PDF Version of WCU 16:18 – July 18, 2008 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects More on Premature Vine Death in Potato Air Pollution Injury in Vegetable Crops II Skin Set in Potato Potato Disease Advisory #18 – July… Continue Reading
Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:00 p.m. DSU Smyrna Outreach and Research Center 884 Smyrna-Leipsic Rd., Smyrna, DE Learn about specialty crops to meet the needs of diverse populations in the Mid-Atlantic region. Light refreshments served. Please call (302) 857-6462 to… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Commodity Prices Decline – Temporarily? News of further banking problems sent non-commercial speculators to the sidelines and commodity prices tumbling this week. Dec corn futures closed at $6.77 per bushel in yesterday’s trading,… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu On July 10th, two new counties in Florida, Hamilton and Columbia, were confirmed to have rust-infected kudzu. On July 9th, the first report of soybean rust in Georgia (Brooks County) was confirmed on soybean.… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to scout fields on a weekly basis for leafhoppers. Soybeans We continue to see a number of defoliators (grasshoppers, blister beetles, Japanese beetles, green cloverworm, etc.) present in full season and double… Continue Reading
