Wednesday, August 7 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Delaware State University Ag Annex, Room 212 This electronic media workshop for Extension & community education professionals is presented by the DSU Cooperative Extension Small Farms Program Topics include: ● Social Media and Agricultural… Continue Reading
PDF Version of WCU 20:19 – July 27, 2012 Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insects Heat Affects Early Lima Beans Heat Effects on Vegetable and Fruit Crops Sweet Corn Pollination Problems Marginal Chlorosis on Cantaloupe Leaves Striped Cucumber Beetle Populations Still… Continue Reading
Tuesday, August 21 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Carvel Research and Education Center 16483 County Seat Hwy Georgetown, DE 19947 Come see and hear about many of the UD Extension Vegetable and Fruit Program’s field research projects from the 2012 season.… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu U.S. Drought Not Near Broken The drought had not been broken by recent rains in the Northern Tier of the Corn Belt and scattered showers in the Eastern Corn Belt, as of Tuesday,… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to scout fields on a weekly basis for leafhoppers and defoliators including corn earworm, webworms, fall armyworm and beet armyworm. Larvae must be small to achieve effective control. Defoliators can be destructive,… Continue Reading
