PDF Version of WCU 17:26 – September 11, 2009 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Vegetable Crop Diseases Poor Fruit Set in Pumpkin Low Oxygen Blackheart in Potatoes USDA FSA Farm Storage Facility Loan Program Now Includes Cold Storage… Continue Reading
Friday, September 18, 2009 12:45 – 2:30 p.m. Pizzadili Winery, 1683 Peach Basket Rd. Felton, DE 19943 The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has arranged a tour and listening session in Delaware for officials of the US Food and Drug Administration… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu USDA Hikes U.S. Corn, Soybean Crop Production Estimate U.S. CROP PRODUCTION (Million Bushels) 2009-10 Sept Aug Avg High Low 2008-09 Corn 12,955 12,761 12,901 13,127 12,628 12,101 Soybeans 3,245 3,199 3,249 3,356… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu Pre-Report Production Estimates Are Mixed Trading in the corn and soybean pits has followed the path of least resistance this week, trading sideways to lower, as weather throughout the Corn Belt has remained… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Soybeans We continue to hear reports of newly hatched corn earworm larvae in fields that were not treated in some areas of Sussex County and on the lower eastern shore of Maryland. If you… Continue Reading
