Energize Delaware Farms is funded by the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility (DELSEU) and currently offers cost shares for two different types of audits for all farm operations, comprehensive and targeted, along with several different loans and grants for installing renewable… Continue Reading
Kerry Richards, Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator; kerryr@udel.edu As part of the registration review process, EPA assessed the potential risks to people who mix, load, and apply four organophosphate pesticides, farmworkers who work with crops that have been treated with these… Continue Reading
Back by Popular Demand! This year, Guess the Pest participants will be entered into an end of season sweep net drawing (as well as other potential items). To enter a guess, click on the Guess The Pest Logo or go… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu What’s On Your Seed “What’s on your seed” lists all seed treatments on corn, soybean, and small grain by product type and active ingredient: https://ipcm.wisc.edu/blog/2022/02/whats-on-your-seed-chart-updated-for-2022/ Handy Bt Trait Table Want to know what the other… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Fusarium species that cause FHB can infect both corn and small grains. Walking through fields with corn stubble, you may see orange growth on old debris (Figure 1). Since much of our small… Continue Reading
