Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu CFTC Forum Produces Mixed Bag Tuesday’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission led forum in Washington, DC may have raised more questions than answers. Having watched a fair portion of the day’s proceedings there are… Continue Reading
Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu With the increase in bean prices you might automatically assume that beans will be a profitable enterprise this year, but since most beans are grown dryland you still will be at the mercy of the… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu With all the corn that was planted last season much of our wheat crop was planted in corn ground with varying levels of tillage: no-till, minimum-till, and mold board plowed. The one down side… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Barley There are low levels of the spot form of net blotch beginning to appear as well as low levels of scald. With most of the barley in head and flowering, it is too… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa With the increase in temperatures, we are starting to see a significant increase in feeding damage from alfalfa weevil. As alfalfa approaches harvest, the decision to cut instead of treat may be considered.… Continue Reading
