James Adkins, Agricultural Engineer; adkins@udel.edu The hot days coupled with lower than usual humidity have maximized water use rates for all crops. With little to no rain in the forecast farmers should have initiated corn irrigation on or before Tuesday… Continue Reading
Kevin Brinson, Associate State Climatologist and DEOS Director; kbrinson@udel.edu Since 2011, the Delaware Irrigation Management System (DIMS) has been available to Delaware farmers to help manage their daily irrigation scheduling needs for a number of different crops, including: corn, soybean,… Continue Reading
Phillip Sylvester, Extension Agriculture Agent, Kent County; phillip@udel.edu; Cory Whaley, Extension Agriculture Agent, Sussex County; whaley@udel.edu; James Adkins, Associate Scientist-Irrigation Engineering; adkins@udel.edu; Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu Wheat has quickly reached heading and is flowering in some parts of… Continue Reading
Mayhah Roma Suri, Faculty Specialist Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland; msuri1@umd.edu The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers possible nontraditional sources of irrigation water to include recycled, brackish, desalinated, fracking, agricultural runoff, aquaculture, livestock wastewater, and process waters.… Continue Reading
Phillip Sylvester, Extension Agriculture Agent, Kent County; phillip@udel.edu; Cory Whaley, Extension Agriculture Agent, Sussex County; whaley@udel.edu; James Adkins, Associate Scientist-Irrigation Engineering; adkins@udel.edu Winter wheat has begun the rapid growth phase, and it will soon reach head emergence. Warm temperatures and… Continue Reading
