PDF Version of WCU 16:20 – August 1, 2008 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Potato Disease Advisory #22 – July 31, 2008 Downy Mildew on Cucumbers Agronomic Crops Agronomic Crop Insects Downy Mildew on Soybeans Soybean Rust Update… Continue Reading
Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:00 a.m. – noon University of Delaware Webb Livestock Farm South Chapel Street, Newark, DE Want to learn more about starting up a small poultry flock or get information on health and maintenance of your current… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Ag Agent, Kent Co.; gcjohn@udel.edu Each year there is more acreage of annual plasticulture system strawberries planted in Delaware. New plantings will go in again this September. One critical practice is fumigation. I recently came across a… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Ag Agent, Kent Co.; gcjohn@udel.edu There are many small commercial plantings of matted-row strawberries in Delaware such as Earliglow and Allstar. Daughter plants that root from runners coming from mother plants will produce the bulk of the… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Two political issues impacting grain and oilseed markets received rulings this week. First, USDA reached a decision not to allow farmers early release from Conservation Reserve Program contracts. This decision was weighted heavily… Continue Reading
