Thursday May 21 6:30 PM Wye Research and Education Center Queenstown, MD 21658 Scheduled Speakers: ● Representatives from Osage Bio Energy to talk about barley production opportunities for Delmarva ● Dr. Jose Costa to talk about wheat and barley varieties… Continue Reading
PDF Version of WCU 17:9 – May 15, 2009 In this issue: Vegetables Vegetable Crop Insects Potato Disease Advisory MELCAST Disease Forecasting for Watermelons Early Planted Processing Lima Beans Agronomic Crops Agronomic Crop Insects Agronomic Crop Disease Update Off-Target Movement… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu USDA’s May Supply & Demand Report Reflects Bullish Tone USDA’s first official estimate of world grain markets for the ’09/’10 marketing year was released on Tuesday morning, May 12. Overall the report was… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Soybean Rust Update Rust is developing very slowly despite excessive rainfall in some of the Gulf Coast states. Florida is remaining mostly dry. Rains have delayed some of the sentinel plot planting in LA… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa In addition to checking for weevils feeding on re-growth, be sure to begin checking all fields for leafhoppers within one week of cutting. Spring planted fields should also be sampled since they are… Continue Reading
