PDF Version of WCU 22:4 – April 18, 2014 WCU Subscription Options for 2014: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insects Transplanting Warm Season Vegetables Field Evaluations of BT Sweet Corn Varieties Managing Root Knot Nematodes Fruit… Continue Reading
Steve Carter, Agricultural Specialist, Delaware Department of Agriculture; steved.carter@state.de.us The Environmental Protection Agency issued proposed changes to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) to increase protections from pesticide exposure for the nation’s two million agricultural workers and their families. Proposed… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Our national small grains disease working group (NCERA-184) revised the Wheat Disease Identification Guide. New diseases have been added, in addition to better photographs and new information for some diseases. The supply… Continue Reading
Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu Over the years since I first came to Delaware, I have received numerous requests concerning overseeding or renovating pasture and hay fields. Unfortunately, these requests usually come just before someone wants to actually plant. In… Continue Reading
Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu In the past couple of days, I’ve had several questions concerning the use of starter fertilizer for corn. A number of years ago, Dr. Bill Mitchell showed that on dryland corn there is a boost… Continue Reading
