posted on http://www.kentagextension.blogspot.com. Some of the topics planned for this year: ● Reducing energy needs, alternative energy sources, and farm produced energy ● Managing… Continue Reading
Monday, January 5 – Saturday, January 10, 2009 The University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, Delaware State University Cooperative Extension and the Delaware Department of Agriculture are again cooperating to organize a week of agricultural-related events. The following General Agenda outlines… Continue Reading
